<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>I'm willing to help recruit speakers, but I'd rather <span>have someone to direct them to for coordination.<br><br><span name="x"></span>--<br>David L. Willson<br>Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast<br>RHCE Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 Ubuntu<br>Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br><br>This is a good time for a r3VOLution.<span name="x"></span><br></span><br><hr id="zwchr"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>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.<br>
<br></div>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.<br>
<br></div><div>Anyway, something to consider. It worked for us.<br><br></div>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.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 4:02 PM, David L. Anselmi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anselmi@anselmi.us" target="_blank">anselmi@anselmi.us</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">You may have noticed that we have no speaker coordinator. So as president I've been filling in,<br>
badly. I would like to improve that but if I continue to do it, it will probably get worse.<br>
<br>
Would anyone like to be speaker coordinator?<br>
<br>
Would anyone like to be president?<br>
<br>
Please let me know.<br>
<br>
Neither job is very hard. If you don't have time (say an hour or two per month) then I understand.<br>
If you do have time and have some other objection I'd be happy to discuss with you.<br>
<br>
I used to think speaker coordinator was a hard job. We've had some decent talks in the past year<br>
(although we've missed some months too). I think that if you try it you'll discover that it isn't<br>
that hard, people will really appreciate it even though you might not think you're doing well, and<br>
that you're better at it than you think you'll be. That's been my experience.<br>
<br>
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<br>
get back to you.<br>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
Dave<br>
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