[wplug-members] WPLUG Nominations Meeting, Saturday October 15

[Beth Lynn]

Hello,

Since the nominations announcement, the board of WPLUG which currently 
consists of Mark Dalrymple and myself, voted in new members.

These new members are Bill Halpin, Burt Reany, and Cheryl Spengler. They 
have been subscribed to the membership announcement list, 
wplug-members at wplug.org (the list which brings this message to you)
The total number of members is now 48.

There were a few people who applied for membership before the October 14 
at 9am deadline however they did not yet pay dues. Those people are Chris 
Ott, Michael Semcheski, and Tom Watson. The board had decided to accept these 
individuals as members effective immediately upon receipt of dues. 
Therefore if they pay at the nominations meeting, they will be 
eligible to be nominated for the board of directors. These three have been 
bcc-ed on this email.

Quorum for the October 15 nominations meeting will be 12. This means that 
at least twelve of you need to be in attendance at the nominations meeting 
on October 15 in order for it to be considered a valid nominations 
meeting. If we have less than 12 members in attendance we will have to 
postpone the nominations meeting and delay the elections process.

If you wish to respond to this message privately you may do so by sending 
me mail, bethlynn at wplug.org

If you wish to respond to this message publicly, please send mail to 
wplug-plan at wplug.org, which is the list for organizational discussion.

Please do not post to wplug-members at wplug.org since it is an announcement 
only list.

Thanks,
Beth Lynn Eicher
WPLUG Board Chair

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Mark Dalrymple wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> As WPLUG moves towards becoming a member-run organization, it is time to 
> start deciding which members will be doing the actual running of the 
> organization.  That means it is time for nominations for the WPLUG board of 
> directors.
>
> When:     October 15, during the WPLUG GUM
> Time:     The GUM starts at 10am, the nominations will be around pizza time
> Location: The usual meeting spot: CMU Campus, Newell Simon Hall, room 1507
> Number of board seats to be filled:   5
>
> We'll need 12 members to have a quorum.
>
> Here's how the nomination process works:
>
> Nominations will be taken from the floor at the appropriate time.  Any Member 
> can nominate any eligible Member (including himself) by standing and saying, 
> "Madam Chair, I nominate __________."  A second is not needed for a 
> nomination.  If a nominee does not want to be considered for office, he can 
> object and be removed from the ballot.
>
> You may make as many nominations as you like.  However, once you have 
> nominated one person, wait for everyone else to have a chance before 
> nominating another.
>
> Here are the members eligible for office at this time.
>
> Paul Bialozor, Jonathan Billings, Steven Boffardi, Ryan Brown, Stephen 
> Carter, Evelyn Chao, Dan Cielecy, Michael Conlon, Mark Dalrymple, Brough 
> Davis, Phil Dorsey, Warren Dukes, Beth Lynn Eicher, Bill Eicher, Bobbie 
> Eicher, Matthew Engel, Richard Farina, Stephen Hancock, Michael Hansell, 
> Matthew Hughes, Duncan Hutty, Vance Kochenderfer, John Koczko, Scott Kriebel, 
> Bill Lavin, Arnaud Loos, Kolt Loughran, Vicki McPherson, Bob Mente, Bill 
> Moran, James Moran, Richard Neese, Michael P. O'Connor, James O'Kane, David 
> Ostroske, Max Putas, Ted Rodgers, Brian Sammon, Mark Sikora, Greg Simkins, 
> David Smith, Chris Teodorski, John Vukovic, Patrick Wagstrom, and Frank 
> Walder.
>
> If you are interested in running for the Board, you may want to publicize 
> that fact on the mailing lists, or arrange to be at the meeting to nominate 
> yourself, or ask another member who will be at the meeting to nominate you.
>
>
> And what is a board-related meeting without an agenda?  There's a lot of 
> stuff listed here, but most are no-ops, so it should all go quickly.
>
> 1. Reading and Approval of Minutes
> 2. Reports of Officers, Boards, and Standing Committees
> 3. Reports of Special Committees
> 4. Special Orders
>    (Nominations)
> 5. Unfinished Business and General Orders
>   (None)
> 6. New Business
>   This is where Members get their chance to introduce business.
>   To avoid rambling, directionless discussion, make sure there
>   is an actual proposal in front of the group before discussion starts.
>   Translation: if you would like to bring up some new business before the
>   membership, please invest some time into drafting a proposal.
>
> Thanks for your time and attention.  If you have any questions, feel free to 
> drop me or Beth Lynn (bethlynn at wplug.org) a line.
>
> Cheers,
> ++Mark Dalrymple, wplug at borkware.com
>  WPLUG Board Secretary
>
>
>
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