<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">So it looks like I misinterpreted what I read in Ryan's email. That's clearly my mistake, so I apologize.<div><div><br></div><div>As I think I mentioned previously, I'd be happy with a larger pool of presenters and larger attendance at the steering committee meetings.</div><div><br></div><div>As for whether some is or is not qualified, that's actually never come up as far as I am aware. And in fact, my issue was not regarding qualification but rather subject matter.</div><div><br></div><div>Since we are not giving away guaranteed speaking spots, my issues are resolved.</div><div><br></div><div>Sorry if I jumped the gun.</div><div><br></div><div>Brett</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Sep 18, 2009, at 11:38 AM 9/18/09, <a href="mailto:biju.ctr.kurian@faa.gov">biju.ctr.kurian@faa.gov</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><div><p mce_keep="true">Good morning Brett,</p><p mce_keep="true">My intention certainly wasn't to set your spider senses alight! First and foremost, my motive in electing for an annual membership in the JUG is to encourage involvement in while also contributing constructively to JUG. There are ancillary exposure benefits that factor into my decision, sure, but my main goal is to contribute positively to both my team members' and local Java user's professional development, as well as create additional exposure for JUG to the local Java development community. I've personally seen a great deal of benefit from involvement in JUG, for professional development and perhaps more importantly team solidarity and consensus. If the Steering Committee decides that Objectstream isn't qualified to speak on certain topics, I have no problem with that; I will still retain my commitment to JUG. I await the Steering Committee's decision. Thanks, Brett. </p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p mce_keep="true">Biju</p><p mce_keep="true"><br> </p></div><font color="#990099">-----"Brett L. Schuchert" <<a href="mailto:schuchert@yahoo.com">schuchert@yahoo.com</a>> wrote: -----<br><br></font><blockquote style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">To: OKC JUG Steering Committee Mailing List <<a href="mailto:sc@lists.okcjug.org">sc@lists.okcjug.org</a>><br>From: "Brett L. Schuchert" <<a href="mailto:schuchert@yahoo.com">schuchert@yahoo.com</a>><br>Date: 09/17/2009 06:43PM<br>cc: Biju CTR Kurian/AMC/CNTR/FAA@FAA, OKC JUG Steering Committee Mailing List <<a href="mailto:sc@lists.okcjug.org">sc@lists.okcjug.org</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Steering Committee] Annual JUG sponsorship<br><br><font face="Default Monospace,Courier New,Courier,monospace" size="2">One speaker quarter? That makes my spider senses tingle. <br><br>He's taking both adversing time (fine) and presenter time. I don't like that unless we allow for multiple speakers per month. <br><br>Free tutorials:<br> <a href="http://schuchert.wikispaces.com/" target="blank">http://schuchert.wikispaces.com</a><br><br>On Sep 17, 2009, at 4:57 PM, Ryan Hoegg <<a href="mailto:ryan.hoegg@gmail.com">ryan.hoegg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>Hi Biju, hello steering committee,<br><br>I had lunch with Biju today to go over what an annual sponsorship would look like. We agreed that he would pay $1200 on January 1 for a 2010 sponsorship. He wasn't as interested in direct sponsorship benefits as our recruiting sponsors have been, but he would like ObjectStream branding on the web site and the standard three meeting sponsorships we included with the recruiting sponsorship. He'd also like to provide one speaker per quarter next year.<br><br>I invited Biju and his speaker(s) to attend our next steering committee meeting so we could discuss topics.<br><br>Biju, we really do appreciate your support.<br><br>--<br>Ryan Hoegg<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></font></blockquote><br></font></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>