AmesMUG Officers: AmesMUG this year

Tue Sep 16 13:19:45 CDT 2008

I'm available Thursday night after 7.

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Jonathan Salvador
jonny at iastate.edu

On Sep 16, 2008, at 1:06 PM, John Rearick wrote:

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