[clue] CLUE speaker coordinator.

[David L. Willson]

I'm willing to help recruit speakers, but I'd rather have someone to direct them to for coordination. 

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David L. Willson 
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This is a good time for a r3VOLution. 

----- Original Message -----

> 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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