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| | There will be a special "meet the candidates" session in the WPLUG [[IRC|IRC channel]] (irc.freenode.net, channel #wplug) on Thursday, November 13 from 8:00-9:00pm. We encourage all members to attend and ask questions of the candidates. | | There will be a special "meet the candidates" session in the WPLUG [[IRC|IRC channel]] (irc.freenode.net, channel #wplug) on Thursday, November 13 from 8:00-9:00pm. We encourage all members to attend and ask questions of the candidates. |
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| − | [[Media:Candidates-irc-2014-11-13.txt|View the transcript of the session]]
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| | === Candidate Statements === | | === Candidate Statements === |
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| | ==== Patrick Barron ==== | | ==== Patrick Barron ==== |
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| − | My primary concern about WPLUG, at this point in it's evolution, is that I still don't think it's sure what it wants to be, and who it is looking to to be it's audience. I think we should make a concerted effort to determine what demographic we wish to serve - be it experienced Linux users, system administrators, software developers, novice users, or some defined combination of these - and press forward on that basis. My concern is that even when we provide an activity that engages someone's interest, they may not be confident that the next activity (or any future activity) will be relevant to their interests, since we don't necessarily have a "theme" (for lack of a better word). I believe we should determine a demographic we wish to serve, and proceed in a way where everyone in that demographic can have some confidence that each WPLUG event may potentially be of interest to them.
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| − | I would also very much like to see us be in the habit of planning events and activities well in advance. For example, if it is November (as it is right now...), we should not be starting the planning process for activities that we'd like to organize in December. Rather, we should be beginning the planning for activities we'd like to pursue in February or March. By the time November comes around, activities for December and January (and possibly even as far forward as February) should already be completely planned out, speakers booked, venue lined up, etc. This is particularly important if we need to secure a venue. If we're in November starting the planning for a December activity and assume that WSCC (or some other venue) will be available to us - and then we later discover that the venue we were counting on is not available, and we're then a couple of weeks out from an event that we're basically committed to, already booked a presenter for, etc., and find that we do not have a meeting venue. This is never a good situation, and we should strive to avoid it going forward.
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| | ==== Vance Kochenderfer ==== | | ==== Vance Kochenderfer ==== |
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| − | As noted [[Meeting-20131109#Vance_Kochenderfer|last year]], I still believe that our primary aim should be to have quality meetings. This includes relevant speakers and topics, held in a convenient location, with plenty of notice. Over the past year we experimented with some alternatives to the [[Wilkins School Community Center]] as a venue, with inconsistent results. I feel a stable home is valuable and we should re-commit to WSCC or locate a new default facility. Attracting speakers has also been a challenge, and we should consider having one person with only this responsibility and no others. Lining up and publicizing our speakers well in advance will, I feel, increase attendance and participation.
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| | ==== John Lewis ==== | | ==== John Lewis ==== |
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| | == Meeting Minutes == | | == Meeting Minutes == |
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| − | The meeting was called to order at 3:15 PM with the Vice Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, and Director-at-Large present, as well as members Terry Golightly and John Lewis (2014-2015 board candidate).
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| − | The minutes from the October 2014 GUM were approved as written.
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| − | '''Reports of Officers'''
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| − | The Vice Chair reports that he plans on giving a donation to WPLUG for the power strips that were borrowed to be utilized at the Ohio LinuxFest.
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| − | The Treasurer reports that there's $216.00 still in the bank, with 90 dollars yet to be deposited.
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| − | The Secretary and Director-at-Large have nothing to report.
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| − | There were no reports by the committees.
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| − | '''Elections'''
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| − | The elections were then held, with Terry Golightly taking count of how many points each candidate received.
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| − | * Joe Prostko received 18 points.
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| − | * Pat Barron received 17 points.
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| − | * Vance Kochenderfer received 15 points.
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| − | * Stanley Slomberg received 14 points.
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| − | * John Lewis received 13 points.
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| − | All five candidates therefore constitute the 2014-2015 WPLUG board of directors.
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| − | The meeting was concluded at 3:41 PM.
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| − | (Approved on [[Meeting-20150110 | January 10, 2015]] - VK)
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| | == Meeting Staff == | | == Meeting Staff == |
