[wplug-board] board dinner

[Zach Paine]

On Wednesday, December 19, 2001, at 12:43 AM, James O'Kane wrote:

> Do you guys have enough time for an inperson meeting before the January
> GUM? We could go to dinner somewhere and brainstorm ideas. I would like 
> to
> have something resembling a plan of activities for the next year. While 
> we
> don't have to fill them in for the whole year, I would hope to have the
> following in writting at least a month before the event. For each event
> there are a few roles that we could delegate to various volunteers, 
> but I
> think we need to be a little more organized in order for it to happen
> effectively. For example:

This sounds like a great idea, James.  I am free from school until after 
New Year's.

All of the items you mentioned sound great to talk about.

>
> I would also like to see us pick topics for the next 6-12 months. Even 
> if
> they change as we get closer to those dates, having them well in advance
> can be helpful in attracting new regular members to meetings.
>

Also sounds like a good idea.

>
> On another topic. I am interested in putting together tutorials. My
> thoughts are we could have hand-on instructional sessions on the months
> opposite of the installfests. If we could agree on a topic that we think
> people would be interested in, I'll put the first one together. Since
> January is an installfest month, the first tutorial could be in
> February...
>
>

I am very much interested in both giving and learning from tutorials.

We just need to iron out when we can all get together.

	-Zach