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== Five Year Goals == |
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Board Members: |
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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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* <del>LUGRadio Live USA</del> |
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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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Revision as of 09:49, 20 November 2007
Five Year Goals
- Tangible benefits for members
- Medium/Large scale Pittsburgh based Linux conference
- Training to the point of formal certification (see what's going on with the FreeBSD community)
- Strong SIGs that meet monthly
- Better WPLUG reputation -- local, national level -- with other lugs, FOSS in general, goverments
- Incorporate as a 501(c)(3)
Three Year Goals
- Regional conference on a yearly basis
- OS Desktop training sessions -- PrePrint workflow, photo workflow, etc. More of a classroom instruction session see about working with ProTech or something
- Tiered membership program
- associate, student, professional, etc
- provides infrastructure for tangible benefits
- Incorporate with the state
- Crossover membership with other PGH technology organizations
- In a regional sense -- connect with other Linux/BSD/Free Software Groups
- Ohio, WVULug, CPlug, BPLUG, PSLUG
- regional alliances
- (aka getting in touch with other organizations that serve a similar purpose)
One Year Goals
- getting committees functioning
- start with individual people
- put people on the committee that are active and willing to do the tasks within the scope
- make them feel empowered
- have committees go through the same exercise we're doing here
- 1 year, 6 mon, 3 mon plans
- board member on each committee to oversee, but not do the work
- reduce barrier to entry on committees
- Tax ID number
- Meeting schedule defined and published 2-3 months out - resolve meeting places
LUGRadio Live USA- Fix the online community
- retire penguin
- install a real CMS
- openACS is not a long term solution
- maybe just stick with MediaWiki
- redirect wplug.org to wplug.ece.cmu.edu
- install jabber server for wplug (wildfire is a good option)
- find some network admins
- set specific times on IRC for questions/help rather than idlefest
- select a software platform
- contest for new WPLUG logo or layout