Two things.
First, has usage of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> lists been deprecated? I still have them in my
mailbox but don't see them on a lot of the traffic, including meeting
announcements that I'd expect to see going there.
Second, some thoughts about tonight's meeting:
I think a lot of the proposed agenda items (subchapter pros/cons, proposed
subchapters) should not require a lot of meeting time. From the recent
discussions on the mailing lists it seems like the subchapter structure has
garnered a significant consensus, the biggest questions now seem to be defining
the details not deciding whether or not to move in that direction. Subchapter
criteria might be the biggest bone of contention, maybe also putting names to
jobs (although I'd contend that the organization meeting should give higher
priority to a general solution of how that gets done than to doing it for
specific cases at this time, so that need not be a major time sink).
Another topic that seems like it should be on the agenda and doesn't seem to be
is discussion of the statewide chapter or steering committee or whatever it turns
out to be. There doesn't seem to be anything on the proposed agenda to define
the role or purpose of the statewide chapter as the subchapters get going. I'd
expect that responsibility for NUN and BUN meetings would be amongst the things
that would be more appropriate for the statewide organization rather than the
local subchapters, but that's just MHO. The other big thing would be support for
local chapters, and maybe an occasional statewide event (but not too often!).
Also, I thought there had been an agreement to add discussion of the BUN planning
to the agenda for tonight's meeting, during discussion of that topic on the list
recently. Maybe this should be taken offline, perhaps it should be a topic for
the steering committee, but that seems likely to push it out much farther into
the future, and perhaps to push it out of the mainstream. My suggestion is that
we discuss the BUN planning enough to get a consensus within the entire group,
then let the steering committee handle the project from there, how does that
sound to other folks?
FWIW, I'd expect the BUN items to be discussed (whenever) would include:
- content
-demos
-lecture/discussion topics
- resource requirements
- hardware
- software
- personnel
- collateral material (e.g. resource lists, vendor referrals, etc.)
- location
- publicity
- schedule
- preparation leadtime
- timeline
--Bruce McCulley
Paul Lussier wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf
> Of Rob Lembree
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> Subject: GNHLUG organizational meeting, 1/12, 1900 hrs, Illuminata
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> GNHLUG will hold an organizational meeting on January
> 12 (next Wednesday) at 1900 at Illuminata on Main Street in
> Nashua. If you are interested in participating as an
> organizer for GNHLUG, you should try to come. There will be
> no technical presentation on this night (sorry, too much to
> discuss already).
>
> Directions to Illuminata can be found on Illuminata's
> website (www.illuminata.com) Thanks to the nice folks at
> Illuminata for again hosting us.
>
> Here is a working agenda:
>
> * discussion of gnhlug strengths/weaknesses
> - lots of dedicated folks (s)
> - very wide area of intended coverage (w)
> * pros/cons of 'subchapter' model
> - able to reach wide audience each month (p)
> - subcommittee can concentrate on local publicity (p)
> - can concentrate on needs of local group (p)
> - concern over too much fragmentation (c)
> * rules of thumb for a sensible subchapter location
> - drive time after work
> - locality to potential membership (university, high tech,
> population)
> * proposals for initial subchapters
> - Nashua/Merrimack Valley
> - Durham/Seacoast
> - Peterboro/Monadnock
> - ?
> * putting people on the hook as subchapter committee members
> - subcommittee size
> - one overall GNHLUG chairperson
> - subcomittee folks also on gnhlug org. committee
> * meeting schedules
>
> --
>
> Rob Lembree Linux Development Group
>
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