Hi,Hi Nick & CLUG,
It has been roughly a year since CLUG had a general meeting. At that meeting I was very keen to see CLUG get organised with a committee and have elected officers to run the committee. And thus have people responsible for club funds, minute/record keeping, chairing meetings, supper etc.
But to my disappointment no one became responsible for anything, as it was decided to have a committee with no one elected for particular tasks. At the time I could see the situation of many tasks falling on just one or two keen individuals. The very situation I was trying to sort out by spreading the work load over an entire committee.
I haven't been to many meetings this year as I have become interested in other areas away from CLUG meetings. So I haven't much clue how things have progressed. So maybe the ad-hock anarchic idea is great. I just donīt know?
However if things this year with CLUG havenīt been up to expectations. Then I just want to raise the point once again. That CLUG may be a much better and stronger organisation serving its members and possibly the community more if it had the time proven normal club/society structure. With a proper committee with elected positions. Thus making set individuals given set down responsibilities, to serve CLUG members and the running of the organization.
regards, Nick Elder
Great to see you're still about.
As an 'intermediate' user/contributor of 18 months, here's my 0.02c worth:
When I began attending CLUG meetings, what impressed me as much as the quality of technical info delivery, was Nick's financial reports, keeping us all informed of the event-by-event $tatus of the group. Thereby we got a sense of how much the meetings were worth, in another way. (This job, & running a bank account for CLUG, was worth at least $10 per month imho. - please come back Nick#2! :)
Without the meetings (& going monthly showed CLUG's maturity), we have much less in the way of ongoing newbie support. Without visible newbie support, Linux on the public stage is probably sunk. Where else will it come from on the scale necessary to make Linux a competing desktop OS? Is this a good thing? I think not.
* I volunteer to contact the Sydenham hall & book this years' meeting times, if so agreed/directed by the list/committee. *
Perhaps the 'problem' of CLUG bureaucratisation is easily solved:
The List runs the List.
The committee runs the meetings (& is elected by the meetings) on behalf of the List.
* If you ever need a set of minutes for a meeting I volunteer for that too. *
Long may the Linux alternative live, nay, prosper!
Happy to discuss further in this vein.. / see you tonight.
Yours Sincerely
Rik Tindall InfoHelp Services
