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== Five Year Goals ==
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* Tangible benefits for members
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* Medium/Large scale Pittsburgh based Linux conference
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* Training to the point of formal certification (see what's going on with the FreeBSD community)
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* Strong SIGs that meet monthly
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* Better WPLUG reputation -- local, national level -- with other lugs, FOSS in general, goverments
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* Incorporate as a 501(c)(3)
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== Three Year Goals ==
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* Regional conference on a yearly basis
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* OS Desktop training sessions -- PrePrint workflow, photo workflow, etc. More of a classroom instruction session  see about working with ProTech or something
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* Tiered membership program
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** associate, student, professional, etc
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** provides infrastructure for tangible benefits
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* Incorporate with the state
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* Crossover membership with other PGH technology organizations
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** In a regional sense -- connect with other Linux/BSD/Free Software Groups
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** Ohio, WVULug, CPlug, BPLUG, PSLUG
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** regional alliances
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** (aka getting in touch with other organizations that serve a similar purpose)
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== One Year Goals ==
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* getting committees functioning
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** start with individual people
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** put people on the committee that are active and willing to do the tasks within the scope
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** make them feel empowered
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** have committees go through the same exercise we're doing here
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*** 1 year, 6 mon, 3 mon plans
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** board member on each committee to oversee, but not do the work
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** reduce barrier to entry on committees
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* Tax ID number
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* Meeting schedule defined and published 2-3 months out - resolve meeting places
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* LUGRadio Live USA
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* Fix the online community
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** retire penguin
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** install a real CMS
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*** openACS is not a long term solution
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*** maybe just stick with MediaWiki
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** redirect wplug.org to wplug.ece.cmu.edu
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** install jabber server for wplug ([http://www.jivesoftware.org/wildfire/ wildfire] is a good option)
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** find some network admins
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** set specific times on IRC for questions/help rather than idlefest
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** select a software platform
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** contest for new WPLUG logo or layout
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Revision as of 09:29, 20 November 2007

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