IMO, what is actually needed is the *organizer* for the virtual chapter, whatever it may be called.
---p On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Derek Balling <[email protected]> wrote: > > On May 9, 2014, at 12:14 PM, Evan Pettrey <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think you're being a bit pedantic here and I'm not sure it is necessary > or beneficial to the discussion. > > > I completely disagree. To ME, IMHO, going through this "virtual chapter" > process is an unnecessary use of the scarce resource we have called "time". > > I think what he's talking about DOING is great. I think scheduling regular > hangouts, etc., is a great thing for LOPSA members to have and participate > in. I think consuming his time, the locals committee's time, etc., creating > such a "chapter", however, is completely wasted. It smells of the type of > "planning to plan" type of stuff that bogs down volunteer groups. > > What does he want? Social/technical/learning experiences with other LOPSA > members who aren't geographically proximal? So make that happen, set up the > schedule for the hangouts, etc., but don't get bogged down in all the > details of the Locals policy, like figuring who the "chapter members" of > record are, who allow the chapter to maintain its charter, etc., etc. > Just schedule and advertise the hangouts and let any member who wants to be > involved be involved. > > Every expense of scarce volunteer time should have an actual net > beneficial outcome. Spending time on the virtual-chapter portion of this > project doesn't do that. (Spending time on the "meat" of this project has > plenty of benefits, obviously). > > I've said my piece, at this point. We're all grown-ups and can make our > own life choices. :-) > > D > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > >
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