Meeting-20130112
WPLUG will have a General User Meeting and presentation on Saturday, January 12, 2013, starting at 2pm at IBM Pittsburgh on the 9th floor. If possible, please RSVP for this event here:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4028657824
Registering for a (free) ticket, or submitting an RSVP, is absolutely NOT required to attend this meeting - but the meeting host will be providing food, and this will help us determine how much to bring. However, if you will require wireless Internet access at the venue, you MUST RSVP so that the meeting host can register you for access to the guest wireless system; registration on-site for wireless Internet access will NOT be available!
Schedule for the Day
1:30pm - Doors open, set up
2:00pm - Business Meeting starts
2:30pm - Lightning Talks (brief, informal, "off the cuff" presentations by attendees)
3:30pm - Food will be ordered from Mandarin Gourment, and possibly Domino's if there is a demand for pizza. The movie Revolution OS will be viewed by those staying to eat. This documentary, while somewhat dated at this point, offers interesting insights into the early history of Linux, and the Open Source and Free Software movements.
5:00pm - Meeting ends; clean up, and leave...
Business Meeting
- Review of minutes of November 10, 2012 GUM (5 minutes)
- Reports of officers (10 minutes)
- New Business
- The WPLUG Board has been advised that a proposal will be introduced at this GUM to amend Section 8.4 of WPLUG's ByLaws. The proposal is to replace the first paragraph of this section with the following text: "By default, all Board and committee meetings are held in person, unless the chair of the meeting chooses to schedule a virtual meeting as described herein." The proposal will be discussed, and a vote will be conducted to determine if there is sufficient support for the proposal to submit it to the full membership via absentee ballot. (10 minutes)
Speaker/Presentation
In the presentation portion of the program, we will open to the floor to any attendee who wishes to do an off-the-cuff "Lightning Talk" presentation about a Linux or Open Source related topic of interest to themselves. These informal presentations should be limited to 10 minutes or less. No presentation slides, or anything of the sort, are required or expected (though we will have a projector and screen on hand for anyone who could make use of it). You do not need to be a dues-paying member to present - just show up! We want you to share your experiences with what YOU are enthusiastic about! If there's an interesting problem you're working on and you'd like to get a fresh perspective, tell us about it! One of the ways WPLUG can benefit us all, is by enabling us to teach each other, and learn from each other!
One of the presentations in this segment of the program will be from the Commission to Reform WPLUG, also known as the "CRW", an unofficial group of individuals who have been meeting with the goal of making WPLUG better for everyone involved in it (members and non-members alike). The presentation will describe how the CRW came to be, what it's goals are, and what it has accomplished so far. (As a quick preview - the proposed amendment to WPLUG's bylaws that is planned to be offered at this meeting is one of the results of the work the CRW has done so far.)
In any time remaining, we will brainstorm about possible future activities and future directions for WPLUG - what goals do YOU want to see YOUR organization pursue?
Meeting Minutes
Meeting Staff
If you would like to volunteer to assist with this meeting, please add your name to one or more of the categories below.
- Host: Pat Barron
- Co-Host: Your name here
- Snacks/Refreshments: Pat Barron (cake or cookies); Add Your Name Here...
- Setup: Your name here, Your name here
- Clean Up: Your name here, Your name here
Carpooling
- Your name/location here