[TriLUG] May 9th Meeting: Steering Committee Elections - Current Nominations

[Justis Peters]

On 05/06/2013 04:08 PM, Bill Farrow wrote:
> I would like to nominate Justis Peters, who is a current member of the
> SC.  Justis brings a level head to the SC meetings, keeping us on
> track and focused on the tasks at hand.
Thanks, Bill. I gratefully accept your nomination and I look forward to 
serving TriLUG for another year.

I see my primary contributions over the past terms as building consensus 
when we're having trouble agreeing and providing counterpoint when we 
seem to be moving too quickly on an issue that could benefit from 
further consideration. Additionally, I keep us well connected to other 
user groups and constituencies in the Triangle area.

As we have discussed in the SC meetings, I am also interested in 
increasing the ways in which the rest of the membership can contribute 
to the activity and growth of TriLUG. I think we made good progress on 
this by encouraging more presentations from the membership, instead of 
importing speakers from elsewhere. Now that we've had so many good talks 
from locals, we need to work on exporting some of that talent to larger 
stages and regional tours.

I also think that the hack days have been a great way of getting more 
people involved. Thank you, Bill, for spearheading this effort and 
making sure we do it whenever it follows naturally from the monthly 
presentation. Our recent co-promoted event with Girl Develop It 
(http://www.girldevelopit.com/chapters/raleigh-durham) was also a great 
example of how to expand activity in our community. Thanks to Rachel 
Hobbs, Cristóbal Palmer, and Bill Farrow for making this happen.

For the coming term, I would like to continue the conversation we 
started recently about creating "cabinet" positions to empower 
enthusiastic members of TriLUG on specific areas of interest and 
ability. I know that I have frequently reminded the SC to be realistic 
about what we can take on, since we're busy people like everyone else, 
but I believe that we can get around this with a solid structure for 
letting others get involved. I will take this on as my specific platform 
issue and hope that the new SC will join me in making it real.

I look forward to seeing everyone at tonight's meeting. Thanks for your 
vote!

Kind regards,
Justis