AmesMUG Officers: AmesMUG this year

[Brandon Newendorp]

That's not enough members to be a student/campus org - we need a  
minimum of 5 student members, plus an advisor to be recognized.   
Additionally, we need an updated constitution that has been approved  
to operate.  I, for one, don't want to write a new constitution for  
AmesMUG, considering how minimally we operate now.

The podcast could be an interesting experiment, depends on how many  
people we get to actually listen to it.  Also, we could record it  
remotely via Skype or iChat, which would be nice.

Dues...I'd say let's not bother with annual dues and just charge  
admission to LANFEST if we have one.  That way we don't have to worry  
about people getting value from them without regular meetings.

Clubfest...it's probably too late to register and frankly, not worth  
the effort in my opinion.  Especially since Sheng & John have full  
time jobs, Jon and I are the only two students left and I'll be gone  
next week.
--
Brandon Newendorp


On Sep 4, 2008, at 1:20 PM, John Rearick wrote:

> Next week I am available Monday night.  Thursday night I will be  
> going down to the Cocoaheads meeting in Des Moines.  I'm not  
> necessarily available Tuesday, Wednesday, or Friday nights but I can  
> try to work around my schedule if those days work better for others  
> next week.
>
> In order to spend money for the group I need to be the official  
> treasurer, which will require all of us to sign and turn in one of  
> their paper forms. Shall I go ahead and update our officers and get  
> the form to sign? The offices would be:
>
> President: Brandon
> Adviser: Tom
> Treasurer: John (remove Chris)
> Vice President: Jon
> Secretary: Sheng
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> John Rearick
> www.bobbis.net
> jrearick at bobbis.net
>
>
>
> On Sep 4, 2008, at 12:50 PM, Jonathan Salvador wrote:
>
>> 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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