Organization Poll on the KCLUG Forums

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On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Billy Crook <billycrook at gmail.com> wrote:
> There is no question. The LUG needs formal organization. First and
>  foremost, There needs to be an official 'position' of authority, and a
>  fallback person for when the primary is unavailable.
>
>  Those position should be elected yearly or every 6 months. Any
>  thoughts on whether the election should he held:
>
>  At the meeting
>
>       - filters out people less effected, or who don't feel strongly
>  enough to show up
>       - ballots can be 'issued' one per person
>       - straight forward to tally
>       - can have a secret ballot
>
>
>
>  On the forums
>
>       - includes everyone, bringing along people who might not even be effected
>       - vulnerable to multiple votes by anyone
>       - a simple poll (like this one) can do the tallying)
>       - basically secret ballot (in the hands of the server admin)
>
>
>
>  On the mailing list
>
>       - includes everyone, bringing along people who might not even be effected
>       - vulnerable to multiple votes by anyone
>       - chaotic, difficult to tally
>       - no secret ballot
>
>
>
>  I think voting in person at a meeting is the best route. What are your thoughts?
>
>  Once chosen, the leader should be responsible for:
>
>       - LUG website
>       - Mailinglist
>       - Planning for LUG growth
>       - Scheduling actual topics, or goals for the LUG
>       - Events
>
>
>
>  Any volunteers?
>
>  Also on the topic of organization. I think two new mailinglists should
>  be created. A Linux-only list, moderated by the elected leader or his
>  delegates, and an unmoderated, everything else list. If people want to
>  partake in off topic discussion, they should be able to, with those
>  who want to hear it. After the two new ones are live, no new members
>  should go on the old ones, and it should eventually be phased out, as
>  people transition over.
>
>
>
>  On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Steven Hildreth <sphildreth at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > Greetings,
>  >
>  > Please check out and vote;
>  >
>  > http://www.kclug.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33
>  >
>  > It would be great to get feedback on the forum thread, for future reference
>  > for when this question comes up again (which it does from time to time with
>  > people who drop in see what a cluckerfest KCLUG is and never return).
>  >
>  > Regards,
>  > Steven
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I'm not sure those are the only options. There are probably plenty of
people that show up on the mailing list and forums that doesn't know
crap about anyone here (such as myself), and there are probably plenty
of people who are unable to show up who would feel very disappointed
if they couldn't have their say. What about doing it at a meeting,
with the option to phone in your vote? The ability to taint the vote
by using multiple phone lines and changing your voice is much slimmer
than creating multiple email or forum accounts. This could also filter
out people who aren't interested-- if nobody knows who the hell you
are, your vote isn't counted.