[TriLUG] SC elections

[William Sutton]

hey, I'm sure a bunch of folks would be glad to vote for you :-)

William Sutton

On Sun, 25 Apr 2010, Dafydd J. Stillman wrote:

> Ok, teach me to email this early in the morning. Damned To: was wrong...
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> Good Morning Trilug!!!
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dafydd J. Stillman" <djstillman at ycsi.org>
> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion" <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 6:40:06 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] SC elections
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> Hey Alan:
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> Gotta say, you do have some fun emails. I was chuckling through this one.
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> If ya need, I can meet up with ya to grab "the box" if you do not already have a volunteer...
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> Let me know.
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> Dafydd
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Porter" <porter at trilug.org>
> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 12:13:57 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [TriLUG] SC elections
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> It's that time of year again... time for TriLUG steering
> committee elections. We will have elections at the beginning
> of our May meeting. Votes will be counted during the speaker
> presentation [1] and results announced at the end of the meeting.
>
> As always, members are elected to serve on the SC -- not for a
> specific role on the SC. After the election is over, the five
> new SC members will get together and do rock-scissors-paper to
> decide who gets what role (although this past year, I tried to
> de-emphasize the specific roles, hoping that interoperability
> would make us more accessible and effective).
>
> What does the SC do?
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> - Plan speakers for meetings.
> - Organize meetings, pizza, wifi, etc.
> - Keep the servers up and running, prune spam.
> - Manage bank accounts, paperwork, etc.
> - Keep the members happy in general.
> - Brag about how being on the SC makes them cool.
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> What should you do if you're interested in helping?
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> - Post something to this list, get the word out.
> - Give a (short) stump speech at the May meeting.
> - Make a donation to the Alan Porter Linux fund.
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> Why would I want to do a crazy thing like that?
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> - It's fun.
> - Raw power... ruler of the nerds!
> - It's a great way to pay back the community.
> - Increase your visibility [2].
> - You get to choose what toppings we put on the pizzas.
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> Are you running for Steering Committee again?
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> - Yes, I am running [3].
> - I will probably *not* be at the May meeting [4].
> - No, I do not want to work at Cerient [2].
> - I could be convinced to work at Google [2].
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> It's been fun serving on the SC this year. I hope that a
> few enthusiastic LUG members will join me for next year.
> So nominate yourself. Or better, nominate one of your
> unsuspecting friends!
>
> Alan
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> [1] We currently do not have a speaker lined up for the May
> meeting. Booking speakers is feast or famine, and this looks
> like a dry spell. As always, contact any SC member if you
> have an idea for a speaker.
>
> [2] There was a time when being on the Steering Committee
> meant a guaranteed job at Cerient. There was a later time
> when being on the SC meant you got a job offer from Google,
> and had to vacate your position to move to California.
>
> [3] Even though I missed almost half of the meetings (Oct,
> Dec, Jan, Apr, and now May), I still think I have put in a
> good effort. And I probably have a few more good miles left
> in me.
>
> [4] There's a Space Shuttle launch the next day, and I am
> hoping to take my kids to see it. It's a long drive to
> Florida.
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