On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 06:26:19PM -0700, Joshua Penix wrote: > > Let them go now. They want to go, let's make it easy for them and > easy on us. This transition can be smooth, or it can be rocky. > > Let's see what we can do to make it smooth. I assume the first step > is the meeting at Gus' house? Can someone please confirm that it's > happening and exactly where/when? >
I completely agree. And we need the other SIGs to be involved ASAP. I don't think we should expect them to trust us. Please don't tell me they've been sitting on their asses. So were we. So was I. We couldn't get Kpluggers to agree to having a membership -- I was there, I saw it. IMO we need to keep our eye on the ball. SDCS is presently most useful to all of us as a shell to hold the insurance, help get rooms, and not much else. OK, let's make it work for that and not demand anything extra from anyone. If the SIGs only contribute $3 per member per year, I suspect we'll have all the money we need. I personally don't care how they come up with it. Raffle money, bake sales ... or maybe their members. I think we should (as SDCS) return everything a SIG sends in after prorated expenses are taken out (with a small slush fund for unexpected stuff -- but we already have more than enough of that). I don't want to publish any magazines and I don't want to go to a lot of meetings. No dances, no picnics, at least until all the SIGs show they want one. I want Kplug and the other SIGs to have rooms and insurance. I think it would be nice to make it easy for new SIGs to form. Those are my ambitions. As soon as we have this worked out, I think we should let the various SIGs sink back into apathy. Being in a user group shouldn't be a big time or emotion sink in anyone's life. I think we can probably amend the bylaws so we can do most business by email. Why not? I know a lot of people have made time and even money sacrifices over the years (while I sat on my ass) so that SDCS and Kplug would be there. I'm actually grateful. And I'm willing to pitch in now (within reason). But I'd love it if we could keep it simple. Simple, inclusive, fair, all those good things. I (with my kids) will make every effort to be at Gus's tomorrow evening. I know we have a lot to do during this exceptional period. But I'm really hoping when it settles down we can get this operation on a benign autopilot course. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer
