AmesMUG Officers: AmesMUG this year

Wed Sep 17 15:31:11 CDT 2008

I'm good for Thursday at 7.  I believe Sheng usually has something  
going on until 7 so we may want to make it 7:30?

West Student Office Space?

Thanks,

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

On Sep 16, 2008, at 1:19 PM, Jonathan Salvador wrote:

> I'm available Thursday night after 7.
>
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------
> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------
>>> 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
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://amesmug.ag.iastate.edu/pipermail/officers/attachments/20080917/0ba5f3ab/attachment.html