[wplug-board] proposed changes

[Beth Lynn]

Hello,

More often than I would like, There's only one or two board members 
present at WPLUG events. I find this to be a problem for the following
reasons in no apparent order.

1. The board has selected attendance as a matrix for improvement of 
quality of meetings. If WPLUG meetings are not worthwhile attending,
that's nobody's fault but the board itself since we have the ability
to set the policy to fix WPLUG meetings.
2. If you aren't there, people ask *me* where you are and why you 
haven't been around WPLUG for a while. The general membership has
some serious doubts about the level of commitment of the leadership.
3. If we knew who out of the board members where attending WPLUG 
events before the event itself, we could plan to have more structure
to the meetings. The result would be a more professional events that
community members would see as quality. Instead we are just seen as
a bunch of slackers.
4. I'm getting tired. It's alot of work hosting a meeting and things
have been falling through the cracks. When I'm the only board member 
who's at a WPLUG event, people just don't listen and they have not 
been respectful to the speaker. It just doesn't work out for 
everybody concerned. I cannot and will not host another WPLUG event
without at least one other co-host.
5. I RSVP for meetings. I would like the same curiously out of my 
fellow board members.
6. Back when, WPLUG board members used to attend meetings. We'd 
discuss briefly what needs to be done next. And guess what, things got 
accomplished. We haven't had a quorum since I don't know when at
a general WPLUG event.
7. Several members have complained that the leadership more resembles
an exclusive click than a representation of the community. This point
is getting increasingly more difficult to defend against, when non
board members are doing alot of great volunteer work for WPLUG and 
the board members are rarely to be seen.

I realize you are all very busy people, but guess what, I have other
things I could be doing too. Please don't take it for granted that
things will get done in your absence since somebody else will do it.
All I'm asking for is a board who will work together. This should be
a team effort.

It is crucial for the success of WPLUG that board members are held
accountable for attendance at WPLUG meetings. 

The bottom line is WPLUG is suffering from a major morale crisis.
Things have gone downhill for too long and this is getting freaking
ridiculous. I can not do this all on my own.

Thanks,
Beth Lynn

On Sat, 1 Nov 2003, Evan DiBiase wrote:

> On Nov 1, 2003, at 3:10 PM, Beth Lynn wrote:
> 
> > #1 If a board-member is unable to attend a GUM, Install fest, Tutorial,
> > or other WPLUG event, he or she should send mail to WPLUG-board in
> > a timely manner when the time conflict is discovered. Gerri of course 
> > would
> > be excluded from this.
> 
> Is there a reason for this that I'm not thinking of, or are we merely 
> trying to codify having every board member (save Gerr) attend all WPLUG 
> events, except for conflicts?
> 
> I'm for the other proposals, but this one seems restrictive an 
> unnecessary.
> 
> Evan
>