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</style></head><body><div class="note" id="One Year Plan" style="width:450;"><a name="#One Year Plan"></a><h1>One Year Plan</h1>getting comittees functioning
<b> start with individual people
</b> put people on the committee that are active and willing to do the tasks within the scope
boot the bums
make them feel empowered
have comittees go through the same exercise we're doing here
1 year, 6 mon, 3 mon
board member on each committee
reduce barrier to entry on committees
Tax ID number
Meeting schedule defined and published 2-3 months out - resolve meeting places
LUGRadio Live USA
Fix the online community
retire penguin
install a real CMS
openACS is teh suck
maybe just stick with MediaWiki
redirect <a style="color:red" href="#WPLUG">wplug</a>.org to <a style="color:red" href="#WPLUG">wplug</a>.ece.cmu.edu
install jabber server for <a style="color:red" href="#WPLUG">wplug</a>
find some network admins
set specific times on IRC for questions/help rather than idlefest
select a software platform
contest for new <a style="color:red" href="#WPLUG">WPLUG</a> logo or layout
Bring Linux rock-stars into <a style="color:red" href="#WPLUG">WPLUG</a>
reach out and say "look, be a part of this or <a style="color:red" href="#Dave">Dave</a> will knee cap ya!"
put some organization to the time in the IRC channel
more professional feel to what <a style="color:red" href="#WPLUG">WPLUG</a> is
<a style="color:red" href="#WPLUG">WPLUG</a> world tour
special events at other locations
Themed installfests
Lanville - (promote other organizations that are similar)
Five <a style="color:red" href="#WPLUG">WPLUG</a> members working with OLF 2007
Two outside corporate presentations -
ala VMWare
Foster creation of SIGS -
at installfests have a spot for people to get together
make it easier for subcultures to set up mailing lists
Joint event with another pittsburgh user group
(PittJUG, PghRuby, Pgh.Net, SNAPgh, Pgh Perl Mongers, WPA Open Solaris User Group, PACC, mac user groups ask markd2)
increasing outreach activity -
holding one or more demo day events
a booth or something in one or more places for software freedom day
all day open office tutorial session
(possible opportunity for vendor involvement)
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<div class="note" id="WPLUG" style="width:450;"><a name="#WPLUG"></a><h1>WPLUG</h1>
Link to my <a style="color:red" href="#TODO">Todo</a> list
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<div class="note" id="Dave" style="width:450;"><a name="#Dave"></a><h1>Dave</h1>
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