[Steering Committee] Re-restarting the JUG

[Les Martin]

Ryan? Someone at Techlahoma?


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On Wed, Apr 20, 2022, 8:30 AM Jason Lee <jason at steeplesoft.com> wrote:

> Do we know who posted this?
> https://twitter.com/okcjug/status/1226636986032775168
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> I've tried doing a password recovery, but I was unable to guess what the
> email address on the account is. :)
> On 4/15/22 9:43 PM, Les Martin wrote:
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> Oof, I do not. I was never that involved. I am glad to see the
> possible reopening of the JUG, though! And would like to be involved to
> some extent. NW Expressway is a bit out of my way, though, so lunch
> meetings there will be sans me. Either way, keep me in the loop, I'd be
> glad to contribute at some point.
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> Les
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> On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 7:45 AM Brian Sheldon <brian.s.sheldon at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> I am not finding the twitter creds for okcjug. I wonder if Les Martin
>> would know?
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>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 9:27 PM Jason Lee <jason at steeplesoft.com> wrote:
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>>> Good evening! I'm sitting here in my hotel in Atlanta after the closing
>>> of Devnexus 2022. I got to talk to several friends/acquaintances that lead
>>> various JUGs to see how things are going for them, and I'm re-enthused
>>> about restarting our JUG. Several people have expressed interest in doing
>>> so, but nobody has made the move to do so, therefore, if I may be so bold,
>>> I'm just going to do it. Here's my plan:
>>>
>>>    1. Unless someone just REALLY wants to instead, I'm going to appoint
>>>    myself president and get this kick started. :)
>>>    2. I will reach back out to Techlahoma to see where things stand on
>>>    UGs these days and see if we can restart that relationship.
>>>    3. I'm going to pick a time and day of the week and start planning
>>>    sessions (this will depend both on the outcome of the discussion above and
>>>    my personal schedule :), most likely presenting myself to help get things
>>>    going.
>>>    4. I'd like to assemble a board to help govern things, but I know
>>>    people are busy, so I'm happy to press on alone if needed. Please don't
>>>    make me. :)
>>>    5. I am going to export the content of our old WordPress-based site
>>>    and rebuild it with a static generator (e.g., JBake or Jekyll) and host it
>>>    under an OKCJUG org on GitHub.
>>>    6. I will try to regain access to the OKCJUG GitHub and Twitter
>>>    accounts (*Brian Sheldon*: Do you remember the credentials for
>>>    either? You're the only other person I can think of that had those).
>>>    7. I'm going to look at other JUGs and reach out to my contacts
>>>    there to see what other digital capabilities we may be lacking and try to
>>>    get those going.
>>>    8. Once details have started to come together, I'll email the main
>>>    JUG list to announce those details. I will likely, though, make a teaser
>>>    announcement in the coming days.
>>>    9. I will try to figure out what I've forgotten and do that too.
>>>
>>> I am going to have lunch (hopefully not by myself :) at Jason's Deli on
>>> NW Expressway at 11:30 on Wednesday (4/20) to discuss these items with
>>> anyone interested. Lacking any negative feedback, concerns, etc., I'm going
>>> to press on, so if you have any of those, chime up here or come to lunch
>>> next Wednesday and harangue me in person. :)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jason Lee
>>> http://jasondl.ee
>>> http://jasondl.ee/twitter
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> Jason Lee
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