[wplug-board] Next Steps

[Pat Barron]

As a result of the discussions we've had over the last little while, 
I've sent out the announcement of the officer slate, and the incoming 
WPLUG Board of Directors is now "officially" seated.  I've updated the 
mailing lists on the server; hopefully all incoming will receive it.  
This mailing list is restricted so that only members of the board can 
send to it (if you have any other addresses you want to send to other 
than your "official" address of record, let me know, and I'll add it), 
but it is archived on the server and the archives are available to the 
public - this mailing list is part of the "official record" (as it were) 
of the Board's activities.

We need to schedule a board meeting at some point after the holiday, to 
execute the transition checklist 
(http://www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/BoardTransitionChecklist).  If we 
go by the schedule we kept over the last year, we'd meet on January 1st 
(first Tuesday of the month of January), though of course that doesn't 
make a lot of sense.  I'd suggest either meeting on Thursday, January 
3rd, or else doing a meeting between Christmas and New Years sometime 
(I'm fine with that, but I don't know what people's holiday plans are 
and who is around during that time).  Let me know what you all think.

The most pressing issue we have right now (that probably can't wait 
until we can schedule a Board meeting) is that we need to arrange a date 
and agenda for the January GUM.  The CRW will be presenting their report 
and a proposal for a ByLaws amendment, and we need to get that out to 
people so they can review it ahead of time.  Plus, we need to announce a 
technical program - there's been some discussion about doing lightning 
talks again, or doing an Open Space-format event, and either way people 
should be aware in advance (so if they want to present, it gives them 
time to prepare).  Or if we know someone who'd want to do a more 
involved technical presentation (beyond what a "lightning talk" would 
be), we should start arranging that.  Thoughts for the technical 
program?  In any case, we need to announce a date and program *soon*, so 
potential attendees can plan their own schedules.

I would suggest January 12th for the January GUM (second Saturday of the 
month - basically the same schedule as we've been doing) - unless 
someone knows a reason that date might be bad?  Terry, you're still 
chair of the Events Committee (at least until the first meeting of the 
new Board, after we talk about how we might want to "re-swizzle" 
committee assignments), so you can approve this on your own - and can 
also make the necessary arrangements with WSCC to get the room.  After 
this one, if you need to hand this responsibility off to someone else, 
we can make that happen at our first Board meeting.

--Pat.