<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">If we approach certain people specifically, we might have some takers.<div><br><div><div>On Aug 11, 2009, at 4:54 PM, Paul Smith wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">I think we will just be in the same boat we our currently.... no one wanting to participate. We don't even have enough people that attend the SC meeting to fill the below roles unless people double up.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Brian Sheldon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian.s.sheldon@gmail.com">brian.s.sheldon@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> So you did get my email and you read it. I figured your spam filter ate it.<div><br></div><div>I'll be happy to fill any position(s) we might have.</div><div><br></div><div>So the positions we have might include:</div> <div><br></div><div>prez</div><div>vice-prez</div><div>treasurer</div><div>sponsor czar</div><div>speaker csar</div>webmaster<div>meeting reminder emailer<br><div>steering committee meeting scheduler (I nominate Paul)</div> <div>door prize getter (when we have the money)</div><div>food/drink/ice getter (when we have the money)</div><div>plates/cups/napkins getter (when we have the money)</div><div><br></div><div>any others?</div><div><br></div> <div>brian</div><div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Jason Lee <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jason@steeplesoft.com" target="_blank">jason@steeplesoft.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 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.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> Give that some thought. Discuss here. I'd like to be able to come to some sort of conclusion by our next SC meeting.<br> <br> Thanks! :)<br> <br> Jason Lee, SCJP<br> President, Oklahoma City Java Users Group<br> Senior Java Developer, Sun Microsystems<br> <a href="http://blogs.steeplesoft.com" target="_blank">http://blogs.steeplesoft.com</a><br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> sc mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:sc@lists.okcjug.org" target="_blank">sc@lists.okcjug.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.okcjug.org/listinfo.cgi/sc-okcjug.org" target="_blank">http://lists.okcjug.org/listinfo.cgi/sc-okcjug.org</a><br> <a href="http://wiki.okcjug.org" target="_blank">http://wiki.okcjug.org</a><br> <a href="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/okcjug/" target="_blank">http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/okcjug/</a><br> </blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br></div></div>-- <br>Brian<br><br><a href="http://bubbasslagheapnpdeli.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://bubbasslagheapnpdeli.blogspot.com</a><br><a href="http://www.au.org" target="_blank">http://www.au.org</a><br> <a href="http://www.venganza.org" target="_blank">http://www.venganza.org</a><br> Twitter id @okieBubba<br> </div></div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> sc mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:sc@lists.okcjug.org">sc@lists.okcjug.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.okcjug.org/listinfo.cgi/sc-okcjug.org" target="_blank">http://lists.okcjug.org/listinfo.cgi/sc-okcjug.org</a><br> <a href="http://wiki.okcjug.org" target="_blank">http://wiki.okcjug.org</a><br> <a href="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/okcjug/" target="_blank">http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/okcjug/</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br> _______________________________________________<br>sc mailing list<br><a href="mailto:sc@lists.okcjug.org">sc@lists.okcjug.org</a><br>http://lists.okcjug.org/listinfo.cgi/sc-okcjug.org<br>http://wiki.okcjug.org<br>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/okcjug/<br></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><div>Jason Lee, SCJP</div><div>President, Oklahoma City Java Users Group</div><div>Senior Java Developer, Sun Microsystems</div><div><a href="http://blogs.steeplesoft.com">http://blogs.steeplesoft.com</a></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span> </div><br></div></body></html>