<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Billy Crook <<a href="mailto:billycrook@gmail.com">billycrook@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
There is no question. The LUG needs formal organization. First and<br>
foremost, There needs to be an official 'position' of authority, and a<br>
fallback person for when the primary is unavailable.<br>
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Those position should be elected yearly or every 6 months. Any<br>
thoughts on whether the election should he held:<br>
<br>
At the meeting<br>
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- filters out people less effected, or who don't feel strongly<br>
enough to show up<br>
- ballots can be 'issued' one per person<br>
- straight forward to tally<br>
- can have a secret ballot<br>
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<br>
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On the forums<br>
<br>
- includes everyone, bringing along people who might not even be effected<br>
- vulnerable to multiple votes by anyone<br>
- a simple poll (like this one) can do the tallying)<br>
- basically secret ballot (in the hands of the server admin)<br>
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On the mailing list<br>
<br>
- includes everyone, bringing along people who might not even be effected<br>
- vulnerable to multiple votes by anyone<br>
- chaotic, difficult to tally<br>
- no secret ballot<br>
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<br>
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I think voting in person at a meeting is the best route. What are your thoughts?<br>
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Once chosen, the leader should be responsible for:<br>
<br>
- LUG website<br>
- Mailinglist<br>
- Planning for LUG growth<br>
- Scheduling actual topics, or goals for the LUG<br>
- Events<br>
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Any volunteers?<br>
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Also on the topic of organization. I think two new mailinglists should<br>
be created. A Linux-only list, moderated by the elected leader or his<br>
delegates, and an unmoderated, everything else list. If people want to<br>
partake in off topic discussion, they should be able to, with those<br>
who want to hear it. After the two new ones are live, no new members<br>
should go on the old ones, and it should eventually be phased out, as<br>
people transition over.<br>
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On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Steven Hildreth <<a href="mailto:sphildreth@gmail.com">sphildreth@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Greetings,<br>
><br>
> Please check out and vote;<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.kclug.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33" target="_blank">http://www.kclug.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33</a><br>
><br>
> It would be great to get feedback on the forum thread, for future reference<br>
> for when this question comes up again (which it does from time to time with<br>
> people who drop in see what a cluckerfest KCLUG is and never return).<br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
> Steven<br>
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