[wplug-board] Next Steps

[Justin at js-wordsmith.com]

I'm willing to meet later next week if Joe and Terry are available, but if they aren't, I don't want to force the matter. More important to me than when we meet is where: on the failed December 8th meeting, we talked about holding the next board meeting at a more "central" location so that John (I think) and I didn't have to travel so far, but we didn't follow up with that. Does anyone have suggestions? I live in Wexford, which is in the North Hills.

Was this "technical program" approved for RP1 at the last CRW meeting? I'd appreciate it if someone could post a log or at least give me a summary of what went on. I came up with a series of questions for the general user survey that I'll put up later on the wiki page.

January 12th sounds fine for the next GUM.

Justin Smith
Electronic Communication Specialist
724-612-2837
http://www.js-wordsmith.com




>---- Original Message ----
>From: Pat Barron <pat at lectroid.com>
>To: wplug-board at wplug.org
>Sent: Sat, Dec 22, 2012, 12:44 AM
>Subject: [wplug-board] Next Steps
&gt;
>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.
&gt;
>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.
&gt;
>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.
&gt;
>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.
&gt;
>--Pat.
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