While the stepping down of Bill from the lead role of the JaxLUG is unfortunate, perhaps it is time to do what he has been asking for quite some time and get more serious about the LUG. I appreciate Robert for getting a rough plan together.
I am working with my company to see if I can get the food sponsored for the next meeting. One thing I would like to add to the plan for discussion is what to do with the LUG's IT resources (Wiki, List, Domain, FB, IRC, etc..) Bill has provided Mike Rathburn with most of the IT resources (aka the VM and credentials to the domain) and I believe he is working to bring it up and online. Pete V from Green Dragon Hosting has also offered to donate some space on a box. I would like to hear from Mike to see if we can utilize this. From what I recall, Bill runs a XenServer setup, so I don't know how entirely portable that is. I would be happy to take of the management of the domain, DNS and all that jazz. As for the mailing list, a possible option is to move the list to a service like Google Groups. While this is not following a whole self-reliant model of running the list on our own hosted FOSS-powered server, I do suspect that there are many other LUGs that use Google Groups. I do believe that this reorganization might be what the JaxLUG needs to breathe some new life into it. I suspect that we have all gotten complacent with Bill handling everything with regards to planning and organization. Perhaps a Non Profit status could be in our future and we could get some corporate sponsors! Michael Potts (904) 638-2914 On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 9:26 AM, robert mckennon <[email protected]>wrote: > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Gene Cronk <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not so sure 30 min is going to cut it for 1-3, much less 4, but it's a > > start. > > I know, but at least we have a plan. > > > > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 8:42 AM, robert mckennon <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> I would like to propose the following for Wednesday's meeting agenda: > >> > >> 6:30 Quick introductions. > >> 6:40 Meet in the Peak10 conference room to start official business: > >> > >> 1. Election for the following positions: > >> a. President > >> b. Vice-President > >> c. Secretary > >> d. Treasurer (if needed) > >> 2. Discussion of future Venues > >> 3. Discussion of food before presentation versus the former LUSH > >> (Linux Users Social Hour) after the meeting. > >> 4. (added by Ralph) Possible discussion regarding email decorum > >> (perhaps if time doesn't permit, this could be afterwards) > >> a. Positive feed back or Critiquing versus personal attacks > >> b. Knowing when to use the bump feature > >> > >> 7:00(ish) Gene starts the presentation. > >> > >> > >> Any thoughts on this proposed agenda? > >> > >> Rob McKennon > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 > >> RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > >> Unsubscribe [email protected] > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 > RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > Unsubscribe [email protected] > >
