NFLUG Business: STEERING COMMITTEE DISCUSSION

[Ronald Maggio]

----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis J. Eberl <dje at pcom.net>
To: NFLUG Mailing List <nflug at nflug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 11:56 AM
Subject: NFLUG Business: STEERING COMMITTEE DISCUSSION


> I really believe we need a term limited (say, 6 months) Steering
Committee. My
> suggestion is we have seven voting and one non-voting member. One possible
> configuration would be the list below. You will, of course, have you own
idea,
> which might be better. Have to start somewhere.
>
> 1) Newbie Representative (totally innocent of all computer knowledge if
> possible)
>
> 2) Newbie Representative (old hand at computers but totally innocent of
Unix if
> possible)
>
> 3) Community Representative (e.g., Dave Raczyk, Computers for Children, or
> somebody active in Ham Radio networking)
>
> 4) Community Representative (e.g., SOHO* user/provider like Brian Chapin,
John
> McMahon,  John Miller, or Robert Meyer)
>
> 5) Program Developer/Coordinator (e.g., John Neff and his Linux Study
Group)
>
> 6) Technical (Oldbie )Representative (e.g., Linux Guru, any of many; don't
all
> step forward at once : )
>
> 7) Court Jester & Tie Breaker (guess who : >)
>
> 8) Non-voting Representative from previous Steering Committee (for
continuity).
>
> I hesitated to put in any names, but you get the idea. Anyone named who
doesn't
> have time
> to serve please contact me at dje at pcom.net. Please discuss this idea on
the
> list. My flame pot
> is out. Your safe.
>
> We could nominate people, vote, and get it over with in about 20 minutes
at the
> next meeting.
>
> . I think a term limit of 6 months is a good idea: it gives people time to
get
> the
> feel of things and accomplish something but avoids development of a clique
that
> thinks they own the LUG. Continuity is provided by #8, which ought to be
filled
> even though there is no previous Steering Committee. We are after all a
> confluence of BLUG97, BLUG99, and NFLUG.
>
> It might not be a good idea to dump everyone at 6 months. Perhaps at 6
months,
> the committee
> could draw straws, the loser's position being up for nomination and
replacement
> at the next
> meeting. We could continue in this manner until everyone is replaced. I'm
not
> sure how we
> elect a new Non-voting member: we could just take the first 8 former
members,
> allowing any
> who care to to drop out, and elect one. A condition for being elected to
the
> committee must,
> therefore, be a willingness to serve a second term as the Non-Voting
> "Continuity" Rep?
>
> On last thought. We also need an "official" contact person with something
like
> info at nflug.org
> as an address and someone to maintain and develop our web site. These two
people
> should be
> elected, should coordinate their activities with and act under
instructions from
> the Steering
> Committee, but not function as part of the committee. For example, someone
could
> be both our
> Contact Person and be on the Steering Committee at the same time. I would
keep
> the contact
> person and web person(s) off the committee simply to keep it from growing
too
> large.
>
> Please think about this and discuss it on the list. We can't continue
merely as
> a social group,
> but we shouldn't over govern ourselves either. Let's keep it fun.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Dennis Eberl,
> Blinky, too
>
> ~%>(X)|      <-- Blinky, His Mark.
>
>
> * SOHO == Small Office/Home Office type of business
>
>
           Ok sounds nice. You came up with a more better line-up than I was
thinking of with 8 in total.  6 voting + 1 tie breaker,  and 1 non-voting
for (community interest involvement Opinions/Suggestions). Good combo I'd
say:) Now lets go for it! :)
Yours Ron Maggio