[clue-admin] CLUE steering meeting redux.

[Philipp Giddings]

According to Dave

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On 11/24/2010 1:19 PM, dennisjperkins at comcast.net wrote:
> Time and place for the 26th?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David L. Anselmi" <anselmi at anselmi.us>
> To: "CLUE admin" <clue-admin at cluedenver.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 11:19:29 PM
> Subject: [clue-admin] CLUE steering meeting redux.
>
> Admins (and gentlemen) ;-)
>
> I'd like to redirect the goal of our steering meeting.  "VPS, Drupal" 
> and "CLUE steering" seem
> incongruous to me.  Steering seems so much more grand than talking 
> about two tools.  I ask for your
> support (see the last paragraph).
>
> I will announce two meetings: the evening of Nov 26th and the evening 
> of Dec 14th (our regularly
> scheduled meeting).  We can add a Saturday if there is enough interest.
>
> The goal will be to establish the direction of CLUE for the coming year:
>
>   - address priorities and shortcomings in how we're executing
>   - get help/replacements for those admins who need it
>   - get new admins for new things that need to be done
>
> In short, to shake off the slumber that is slowly overwhelming us.  I 
> don't know whether I can pull
> this off.  I do know I need your help.
>
> So what the heck do I think I'm doing?  Well, I was given some insight 
> about how Dennis came to
> decide to hold a meeting and I think that what we've arranged so far 
> doesn't really cut it.  Since I
> was asked to announce the meetings I told him I'd arrange what was 
> needed and he agreed.
>
> The problem is that we didn't propose an agenda that was aggressive 
> enough to get the current
> admins/officers committed to coming.  But we really need much of the 
> membership to come too so we
> can meet their needs and get their help.  I think that if we develop a 
> vision the details like
> Drupal and VPS will fall into place.
>
> I like the idea of a meeting on the 26th so I'm sticking with it.  I 
> didn't get a sense that anyone
> was solely committed to the 11th and it seems convenient to meet on 
> the 14th since we don't have
> another topic planned.  If Saturday is really popular we can add back 
> the 11th or the 18th.
>
> Here's how you can help:
>
> - Come to the meetings.  If you can only make one the later ones will 
> probably be better.
> - If this whole approach is hugely offensive/stupid/arrogant/whatever, 
> tell me what you *will do*
> instead.
> - Be patient with me and the other volunteers (we are volunteers). 
>  I'm not trying to resolve
> everything here so I'm not spelling everything out.  That's for the 
> meetings.
> - Come to the meetings.
>
> Thanks for all you've done for CLUE.
> Dave
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