Editing WPLUG Board 2008 Goals

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* <s>LUGRadio Live USA</s> - [[User:Vance|Vance]] 12:45, 20 November 2007 (EST)
* '''Establish secret Antarctic command post''' - [[User:Vance|Vance]] 12:45, 20 November 2007 (EST)
* Meeting schedule defined and published <s>2-3 months</s> '''6 months''' out - resolve meeting places - [[User:Vance|Vance]] 12:45, 20 November 2007 (EST)


== Five Year Goals ==
* Tangible benefits for members
* Medium/Large scale Pittsburgh based Linux conference
* Training to the point of formal certification (see what's going on with the FreeBSD community)
* Strong SIGs that meet monthly
* Better WPLUG reputation -- local, national level -- with other lugs, FOSS in general, governments
* File for 501(c)(3) status
* Grow membership by 50% each year

== Three Year Goals ==
* Regional conference on a yearly basis
* OS Desktop training sessions -- PrePrint workflow, photo workflow, etc.  More of a classroom instruction session  see about working with ProTech or something
* Tiered membership program
** associate, student, professional, etc
** provides infrastructure for tangible benefits
* Incorporate with the state
* Crossover membership with other PGH technology organizations
** In a regional sense -- connect with other Linux/BSD/Free Software Groups
** Ohio, WVULug, CPlug, BPLUG, PSLUG
** regional alliances
** (aka getting in touch with other organizations that serve a similar purpose)

== One Year Goals ==
* getting committees functioning
** start with individual people
** put people on the committee that are active and willing to do the tasks within the scope
** make them feel empowered
** have committees go through the same exercise we're doing here
*** 1 year, 6 mon, 3 mon plans
** board member on each committee to oversee, but not do the work
** reduce barrier to entry on committees
* Tax ID number
* Meeting schedule defined and published 2-3 months out - resolve meeting places
* <s>LUGRadio Live USA</s>
* Fix the online community (handled by internet committee)
** retire penguin
** install a real CMS
*** openACS is not a long term solution
*** maybe just stick with MediaWiki
** redirect wplug.org to wplug.ece.cmu.edu
** <s>install jabber server for wplug ([http://www.jivesoftware.org/wildfire/ wildfire] is a good option)</s>
** find some network admins
** set specific times on IRC for questions/help rather than idlefest
** select a software platform 
** contest for new WPLUG logo or layout