On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 02:16:53PM -0700, Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade wrote: > Just as an aside, I sent an email to Claude ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) today > asking what would be necessary for me to step into the Secretary seat of > the SDCS board. >
I applaud and support your offer. > One of the things I feel the SDMUG people were resentful of was that "nobody > else" was willing to fill the SDCS seats, and they were getting tired of > the double duty. I can wholely understand and appreciate that, and want to > do my part to give back to the organization that allows KPLUG and the other > SIGs to exist in the relative comfort we have. > > Currently, the SDCS Treasurer board seat is also open to anyone willing to > step up for it. The current Treasurer would also like to step down, as she > is also the SDMUG Treasurer and doesn't really want to do double-duty. All > SDMUG members on the board (who were present) confirmed that they will all > continue to serve out their terms on the Board as long as necessary, and > won't simply abandon SDCS if SDMUG decides to officially succeed from SDCS. > > We joked at the meeting about Rich Ernst taking the SDCS Treasurer's seat, > but someone outside of SDMUG should offer to fill the seat, both for > maintaining good relations with the SDMUG board members and furthering the > operations of SDCS. > If all else fails, I would be treasurer for a fixed term. > I'm of the opinion that whether SDMUG splits from SDCS is basically > irrelevant, but there's no reason to stir animosity between the two groups, > and we all do really need to care a little more about the whole of SDCS. > > Just my $0.02. :) > > Why am I suddenly caring a lot more now? I'm finding my increased > involvement in KPLUG/SDCS as a valuable non-work activity in keeping myself > sane. Or maybe I'm already too far gone? Who knows. > Me too on all of the above. Between the very healthy changes made by the SDMUG coup and a desire to give back to Kplug, this suddenly seems like a viable channel for my effort. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer
