AmesMUG Officers: AmesMUG this year

[Jonathan Salvador]

Since there hasn't been any other responses yet, might it be better to  
say we're definitely going to meet next week?  Maybe give people some  
more time to come up with ideas?

On Sep 3, 2008, at 11:38 PM, Jonathan Salvador wrote:

> I could potentially be free tomorrow evening, if people are available.
>
> On Sep 3, 2008, at 2:17 PM, John Rearick wrote:
>
>> 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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