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| == Five Year Goals ==
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| * Tangible benefits for members
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| * Medium/Large scale Pittsburgh based Linux conference
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| * Training to the point of formal certification (see what's going on with the FreeBSD community)
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| * Strong SIGs that meet monthly
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| * Better WPLUG reputation -- local, national level -- with other lugs, FOSS in general, goverments
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| * Incorporate as a 501(c)(3)
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| == Three Year Goals ==
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| * Regional conference on a yearly basis
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| * OS Desktop training sessions -- PrePrint workflow, photo workflow, etc. More of a classroom instruction session see about working with ProTech or something
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| * Tiered membership program
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| ** associate, student, professional, etc
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| ** provides infrastructure for tangible benefits
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| * Incorporate with the state
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| * Crossover membership with other PGH technology organizations
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| ** In a regional sense -- connect with other Linux/BSD/Free Software Groups
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| ** Ohio, WVULug, CPlug, BPLUG, PSLUG
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| ** regional alliances
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| ** (aka getting in touch with other organizations that serve a similar purpose)
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| == One Year Goals ==
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| * getting committees functioning
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| ** start with individual people
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| ** put people on the committee that are active and willing to do the tasks within the scope
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| ** make them feel empowered
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| ** have committees go through the same exercise we're doing here
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| *** 1 year, 6 mon, 3 mon plans
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| ** board member on each committee to oversee, but not do the work
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| ** reduce barrier to entry on committees
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| * Tax ID number
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| * Meeting schedule defined and published 2-3 months out - resolve meeting places
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| * LUGRadio Live USA
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| * Fix the online community
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| ** retire penguin
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| ** install a real CMS
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| *** openACS is not a long term solution
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| *** maybe just stick with MediaWiki
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| ** redirect wplug.org to wplug.ece.cmu.edu
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| ** install jabber server for wplug ([http://www.jivesoftware.org/wildfire/ wildfire] is a good option)
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| ** find some network admins
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| ** set specific times on IRC for questions/help rather than idlefest
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| ** select a software platform
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| ** contest for new WPLUG logo or layout
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