AmesMUG Officers: AmesMUG this year

[Jonathan Salvador]

Where do we want to meet?  On campus, off campus?

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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