Hi Carlo,
I understand you are busy but you mentioned you would post comment over the
week-end.
I would appreciate a response to my concerns and queries, that I posted on
12/09/2012.
I'll itemise my three main concerns / questions that have not been responded to
below. My original email is also included.
1. How does Apple itself feel about this name change, given that it wasn't that
long ago (3-4 years I think) that they took back AppleCentre names from the
Resellers? Are we (as WAMUG) allowed now to use Apple Users?
Or is that something they would take back down the track as well?
2. The Committee mention a marketing push in the original post.
Has a marketing push been tried currently with WAMUG as it stands to date?
Couldn't this be tried as another (much easier) way to try and recruit more
members. Surely just advertising WAMUG - come along to learn all about and gain
extensive knowledge and help for all things Apple - iPhone, iPad, AppleTV. New
members welcome to the monthly meetings. Or something along that theme?
Any marketing material would still just refer to the whole range of Apple
products and services that you're trying to target.
And those older, longer (or lost) members who still remember WAMUG, it may be
enough of a Refresh to dig them out of the woodwork.
As mentioned in my first email, I still get a lot of people that email me
privately about how great a service is given by WAMUG.
3. Has a budget or costing been looked at for all this as yet? Or is that to
follow the name change? I know you have to spend money to make money as the
saying goes, but we (as WAMUG as a whole) obviously still need to cover the
running costs of the group I would imagine without blowing out the budget.
Surely if we could try a marketing push without the added expensive of all
these changes first, would show if it's going to work or not?
Regards,
Ronni
On 13/09/2012, at 7:44 AM, Carlo Margio wa...@realworldcomputing.com.au wrote:
Mi Muggers,
There a many interesting points below I would like to comment on. I am mired
down in family issues and preparation for delivery of a UWA test tomorrow so
haven't had a spare moment. I will post on the week end.
Regards,
Carlo
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Real World Computing
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i...@realworldcomputing.com.au
www.realworldcomputing.com.au
On 12/09/2012, at 11:40 PM, Pete Smith smudd...@internode.on.net wrote:
Hi Ronni and all other WAMUGGERS.
I'd just like to address two points from a personal perspective to put your
minds at ease.
1. Domain name. Knowing that the name change would invoke healthy public
debate on a public forum and also knowing that there are people out there
(not WAMUGGERS!!) who snap up possible domain names to hold out for
'ransom', so to speak, a couple of domain names were snapped up by WAMUG
first.
If the end result is that the membership vote to change the name, we already
have the domain secured. If the end result is that membership vote to retain
WAMUG, then the domain names will simply expire and not be renewed. It was
just a precautionary thing.
Personally - please consider the change and vote for what you want.
2. Constitution. I don't know where the 28 days has come from. Our
constitution reads:
5.3 Notice of General Meetings
At least twenty one days notice of every Annual General Meeting or fourteen
days for every Special General Meeting shall be given to Members specifying
the place, the date and the hour of the Meeting and the general nature of
any special business, but the non-receipt of such notice by any Member shall
not invalidate the proceedings at any General Meeting.
The Associations Incorporation Act 1987 allows us to set the time period as
we see fit as long it is actually in the Rules (Constitution) which it is.
Other bodies may have 28 days but we don't. As you see, it is 21 days for
the AGM and only 14 days for a Special General meeting.
Regards,
Pete Smith
On 12/09/2012, at 17:15 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
OOPS ... I forgot another point I did hint at it my first post to the list.
In the post from the Committee it was mentioned having to explain the WAMUG
name. Isn't this sort of doing the right thing, as it's getting them
enquiring about it.
Once you've got them asking what it is, you then explain what WAMUG is,
what it does (covering all Apple products) etc etc.
You have then got them intrigued enough to enquire about it, so you've
got them,... then you can sell them on the idea to come and see, come to
a meeting or join the Mailing List.
Well that's it from me, all done, nothing more to say.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 12/09/2012, at 4:57 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
Hi WAMUGers,
Well, I have said Hi WAMUGers another time ;-)
I've been giving some more thought to this and watching the list and
comments and pondering the following, which I haven't seen
