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

[Mark Dalrymple]

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, Biran 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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