AmesMUG Officers: AmesMUG this year

Tue Sep 16 13:06:13 CDT 2008

Try again for a meeting either tonight (Tuesday) or Thursday?

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

On Sep 13, 2008, at 10:24 PM, Jonathan Salvador wrote:

> 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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>>>>>>>
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