Organization Poll on the KCLUG Forums

[Oren Beck]

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Billy Crook <billycrook at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is no question. The LUG needs formal organization. First and
> foremost, There needs to be an official 'position' of authority, and a
> fallback person for when the primary is unavailable.
>
> Those position should be elected yearly or every 6 months. Any
> thoughts on whether the election should he held:
>
> At the meeting
>
>      - filters out people less effected, or who don't feel strongly
> enough to show up
>      - ballots can be 'issued' one per person
>      - straight forward to tally
>      - can have a secret ballot
>
>
>
> On the forums
>
>      - includes everyone, bringing along people who might not even be
> effected
>      - vulnerable to multiple votes by anyone
>      - a simple poll (like this one) can do the tallying)
>      - basically secret ballot (in the hands of the server admin)
>
>
>
> On the mailing list
>
>      - includes everyone, bringing along people who might not even be
> effected
>      - vulnerable to multiple votes by anyone
>      - chaotic, difficult to tally
>      - no secret ballot
>
>
>
> I think voting in person at a meeting is the best route. What are your
> thoughts?
>
> Once chosen, the leader should be responsible for:
>
>      - LUG website
>      - Mailinglist
>      - Planning for LUG growth
>      - Scheduling actual topics, or goals for the LUG
>      - Events
>
>
>
> Any volunteers?
>
> Also on the topic of organization. I think two new mailinglists should
> be created. A Linux-only list, moderated by the elected leader or his
> delegates, and an unmoderated, everything else list. If people want to
> partake in off topic discussion, they should be able to, with those
> who want to hear it. After the two new ones are live, no new members
> should go on the old ones, and it should eventually be phased out, as
> people transition over.
>
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Steven Hildreth <sphildreth at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Please check out and vote;
> >
> > http://www.kclug.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33
> >
> > It would be great to get feedback on the forum thread, for future
> reference
> > for when this question comes up again (which it does from time to time
> with
> > people who drop in see what a cluckerfest KCLUG is and never return).
> >
> > Regards,
> > Steven
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