CATUG history: 2010 election discussion

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Currently there is a rather large "discussion" on the Mac Min mailing list regarding future direction of CMUG, including leadership, responsibilities, and future direction. This page is to track some of the ideas and positions, as well as individuals who are standing for those positions.

Votes

We held a general vote with the results posted September 3, 2010 with the result that out of 72 voters, 68% (49) voted yes to the question of should we elect officers, 21% (15) voted no, and 11% (8) abstained.

Positions

Initially, the idea is to have the following positions:

  • President: Has the responsibility of providing oversight and leadership to the group
    • President Volunteers: ??
  • Domain Manager: Has the responsibility to keep the domain, mail list server, and overall website up and running.
    • Manager Volunteers: Vincent D
  • List Manager: Has the responsibility to manage the mailing list
    • List Manager Volunteers: Drew J
    • Mailing List Team Volunteers: ??
  • Blog Team: see the Pages note below as to what the blog team would be dealing with
    • Manager Volunteers: Faithe T
    • Team Volunteers: Faithe T, David B, David L
  • Wiki Team: administrators, helpers, content monitors
    • Manager Volunteers: Neville R
    • Team Volunteers: ??

Volunteers

The following individuals have volunteered to help with various positions or have volunteered for an elected position:

  • Bob S: web design
  • Rory G: list moderator
  • Clive R: list moderator
  • Brance: web design
  • Vincent D: site/domain administration, wiki content
  • Faithe T: blog admin
  • David L: graphic design, web site content
  • Scotte M: list moderator, web site content writer, with skills in database/web/mailing list management
  • Neville R: wiki contributor
  • Aaron H: list moderator, wiki helper, blog helper
  • David V: web design

Pages

The following is a list of pages we want to have and need people responsible for:

  • Blog
  • Historian
  • Member database
  • Mac Tech News
  • How-to's and Tips
  • Hardware/Software Wanted & Available
  • CMUG (as a MUG) discounts and how to get them (e.g. Accordance)