AmesMUG Officers: AmesMUG this year

Sat Sep 13 22:24:50 CDT 2008

So are we in limbo about this because we need a fifth officer?  If so,  
I'm sure I could find someone, or one of us could find someone, to at  
least sign as an officer so we can get things moving.

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Jonathan Salvador
jonny at iastate.edu

On Sep 4, 2008, at 6:09 PM, Brandon Newendorp wrote:

> 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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