[clue] CLUE speaker coordinator.

[Quentin Hartman]

The way we handled this at the IT Pro Forum was there was a group of 3-4
people (the founders) who were responsible for keeping things rolling.
Finding and scheduling speakers, sending announcements, sending out and
archive slide decks, and if a speaker couldn't make it for whatever reason,
filling in themselves with some topic saved for the occasion. That last bit
is why Hal, Matt, and myself appeared so many times on the speaker list.

Having multiple people involved helped keep it from becoming "work", and
our combined networks helped make sure that we kept coming up with speakers
consistently. Everyone involved also appreciated having things scheduled
out months at a time for the most part.

Anyway, something to consider. It worked for us.

I wouldn't mind filling that role again at some point, but I feel like the
group and I should get to know each other better before that happens.


On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 4:02 PM, David L. Anselmi <anselmi at anselmi.us> wrote:

> You may have noticed that we have no speaker coordinator.  So as president
> I've been filling in,
> badly.  I would like to improve that but if I continue to do it, it will
> probably get worse.
>
> Would anyone like to be speaker coordinator?
>
> Would anyone like to be president?
>
> Please let me know.
>
> Neither job is very hard.  If you don't have time (say an hour or two per
> month) then I understand.
>   If you do have time and have some other objection I'd be happy to
> discuss with you.
>
> I used to think speaker coordinator was a hard job.  We've had some decent
> talks in the past year
> (although we've missed some months too).  I think that if you try it
> you'll discover that it isn't
> that hard, people will really appreciate it even though you might not
> think you're doing well, and
> that you're better at it than you think you'll be.  That's been my
> experience.
>
> I'd be happy to hear from you on or off list.  Please don't be offended if
> it takes me a few days to
> get back to you.
>
> Thanks!
> Dave
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