On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 22:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello all, > > Given that Paul Lussier, at least, missed what went on at the meeting we > had, I figured I would try and write up a report on what went on. > Unfortunately, I waited too long, so I'm probably forgetting several > things. Additionally, there were some "micro conversations" between one or > two attendees, so I know I missed stuff. Naturally, I remember what I said > the most, so this is likely to be heavy on things I said. Corrections and > additions welcome! > > I will be copying this to > > http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Organizational/MeetingMinutes24May2004 > > in an attempt to make a permanent record. > > ATTENDEES > > - Rob Anderson > - Jon "maddog" Hall > - Ed Lawson > - Rob Lembree > - Ben Scott > > DISCUSSION > > Everyone seemed to agree with maddog's categorizations of GNHLUG'ers, and > that a general lack of interest seems to be chronic with GNHLUG, at least in > the past few years. > > Rob L expressed his frustration as Head Penguin. He sees a lack of > interest, a lack of response, a lack of volunteers, and general apathy. He > got lots of sympathy, but nobody was stupid^Wbrave enough to volunteer to > take over his position. > > The topic of incorporating GNHLUG as a "real" non-profit came up again. > I got the feeling it was abandoned again, too, but again, I missed some > discussion.
We abandoned it again temporarily with the idea that it can be resurrected when we can all decide what the job of the umbrella organization is (beyond a web site and mailing list). I mentioned that formalizing an organization didn't make sense until we knew what we wanted to do. We started talking about a charter... > We all agreed that more advanced notice is required for darn near > everything we do. > > The idea of using technology (especially web-related things) to help > GNHLUG organizers was brought up. Nothing really directed occurred; it > seemed like more of a general "software would be nice" discussion. Ben made > the point that no amount of software is going to solve people problems. > > People asked for a presentation or "how-to" on how to use Wiki. Ben > repeatedly stated it was very easy, but people still wanted one. Ben > pledged to create a "quick start" guide to Wiki. > > The topic of weekend meetings was brought up. It appears some people > cannot make weeknight meetings due to time constraints. Weekend meetings > might also enable a longer meeting, with scheduled components, so that people > can more easily skip what they don't want. No decisions were made. We decided to try the weekend meeting for the next "quarterly" meeting, which will likely be Summer (unless we find a great speaker for a spring meeting). > maddog pledged to line up a "top-notch" speaker for the Summer 2004 GNHLUG > Meeting, to take some load off Rob L (and the rest of us). Actually, he said he'd take care of finding folks for the next year of quarterly meetings! > Rob L voiced the opinion that the GNHLUG home page was "too busy". Ben > pledged to change that. The general opinion was that the GNHLUG home page > should have notices of upcoming and recent events only. > > People expressed concern that only people who knew Wiki could enter > events. Ben repeatedly offered to "be the UI" for such people; > specifically, that he would do the Wiki entry and formatting if people just > emailed him text. > > The general opinion was voiced that calls for help/volunteers should be > made in small, discreet chunks. Rather then saying "We need help with big > project X", the question should be "We need somebody to do specific task > XYZ." Likewise, the best tasks are those that are easily stopped, > restarted, and transferred, to work around people's busy schedules. > > Ben voiced the opinion that, in general, organizations like GNHLUG need to > "beat people over the head" to get any kind of response. That includes both > meeting attendance from non-organizers, as well as participation in events > and projects. One item that was left off was that as we went along, almost everyone had ideas for projects that they'd like to see pulled off. Hmm. > Ben voiced the opinion that communication is an *ESSENTIAL* element of > anything, and GNHLUG in particular. -- Rob Lembree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> JumpShift, LLC _______________________________________________ Gnhlug-org mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org
