I'll second it. I would be GLAD to retire and become Past President. (grin)
KBob is my first choice in fact.... As for: > but this business of "Seth is the > best guy for all jobs" is bunk. I have pretty much being saying that myself for a while... and said so to Jim Darrough last night in fact... re: "Nobody wanted the job" is bull-crap. I have a few times attempted to get some people to step up and 'take over'. So far, to not much avail. History on request.... Seth ----- Original Message ----- From: kg7fu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 10:34 AM Subject: [EUG-LUG:244] ORDER! [WAS EUG-LUG:239] Re: EUGLUG organizational meeting NEXT Thursday (11/29) > Bit 'o history.... > > When Darrough and Kaplan resurrected the Eugene Linux > Users Group, Kaplan became de facto president and El Jeffe. > > Cohn, in a bloodless coup, stole the tri-corner newspaper > cap and imaginary gavel (Only Kaplan posseses the REAL > gavel deal). In fact, it was an e-mail SNAFU by which I found > out I was not supposed to be talking to the public and corporate > sectors about Linux anymore. "Nobody wanted the job" is bull-crap. > > We, sans Cohn and probably everyone at EFN, had grand plans > for ELUG and none of them were even slightly close to BSD, > pumping GPL or stuff like that the original basis and purpose was > to spread the word, amass a knowledge base and help thy fellow > PC enthusiast. Seems a bit more sinister and weird now, eh? > > About 2 years ago (check the archives) we had arguments pertaining > to organizing ELUG. I defer to those arguments pro and con and > hereby present a motion to defer organizational discussion until such time > that a reliable, knowledgable, personable and stable(?) individual or > panel can be installed as El Jeffe, etc and organizational skills, etc > be honed and displayed for our general perusal. > > Now, for something completely different.... > > I nominate new-guy-in-town-sorta KBob, El Jeffe, with Bob Crandell, > Veep and Larry, Ben or Ed, Secretary. Seth should share Technical > Issues and Intelligence with, say Rob and maybe a younger member, > as a panel. We should have a Corporate Interface position, preferably > with non-retail, non-gasoline sales experience (Crandell?) and an > Information Officer to propagate pamphlets, impress the press and amuse > the news. Jaime and at least one other should cover the newsgroups & > mail lists. > > Further, I motion we carry these positions until such time as difficulties, > personal or professional issues or traitorus acts present themselves or > one year whichever comes first, for each office. At that time we will appoint > a panel of 4-6 to nominate officers. > > I'm not promoting "Robert's Rules", but this business of "Seth is the > best guy for all jobs" is bunk. I'm sure he is busy enough with outside > projects as well to carry this motley crew through growing pains while > retaining his famous "objectivity". No offense to Mr. Cohn, he's a great > person, but if we're going to do this, let's do it democratically as > possible, eh? > > Have we any seconds to the motion? > > James Kaplan > > On Tuesday 27 November 2001 03:14, Sum Yung Guy wrote: > > > (So far, President Seth has no opposition, even if > > his election is under auspices suspicious - nobody else wanted the job > > when Seth volunteered). > > Because I plan to attend, I'll note that I have room for a > > passenger if driving is required to get to the meeting. > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > >
