The Summer Summit 2005 was a great success, in my opinion.
1. A few far-flung chapter co-ordinators got to meet the rest of the
crew. After the Great Diaspora, it was good to reconnect all the
dots, match faces to names, and learn a bit of history about what
GNHLUG has been and what it can be.
2. I think a real breakthrough was in our discussions to define what
GNHLUG is. Instead of claiming that we are an organization that
teaches or advocates or whatever, we proposed that GNHLUG is an
organization that provides the infrastructure for its members to run
events, perform community service, provide technical support, and so
forth. Defining GNHLUG as the framework off of which volunteers can
hang their projects really seems to capture an essential part of what
the group "should be" in my opinion.
3. As a follow-up to that resolution, some volunteers in the group
feel that having a non-profit legal entity status could open some
opportunities for the group. This should in no way interfere with
others use of the group, whether fraternal, social, networking,
support or otherwise. We are emphatic that meetings, like Source,
should be Open to all! Ed Lawson is in the process of drawing up the
documents for the first step, getting GNHLUG made a New Hampshire
registered non-profit organization. Following that, we can work on
more formal procedures to make the organization federally (IRS)
recognized: by-laws, budgets, and so forth.
I hope to be able to call for a meeting of all interested volunteers
soon to get the first step done, perhaps coinciding with a meeting if
possible.
3. Twiki: Bruce Dawson has put some significant effort into upgrading
the Twiki. Comments are welcomed, as Bruce posted:
http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/private/gnhlug-org/2005-September/
001268.html
"No comments" are considered acceptance, so get your digs in now.
4. TaskMaster: Heather Brodeur has volunteered to work with chapter
co-ordinators to help get meetings planned earlier and announcements
out soon. Thank you, Heather! Please let us know what we can do to help.
5. Hosting: Bruce has had some discussions with MV and they may be
willing to let us host the spare server Ben has so that we can expand
our web offerings. Great news! Thanks, Bruce for pursuing this, and
Ben for offering the server.
Fall's upon us, and that means some exciting opportunities!
Hosstraders is coming up quick - 4 weeks away. Gather that stuff in
the cellar and see what you can sell, barter or give away. SwaNH's
InfoeXchange is the day before Hosstraders. Some GNHLUG volunteers
are trying to arrange a presence there, as well.
More news as we make it!
_______________________________________________
gnhlug-org mailing list
[email protected]
http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org
