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== Five Year Goals == | == Five Year Goals == | ||
* Tangible benefits for members | * Tangible benefits for members | ||
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* Training to the point of formal certification (see what's going on with the FreeBSD community) | * Training to the point of formal certification (see what's going on with the FreeBSD community) | ||
* Strong SIGs that meet monthly | * Strong SIGs that meet monthly | ||
− | * Better WPLUG reputation -- local, national level -- with other lugs, FOSS in general, | + | * Better WPLUG reputation -- local, national level -- with other lugs, FOSS in general, goverments |
− | * | + | * Incorporate as a 501(c)(3) |
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== Three Year Goals == | == Three Year Goals == | ||
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* Tax ID number | * Tax ID number | ||
* Meeting schedule defined and published 2-3 months out - resolve meeting places | * Meeting schedule defined and published 2-3 months out - resolve meeting places | ||
− | * | + | * LUGRadio Live USA |
− | * Fix the online community | + | * Fix the online community |
** retire penguin | ** retire penguin | ||
** install a real CMS | ** install a real CMS | ||
*** openACS is not a long term solution | *** openACS is not a long term solution | ||
*** maybe just stick with MediaWiki | *** maybe just stick with MediaWiki | ||
− | ** | + | ** redirect wplug.org to wplug.ece.cmu.edu |
− | ** | + | ** install jabber server for wplug ([http://www.jivesoftware.org/wildfire/ wildfire] is a good option) |
** find some network admins | ** find some network admins | ||
** set specific times on IRC for questions/help rather than idlefest | ** set specific times on IRC for questions/help rather than idlefest | ||
** select a software platform | ** select a software platform | ||
** contest for new WPLUG logo or layout | ** contest for new WPLUG logo or layout |
Revision as of 09:27, 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