-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thanks Doug, Curtis and Jeff,
You have all said some very kind words and I/we appreciate them. Some of the goals we are going to be working on (this is unofficial as we didn't want to get ahead of ourselves) are: - - investigating not-for-profit status requirements - - investigating insurance for the group and its Exec - - more InstallFests - - developing/encouraging SIG's - - developing/encouraging committees to share the burden of some of the work we do - - looking for more sponsors (Memory Express tops that list) actually the whole sponsorship thing is due for a review - - providing more interesting topics for everyone involved, nube and old guard alike - - being more organized - - preparing materials/presentations for doing a demo of Linux and/or Open/Free Software to anyone who approaches us or who we think we could advocate to (ie CBE, City of Calgary, Community Organizations, etc.) That's what I can come up with off the top of my head. We want to come up with a budget for this term to give everyone an idea of what we are spending your money on, this is all part and parcel with the whole transparency thing we discussed last night. We are also looking at zero-risk investments like GIC's to have our unused funds actually do something that aids in our sustainability. GIC's are one idea. We are charged a monthly fee for our bank account and it would be nice if we had some kind of interest to earn something back to offset these costs. I believe we have enough of a surpus to do this without affecting our operating expenses and also leave money in case we have unforeseen expenses. I see this year as working on making CLUG a more cohesive group. Really tap into the potential of our members. The survey we had indicated that people want to help out so we would like to set tasks. We have been ruminating about a mentoring program, Marcel has some good ideas about that and once we have something more concrete we'll present the idea to the group to see what kind of support we can get. The sky is the limit. We're still relatively small but I think we are working towards some long-term goals. We are consistently increasing our numbers both in attendance at meetings and in membership. Exciting times ahead, I'm glad I am along for the ride. Jarrod On Thursday 11 March 2004 9:41 am, Doug Boyd wrote: > Hello Jarrod, > > Congrats on your re-election. (And to the VP, Treasurer, and > Secretary) It was a close race. ;) > > I was wondering what the agenda is for 2004? What are the goals you > have in mind for CLUG this year? > > I'm still fairly new to CLUG, but I like the dynamic of this > organization. I believe a successful organization requires good leadership. > Well done! > > Doug - -- 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 (GNU/Linux) iQCVAwUBQFC8sQCQFPa+bt49AQJ6FQP+N+9pVwglxzEmCdTaexeBkoBPwyGgK/zN RTVg/ilyTis9JtlFcMYlPCxhmbLhtL5BwzkFif0apXq/D2ExIevAGkj+Ysj6LacS 3ZO1vvomAiOvP+h3bwYpt3MlFIEw7iGSNFfAGGB3FTOvauaHmd+TElC66uu8p0/5 PSwZYmI2dUs= =F4ys -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
