AmesMUG Officers: AmesMUG this year

[John Rearick]

Do people want to meet tomorrow at 7 somewhere?

Giving swag at the meetings was the other thing dues entitled people to.

I'm thinking it may be a little late to get anything together for  
clubfest by now.

Sheng, Brandon want to chime in?

--
John Rearick
www.bobbis.net
jrearick at bobbis.net



On Sep 2, 2008, at 1:42 AM, Jonathan Salvador wrote:

> On Aug 29, 2008, at 1:02 PM, John Rearick wrote:
>
>> The podcast idea sounds pretty good.  The question comes, how do we  
>> collect dues when there is no physical meeting?  I assume we can  
>> have them mail in dues.
>
> The question may seem totally bonkers, but do fees necessarily have  
> to be done physically?
>
>> Also what are the benefits of paying dues?
>
> Well, what were the benefits of paying dues before?  Wasn't it just  
> being allowed into LANFEST?
>
>> Checking on our stuorg web site I see that we have been changed to  
>> a campus org and thus no GSB funding.  I have just signed up for  
>> the treasurer training and will be updating my status as treasurer  
>> soon.
>>
>> Also, clubfest is coming up September 5 do we want to register for  
>> a spot to promote ourselves? http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=JIXzvfpMqutu7Canj0wkVw_3d_3d
>
> If we think we can coordinate and throw together a podcast that we  
> can tell people to go check out on Friday, then it seems worth it.
>
>> Do w want to meet next week to figure out what we're doing?
>
> Definitely.  I'm flexible this week in the evenings.  When is  
> everyone free?
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>> John Rearick
>> www.bobbis.net
>> jrearick at bobbis.net
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 29, 2008, at 12:20 AM, Jonathan Salvador wrote:
>>
>>> Well, since no one else has replied yet, I'll bite...
>>>
>>> So attendance at meetings seems to be a perpetual problem, and  
>>> that seems to be the case with a lot of MUGs (that aren't  
>>> Appleworks fanatics).  And that makes a lot of sense; it was  
>>> necessary to have to get together in one spot to find out what was  
>>> happening when you couldn't just fire up a browser or check your  
>>> feeds.  So I think it might be worth considering doing a podcast,  
>>> or something that better fits with how people hear/discuss tech  
>>> news today, rather than holding meetings.  Plus, there are plenty  
>>> of interesting topics floating around for an Apple-centric podcast  
>>> right now: the Psystar case, El Jobso's health and company impact,  
>>> upcoming September updates/rumors, just to name a few.
>>>
>>> Eh? Eh?
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------
>>> Jonathan Salvador
>>> jonny at iastate.edu
>>>
>>> On Aug 27, 2008, at 10:14 PM, John Rearick wrote:
>>>
>>>> Colin has asked if we have anything planned yet this year for the  
>>>> MUG.  What do we want to do?
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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