[wplug] [wplug-announce] 1st annual membership meeting discussion on wplug-plan

David Ostroske eksortso at gmail.com
Thu Oct 13 17:38:11 EDT 2005


Before I start...

Bill Halpin, I've received your information, I see that you've
registered and paid dues, and since I've been given authority to
maintain the membership list, I'm happy to say that pending board
approval, you're a member. Remember to ask for your pizza coupon on
Saturday!

Now then...

On 10/13/05, Bill Moran <wmoran at potentialtech.com> wrote:
> Based on how the new bylaws are organized, here's what I expect to happen
> when the new board takes control:

My comments are below.

> 1) Pretty quickly, the new board will draw up a list of programs that they
>   feel WPLUG should support - this will be presented to the membership.
>   Since only the membership can start new programs, the board is only
>   making a recommendation.

This might be jumping the gun. We've still got the old programs; the
current board already reviewed what we already have, and all that
won't change. But if folks want to start creating new programs, then
we'll all hear from them well ahead of time.

> 2) Once the list of WPLUG-endorsed programs has been approved/created by
>   the membership, the board will look over that list and come up with
>   some sort of budget as to how much they expect each program to cost
>   per year.  The cost of all programs will be added up, and divided by
>   the number of members.  The resulting number will be suggested by the
>   board as the new yearly dues.

I could see dues covering other costs. I'll mention those below.

> 3) Assuming the board has done it's math correctly, the membership will
>   approve the new dues, and those dues will take effect immediately.
>   Any new members who join after will have to pay the new dues, and
>   any existing members will have to pay the new dues when it's time to
>   renew their membership.

That's all true.

> A few points:
> 1) I don't expect the membership will want to create a lot of new
>   programs right now, so I don't expect the dues to change much from
>   $5/year.  My guess is that the membership will just approve the
>   existing programs (such as GUMs, installfests, and the wplug.org
>   server)

That seems to be the plan so far.

> 2) The membership can change the yearly dues any time they can get enough
>   people together to have a quorum to vote.  In practice, I doubt the
>   dues will change very often.  I expect if the membership creates a new
>   program, there will be a requirement to review the budget and see if
>   it requires increased dues, but new programs aren't likely to be
>   approved very often.  A new program is a pretty big deal.

There might be costs associated with a new meeting place if have to
leave 1507 Newell Simon. That may be a factor in future dues. That
remains to be seen, though.

> --
> Bill Moran
> Potential Technologies
> http://www.potentialtech.com

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David Ostroske <eksortso at gmail.com>



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