I am writing to declare (again) my candidacy for the position of UUG President.
I have been an active member of the Unix Users Group mailing list for the past two years, and an active member at meetings for this past year. During this past year in particular, as a member of the presidency, I have come to better understand the purpose of the UUG, and the responsibilities of the president. During this year, I have been in charge of planning the "Don't Fear the Penguin" meetings that introduced newbies to the basics of Linux, and have assisted Andrew and Sco++ in planning the installfests. Also, I have been managing the mailing lists. I have worked with others in the current presidency to create the new mailing-list policy so that there is now a uniform way of dealing with any future problems. In doing this, we had to consider many different issues including our position as a club under the banner of the CS Department. We worked to balance the requirements placed upon us by BYU with the desires of the club members. As we move forward into the next year, there are some things that I think we need to improve on: 1) We need to improve our outreach to the newer members of the club. It is hard to get "up-to-speed" with Linux, and the single "Don't Fear the Penguin" meeting is not enough. Also, most of our "newbies" in the club are a bit beyond the level covered in these meetings, but are still new enough to be overly confused (and in some cases, intimidated) at the regular club meetings. To make these members feel more a part of the club, I propose adding an additional meeting to our monthly schedule, with a focus toward the less-experienced Linux users in our midst. I will have polls available for people to give their opinion of what they would like these meetings to cover. If people are interested, this meeting could be used to cover the basics of topics that would be covered in meetings later in the month. As I see it, this additional meeting each month will benefit everyone. We can increase the involvement in the club of newer members who will push the club forward to greater heights in the future. More experienced members will have the opportunity to help these new members on a more regular basis. Also, the regular meetings can be pushed forward as we will have more members available who will understand the basics, and we can thus go to greater depths. 2) We need to continue the tradition of good meetings and excellent speakers which has been going for the past two years. Our presidencies thus far have done a great job of selecting speakers and topics for meetings, and I'd like to both continue and improve upon this tradition. We have a large array of connections in this club, and many resources to build upon. Let us look forward and take advantage of these resources to build up the club. If you elect me as your president, I will work to make this club the best it can be. I will work to increase our membership, and increase the involvement of our current members. I will work to increase the quality of the time we spend together, and I will look forward to suggestions from the club members for things I can do better. Vote TuxGirl (Erin) for UUG President! -- Erin Sharmahd [EMAIL PROTECTED] CS Student Unix Users Group PGP Fingerprint: F352 FF41 EA0A 67E4 566B 3B5B E65A D3DC 083E 9336
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