On 03/26/2012 06:48 PM, andrew mcelroy wrote:
Greetings,
Does anyone else know if the steering committee mailing list is still
active?
The reason for asking is because I'd like to start the conversation back
up regarding the future direction of NLUG.
At the last meeting, I briefly mentioned 501(c)(7) structure vs a 501(c)(3).
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/eotopicg80.pdf
What is the long term aim of NLUG?
Do we want to be a force in Nashville that weighs in on the
benefits open source in business, education, and local government or
are we a group of geeks that like to get together and hangout/ learn
something?
There is nothing wrong with either stance. Both are very attainable
directions.
However these are radically two different vision with two very different
legal structures if seen as an xor choice.
They are not however mutual exclusive,imo. It is possible to be both.
I'm by no means trying to impose or divide.
What does everyone else think about what NLUG is/where it should go?
Andrew McElroy
Thank you for bringing this discussion to the regular list. The
Steering committee email list expired when NetCentral discontinued its
provisioning. There were many dark days just keeping the nlug.org
domain; getting moved to googlegroups, etc.
Now for the classic non-answer to your "long term aim" question. In the
final analysis, each individual member chooses to make of NLUG that
which they choose to do. We don't charge dues so no one is financially
compelled to do any specific thing. We do take attendance at meetings
so as to meet the (or at least some) voting eligibility tests; no photo
ID required. We do not keep score or karma or beans on the mailing
list. And just about when we think that linux doesn't need the hand
holding that it did (much less now thank you), somebody posts another
great question that allows all of us to expand our usage and decrease
the grief.
Truth is, Andrew; the next three years could well tell us what will be
as the tablet style systems come into more presence. Yes, there will be
servers, virtual environments and clouds. The direction of the user
environment (to tablets) seems to be back to closed hardware, ever more
restrictive end user agreements and such; jail broken smartphones not
withstanding. I'm not predicting the end of anything. I know all too
well that change is constant.
Howard
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