[Lilug Planning] Dec 13th meeting topic(s)

[Matt Surico]

On 11/29/2011 04:32 PM, quarsaw _ wrote:

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>
> I do agree that we could do a better job at reminding and announcing 
> things like this using the lists and the site instead of just at meetings.
>
> I also agree that having candidates submit a short statement or 
> abstract seems reasonable.

That's cool - it's never been done before, but not a bad idea :-)
>
> As to this notice going on the planning list, I don't feel too 
> strongly one way or the other. Certainly there are more people on the 
> planning list than just the officers but it it also clearly a subset 
> of the main list.

My point about mailing the planning list was to find out if we had a Dec 
topic, and if we did, I would proactively post it on the wiki (along 
with the fact that we have elections - as Secretary I want to be sure 
that at least the government business is put on the website & is 
announced - so definitely my goof not to announce a reminder about the 
nomination process at least in Nov if not earlier this year).

>
> As to the general topic of communication: I agree wholeheartedly that 
> we need more of it; both from government about what is going on and 
> from members who have suggestions and feedback.

We had a short discussion about this very thing at the Nov meeting and 
for sure it should be a focus of the LILUG government to ensure it's 
done in 2012!

Thanks,
Matt S


>
> -Mike
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Jesse Farinacci <jieryn at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jieryn at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Greetings,
>
>     On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Matt Surico
>     <surico at mail.buoy.com <mailto:surico at mail.buoy.com>> wrote:
>     > I am going to post the names of all the
>     > people running for office on the wiki in the meeting
>     announcement (even if
>     > it's only just the incumbents!) along with the meeting topic.
>
>     This doesn't seem right. Shouldn't it be announced that elections are
>     coming up and if you want to run for a particular office, then you
>     must submit your name and optional abstract/statement?
>
>     By restricting this to the planning list we're not going to get anyone
>     but the incumbents, if that.
>
>     Maybe I have misunderstood the calendar. I am reading this as that the
>     elections will be held at the next meeting. If this isn't the case, I
>     think at most we should announce are the general positions which
>     people can run for. Then say there is a deadline of a week or two to
>     submit a candidacy.
>
>     Either way, I think it is not a good idea to announce particular
>     candidates before everyone has had a chance to consider whether they
>     want to participate.
>
>     > So hopefully we can get the word out via web and email early for
>     this
>     > meeting coming up, and as a general rule of thumb going forward :-)
>
>     I'm all for this!! Frankly, I was more than a little bummed out that I
>     forgot about the last meeting and didn't see a single word about it
>     beforehand.
>
>     -Jesse
>
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