[vox] The future of LUGOD

[Bill Kendrick]

On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 03:38:10PM -0800, Brian E. Lavender wrote:
> You mean is it towel time? I say throw in the towel and have a
> big party to celebrate the end! We worked hard. Time to rest.

I didn't expect y'all to be so pessimistic. :)  My objective
was to find some fresh energy to keep things going after I leave
(assuming I do -- seems likely, but nothing is confirmed.)

Thanks to Will Marshall for offering to speak at November's meeting,
and I'll try to do better to work through my backlog of
"people to invite" sitting in my mailbox and Trello deck.

Anyway, busy at work, but just wanted to drop a note to
encourage folks to keep the flame alive.  It's not like it's
that difficult; it just takes some time (which I probably do have)
and interest (which I admit is waning these days; I've got classic
gaming podcasts keeping my interest right now).

Tim and Kenny have been doing a fine job, and I'd like to
take this opportunity to nominate them for their positions.

Brian's kept the social gathering flame alive, and if he's
interested in continuing as vice-pres, then consider this
a nomination for him for that, too. :)

-bill!


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> 
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> On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 12:38:03PM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> > 
> > Right now it's LUGOD club officer election season, and we're
> > accepting nominations for our four elected positions.
> > 
> > I'm strongly considering NOT running for any positions this
> > time around, as it's looking very likely that I'll be moving
> > out of the area next summer.
> > 
> > I'm concerned, since I take it upon myself to do a lot of
> > work for the club, that I'll leave a vacuum in my place
> > which could adversely affect the club.  We obviously don't
> > want that!
> > 
> > Furthermore, even now, I've not had as much time (or in some
> > cases, not had the energy or inclincation) to do some of the
> > things necessary for the club.  I've been terrible at putting
> > meeting minutes up on the website (and have been bad at
> > asking for help), and have been struggling to work on finding
> > guest speakers.  Doing that kind of stuff for a good portion
> > of the past ~16-17 years has admittedly gotten a bit tiresome.
> > 
> > The club needs help right now, so I encourage people to please
> > consider running for officer positions.  It'd be revitalizing,
> > I think, to actually hold elections _with voting_ for once.
> > 
> > So many past elections have been situations where only one
> > person was nominated for each position (if that!), so we've
> > accepted them after a simple 'call for objections' at the
> > meeting.
> > 
> > LUGOD is a 501(c)7 non-profit, with a somewhat active
> > membership, and I think we can thrive if energetic people
> > take part in running the club again.
> > 
> > That's my 2c, (and, uh, I guess a kind of warning? :) )
> > 
> > 
> > With that, I need to hurry up and find a guest speaker/topic
> > for next week's meeting! :^(
> > 
> > -- 
> > -bill!
> > Sent from my computer
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> 
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-bill!
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