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I just love reading your emails. There's something very fresh about your ideas. You present your information in a very readable and friendly fashion that I appreciate. Thanks. We have tried to deal with SIG's or committees in the past and I guess we just didn't have the numbers to support something of this nature. People are busy too which is the main discouraging factor. I suppose it comes to how well it is organized and executed and how much committment you can count on. I like these ideas very much. My question is how do you run such a beast. I know for myself as an Executive, I am very busy. I would dearly love to put some effort into organizing or running a SIG or committee. I am not the best person for the job at this time however. It then comes down to volunteers. It wouldn't be so bad if an Exec helped start something up and then stepped back and let it run. As long as it did continue to run. There may be a finite course for a topic as well to consider. Attaining a goal. We have talked about committees. What we have said is that as a Tier Two you may chair a committee, this is purely to build in some accountability. This requirement may not be completely necessary or conducive to having said committee as we have found there are precious few who will give their time to something like this so the adage "beggars can't be choosers" applies. The bottom line is that the Executive would like any committee or SIG to report to us from time to time. We have encouraged SIG's and committees all along. I think Nexus would be a great place to hold committee meetings if they are amenable (and I don't see why they wouldn't be). We should look into this. SAIT would probably be out, I think we already get a beautiful classroom for our meetings. I wouldn't want to push that beyond what they consider reasonable. I don't see the mailing list thing as a difficult thing to provide. We have talked about branching off for certain things. The concensus thus far has been that it would be too much. However, it takes something like this to come along to illustrate the need. I'll let this run a bit in this mailing list before we look at a poll on the website. Great comments and suggestions Neils! Jarrod On Sunday 08 February 2004 2:25 pm, Niels Voll wrote: > Hi Jarrod, > > You are raising extremely good points. And the recent milestone in Level > 2 membership may give good occasion for thinking about the increasing > variety of backgrounds and interests represented amongst the CLUG > membership I think the CLUG future will be determined by its ability to > evolve and therefore maintain relevance for the members as they > personally evolve. > > One potential mechanism, you may want to consider is the concept of > special interest groups (SIGs). These SIGs would be more focused, and > thus be able to get into more depth in their areas if interest, keeping > it interesting. Of course, individuals could participate in as few or as > many SIGs as they are interested in. > > Generally each SIG might have > * its own CLUG mailing list > * potentially its own meetings / or it might sponsor presentations > * potentially some sort of leadership representation at CLUG level - > could be unofficial or official executive position(s) > > A SIG might start with a mailing list and if it develops critical mass > of participation and interest, might evolve into meetings etc. > > Examples of SIGs (and/or subSIGs or sub Topics) might include: > > * Linux/OpenSource on the desktop > * for business / productivity > * for home / gaming / multimedia enthusiasts > > * Linux /OpenSource on the server > * SMB (small and medium business) > * enterprise > * enthusiast applications (e.g. gaming, media streaming, etc.) > > * Linux/OpenSource evangelism/activism > * nubee resources > * installfests > * getting Linux/OpenSource into the Calgary business community > > * Linux/OpenSource development > * coding > * testing > * documentation > > The clug.ca website polling mechanism might be one way to find out > interest levels for these and other SIG topics. And reaction on this > mailing list may be a first indicator, if CLUG is ready for this, yet. > > Kind regards, > > > ...Niels > -------------------------------- > Niels Voll > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Jarrod Major wrote: > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >Hey Group, > > > >I've been mulling over the website and wondering what kinds of things we > >should have there. Here is some of the stuff we do have: > > > >*meeting announcements, rotated out as they get old > >*announcements for things like the AGM, InstallFests and Convergence > >*Sponsor List (actually in two places) we have a list on the right of our > >sponsors with links to their websites, the second bit (on the left under > > CLUG Resources) goes into detail about the company and what they have > > done for us, what if any discount they offer our Tier Two members. > >*we have a quick survey, changed periodically > >*we have the full set of Bylaws as ratified and accepted by the Alberta > >Government > >*book reviews for O'Reilly and Prentice Hall PTR > >*link to the Mailing List for sign-up, administration or removal > >*FAQ's for things like "What is CLUG?", "How does membership work?" > >*Distribution Library > >*Nube content > >*some of the archived mail list messages > >*content from the monthly presentations > > > >So I was wondering what sort of things you wanted to see on the site. > >Personally I have been thinking of content that deals with: > > > >*Tips: KDE, Gnome, Office apps, CLI, GPG/PGP public key encryption, etc. > >*Workshops > >*Advocacy > >*Success stories/deployment > >*mentoring/tutoring > > > >The Executive has been long pondering what we should do to retain or > > promote interest in CLUG from members of the 'old guard'. These are folks > > who have been using Linux/Open Source/Free Software for a long time. We > > value these individuals and want to know what we can do to keep them > > actively involved. It has been said that CLUG seems to be catering to the > > new folks > >predominantly. While I disagree with this statement, it raises concern > > with us. Perhaps we are not making it as appealing for those people. Are > > the topics we have presentations on 'old hat' for them? > > > >We try and have a broad spectrum of topics for folks so that there is > >something for everyone. It is a constant goal of ours. If we have too much > >in-depth stuff we lose the interest of the new folks. If we have too much > >simple, beginner things, then we lose the interest of the folks who "have > >been there and done that". > > > >Any input you have would be welcomed. > > > >- -- > >Jarrod Major > >GPG Fingerprint: FA4A 1EA3 A0EE A842 07BB 804C 0090 14F6 BE6E DE3D > >Registered Linux User: #224211 > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) > > > >iQCVAwUBQCaWawCQFPa+bt49AQIZZAQApg003s3Ro6qQxirI1DoqfxbPf2UrRgk+ > >jyBPj1qBVnx0wzHu6+CgrlwOX5QxEOE5W8x6kMJnEhtM6ZzBsjGjoC+8OQpgmgzt > >nPPWziASkaQAHTfWU1v9lK344GqWKrpUTV+DvJG+AxMMLPUW3j+tVYyVtm1YiGZ3 > >VkKYII3l9bU= > >=BD+1 > >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >clug-talk mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca - -- Jarrod Major GPG Fingerprint: FA4A 1EA3 A0EE A842 07BB 804C 0090 14F6 BE6E DE3D Registered Linux User: #224211 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iQCVAwUBQCay0gCQFPa+bt49AQIvmQP6AnA8kVjN0meWkyhuiTxHsnpOL0AMt+54 DOFTSiB3lpKwYVAuaKwDKHwpLFly8OTC5Vi3FFk4FbxETKunO8BQ/HziX3srBR+1 h9ojk+amTsECVIVNf0UDLFUQETwB3uNtYqHrvgiEcef6x8VKcMgsXgpa6+N1gFhj PfKgz5rhez0= =VTlc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
