council +1 http://www.seajug.org has had an advisory council for a couple of years now. Sometimes they help provide backup for me in meetings. I can also bounce ideas off them first before actually hitting the list for every single issue.
I haven't been to the meetings since the old fremont days back in the late 90s and that one time we met at someone's house in Medina .. it's good to hear that more people are attending. cheers, -- Nimret Sandhu http://www.nimret.org On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Mike Orr <[email protected]> wrote: > James Thiele wrote: > > http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/201108/how_we_do_it_in_boston.html > > > > At SeaPIG we often discuss how we should run the group. Saw this on > > planet.python.org and thought I'd send it out as a possible topic for > > tonight. > > If there's time after the talk we can discuss this. Otherwise, > September will be an show & tell/open discussion meeting so we can > talk about it then. > > By the way, I've been talking with Brian Dorsey, Jon Mark, and Melissa > Rice about forming a SeaPIG leadership council. I haven't mentioned it > before because there's nothing concrete yet. Brian has been a > co-leader of the group since almost the beginning, Jon and Melissa > have been regular contributors for many months, and Jon has also been > hosting SeaPIG for quite a while. Apologies if some prefer a democracy > over a benevolent dictatorship, but I think this is the most effective > way to go forward. SeaPIG has tripled in size over the past year (in > meeting attendance, not mailing-list subscriptions) when we started > having regular talks. And I need a break from running this mostly > alone. With the growth has come a lot of new members, and I can only > learn a few people's names at a time, much less remember what they > said. So I feel like I haven't been keeping adequate track of the many > new members and potential contributors who have appeared, and that > SeaPIG needs some more leadership blood to reach its potential. > > My general vision for the council is to: > - meet every few months > - share ideas on the meeting format, topics, speakers, and > extracurricular activities (drinking, sprints, Python Days, outings) > - trade off running the meetings and scheduling the location > - revamp the website (maybe) > - have an email address for those who want to contact us > > We haven't met yet but will probably have some news by the September > meeting. > > -- > Mike Orr <[email protected]> >
