> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jarrod Major > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 1:33 PM > To: 'CLUG General' > Subject: [clug-talk] Membership > > I figured I would take the opportunity to break this out as it has little > to > do with CUUG's upcoming events.
One of the things the past Executive's strove for with CLUG was consistency. We wanted to provide as much of it as possible. What this means is we consistently meet at the same place at the same time each month. This means that membership is decided at the outset and doesn't waffle all over the place over time. People know what to expect. The CLUG website as a communication tool is there consistently. While change is good and discussion of change is not bad. Change for the sake of change is not necessarily good. Wow, that bordered on some *Adamsian logic there for a second :) What I am trying to say is that a lot of energy is spent by people in this group over trivial matters. I constantly have to ask what the motivation behind something is. It seems to me that there are a lot of suggestions on things that are not broken. The majority of our members do not have a problem with the membership system we have. We do retain a majority of members from year to year in renewals. There is always a good number of Tier Two members who come to meetings and InstallFests. I often wonder what is going through people's minds when they suggest something. To them it is the greatest thing since sliced bread, to me it's just another kind of sliced bread, no better, no worse. So the conclusion that came to the past Executive is that the system works and there appeared to be no reason to change it. Of course this determination is now up to the current and future Executives and the members of the group. If this is an issue you feel strongly about, pay your $20 and start a campaign to abolish the fee, maybe others feel as you do... then again maybe they don't. And as I am having to remind people, I am NO LONGER and Executive, so you can politely tell me to go to hell. Keep in mind, I don't have to watch my P's and Q's either and I am more likely to speak my mind now that I am not fettered by being politically correct. *Douglas Adams, author of the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
