I was at the business meeting last year, such as it was. It didn't take 15 minutes, more like 3 minutes. They just voted by show of hands at the start of the lecture. As I remember, last year all the incumbents were re-elected - they had no-one running against them. It seemed as though that had been the case every year.
I think all the GBC/ACM lectures are open to the public and most of them are great. Plus, you can go out for dinner (usually Thai) with the speaker and a bunch of geeks afterward which can be as much fun as the lecture. On Sat, 2004-06-12 at 08:33, Bill Ricker N1VUX wrote: > I have to agree with Ron again, that's twice this year, wow. > > Ron Newman wrote: > > GBC/ACM meetings are always open to the public. > > Yes, GBC/ACM meetings are very open, that's one of their recruiting > techniques; hold good meetings, let the public in, sell memberships at the > exits. ;-) > > Good group too. Obviously, if you want to vote in the annual election, you'll > have to pay your $10 annual dues, but I'm sure the treasurer would be happy to > oblige. And since Big ACM membership is NOT required (except for officers), > quite cheap (but not free). They put on a nice series of Saturday seminars as > well as these monthly meetings. > > http://www.gbcacm.org/website/ > > Disclosure -- I'm a member and volunteer emeritus; my brother in law is > Past-President until after the election. > > bill > _______________________________________________ > Boston-pm mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm > _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
