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| DATE | 2001-12-01 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] December 5th Agenda
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New York Linux Scene
NYLXS
December 5th Agenda
Brooklyn Marriott Hotel
Meeting time: 6:30 PM
The December 5th meeting of NYLXS is a critical meeting to the formation
and future development of the organization. Three key missions need to be
achieved at this session to promote the future health of NYLXS. Those who
expect to attend are being asked to focus on the achievement of these
goals prior to working or adding any new agenda items to be worked on or
debated.
The December 5th meeting is open to the general public and will be run
with a loose subset of Rodgers Rules of Order. It is intended to achieve
our goals quickly and with efficiency. As such, we are having what
amounts to two sessions at this meeting. The fist session is from 6:30 -
7:30 PM in the Lounge on the second floor main lobby. During this
session, no formal action is to be taken and the agenda can be discussed
and issues aired out over beers and sodas. This is and the mailing list
are the times and places for consensus building and politicking. At 7:30
PM formal meeting is to take place. A chair will be chosen by me, Ruben I
Safir, or I will appoint myself as chair. We will then proceed through
the agenda as swiftly as possible to finish formal business until 10:00
PM. At 10:00, or there about, the formal meeting will end and we will
begin our celebration of our newly drafted board and committees.
The Agenda is as follows:
Appointment of our preliminary board positions. The following positions
will be filled:
· President
· Vice President · Second Vice President
· Secretary
· Recording Secretary
· Treasurer
Last meeting we obtained a preliminary list of candidates for positions,
and we will present a revised version of this on the mail list and at the
meeting. This board is to be empowered for 3 months at which time our
first elections are to be held. An exact date for this event will be
decided on at the meeting.
After appointment of the board, our permanent committees will be appointed
chairs. Most of the action of NYLXS takes place in the committees. For
the record, the current proposed Constitution is located on the mailing
list at
http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/appl/nylinux/mail/bysubject.html?idno=568 . The
current permanent committees which need to be filled are as follows:
· Membership - To oversee membership policy and track hours and dues
· Education - encouraging adoption of Free Software in the
education system, providing support to educational institution AND
developing course curricula (curriculums), scheduling of classes and
teachers. · Lobbying - establishing and maintaining relationships with
other groups having similar goals, disseminating information about where
and when people can show up and add their voice, speaking up on the issues
facing the Free Software community
· Journal - produce an NYLXS Journal and other informational
materials
In addition to these standing committees which must be manned by Board
Officers, several adhoc committees are to be formed, to include, but not
limited to a committee to oversee the running of the web site, a committee
on fund raising, and a committee on real estate to oversee ad guild our
goals to obtaining permanent housing.
The newly formed board will then review the current proposed constitution
and amend it according to suggestions of those at the meeting. And then
finally, membership dues will be set by the board and official memberships
will start to be taken.
I'd like to note that this will be the last meeting where non members will
be allowed to make major decisions about the group. Next month membership
will vote on the constitution and the we will precede from there. The
board will then review a good date for our next inservice to be presented
by Terry Schmidt, the President of NY Wireless, on wireless networking
and Free Software, to be given sometime in mid-December. Lastly, I will
address the group about the road map for NYLXS, and the real benefits of
membership. It will be my one and only NYLXS speech.
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