[Steering Committee] Officer Elections

[Ryan Hoegg]

Holy Moly, how many members of our committee do you think we'll get?  Yahoo!
btw, I'm back and will try to clean up the money mess I left behind this
summer.  Talk to you all soon; I have the $300 check and will deposit it
this evening.  Who's going to pay Derrick?

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Brian Sheldon <brian.s.sheldon at gmail.com>wrote:

> So you did get my email and you read it. I figured your spam filter ate it.
> I'll be happy to fill any position(s) we might have.
>
> So the positions we have might include:
>
> prez
> vice-prez
> treasurer
> sponsor czar
> speaker csar
> webmastermeeting reminder emailer
> steering committee meeting scheduler (I nominate Paul)
> door prize getter (when we have the money)
> food/drink/ice getter (when we have the money)
> plates/cups/napkins getter (when we have the money)
>
> any others?
>
> brian
>
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Jason Lee <jason at steeplesoft.com> wrote:
>
>> I was asked recently in a private email if I am wanting to step down as
>> president.  The writer was quick to say he doesn't feel I need to, but it's
>> a good question.  When I volunteered/was elected president, we were
>> operating on the assumption of one year terms.  While I've been honored to
>> be allowed to serve in this capacity and would be happy to continue to do
>> so, I also don't want hog the position, so to speak.  The topic came up
>> after today's meeting with Derrick, who rightly pointed out that the
>> election of new officers will inject new blood and fresh ideas.
>>
>> I'm going to guess that most everyone's first objection will be to point
>> out the difficulty we've had in getting volunteers up to this point, and
>> that's a fair one.  Derrick suggested sending out a call for candidates to
>> see who is interested in which positions.  If no one volunteers, willing
>> incumbents can then volunteer to continue to serve.  We could also approach
>> individuals and encourage them to throw their hats in the ring.
>>
>> One issue with an election for a group of this type, I would think, is
>> getting someone lined up for each "position," and I'm not sure how to solve
>> that problem.  We could go the traditional route and let someone "run" for
>> each position, or tell everyone here are the positions, and they'll be
>> filled top down by the top vote getters.  *shrug* I have no firm opinion.
>>
>> Derrick also asked if we had any one person who was responsible for
>> finding a speaker, which we don't.  Right now, it's all of us pestering our
>> coworkers or volunteering to do it.  It might help to have a formal position
>> (I think he said the OKC DG has something called the VP of...
>> Something-or-Other) who would be responsible for that.  It would be a lot
>> like the role Ryan now plays in getting sponsors (which, btw, we're in
>> desperate need of).  Thoughts on that would be appreciated as well.
>>
>> Give that some thought.  Discuss here.  I'd like to be able to come to
>> some sort of conclusion by our next SC meeting.
>>
>> Thanks! :)
>>
>> Jason Lee, SCJP
>> President, Oklahoma City Java Users Group
>> Senior Java Developer, Sun Microsystems
>> http://blogs.steeplesoft.com
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