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== Five Year Goals == |
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* Tangible benefits for members |
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* Medium/Large scale Pittsburgh based Linux conference |
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* Training to the point of formal certification (see what's going on with the FreeBSD community) |
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* Strong SIGs that meet monthly |
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* Better WPLUG reputation -- local, national level -- with other lugs, FOSS in general, goverments |
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* Incorporate as a 501(c)(3) |
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== Three Year Goals == |
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* Regional conference on a yearly basis |
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* OS Desktop training sessions -- PrePrint workflow, photo workflow, etc. More of a classroom instruction session see about working with ProTech or something |
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* Tiered membership program |
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** associate, student, professional, etc |
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** provides infrastructure for tangible benefits |
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* Incorporate with the state |
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* Crossover membership with other PGH technology organizations |
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** In a regional sense -- connect with other Linux/BSD/Free Software Groups |
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** Ohio, WVULug, CPlug, BPLUG, PSLUG |
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** regional alliances |
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** (aka getting in touch with other organizations that serve a similar purpose) |
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== One Year Goals == |
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* getting committees functioning |
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** start with individual people |
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** put people on the committee that are active and willing to do the tasks within the scope |
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** make them feel empowered |
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** have committees go through the same exercise we're doing here |
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*** 1 year, 6 mon, 3 mon plans |
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** board member on each committee to oversee, but not do the work |
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** reduce barrier to entry on committees |
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* Tax ID number |
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* Meeting schedule defined and published 2-3 months out - resolve meeting places |
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* LUGRadio Live USA |
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* Fix the online community |
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** retire penguin |
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** install a real CMS |
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*** openACS is not a long term solution |
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*** maybe just stick with MediaWiki |
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** redirect wplug.org to wplug.ece.cmu.edu |
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** install jabber server for wplug ([http://www.jivesoftware.org/wildfire/ wildfire] is a good option) |
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** find some network admins |
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** set specific times on IRC for questions/help rather than idlefest |
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** select a software platform |
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** contest for new WPLUG logo or layout |
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