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class=920121123-28012008>Guys if you are looking at making a major transition of
Officers, you may want to have a general meeting or expand the meeting to
include all the people you can and determine where people want the group to go
and if they want it to grow or drop to a lower level of activity. I can tell you
from experience that loosing experienced people can kill a group, especially if
they are some of the more active members. In our original MacUsers Group we lost
lots of people and stayed active, until we hit a period where we lost the two
most active members, then the group dies as no one wanted to do the work to keep
it going.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=920121123-28012008>I am happy to help in any way I can, but I got burnt
out doing too much with our original Mac Users Group, that happens if you do not
have a good recruiting effort.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=920121123-28012008>Tom Hillson</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> officers-bounces@amesmug.ag.iastate.edu
[mailto:officers-bounces@amesmug.ag.iastate.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jonathan
Salvador<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 28, 2008 4:50 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Jonathan
Salvador<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: AmesMUG Officers: Future of the
group<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>I think it would be worthwhile to have a meeting tomorrow, if people
are available.
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size=3>Jonathan Salvador</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>On Jan 28, 2008, at 3:32 PM, Chris Hoff wrote:</DIV><BR
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Hey all.<BR><BR>We have some important decisions we
need to make. GSB funding meetings are coming up. The schedule is
below.<BR><BR>Organizations that wish to apply for Regular Allocations MUST
attend one of the four informational sessions:<BR>Tuesday, January 29 at 11am
in Room 3512 - Memorial Union<BR>Thursday, January 31 at 4pm in Room 3512 -
Memorial Union<BR>Monday, February 4 at 6pm in Room 3512 - Memorial
Union<BR>Wednesday, February 6 at 6pm in the Oak Room - Memorial
Union<BR><BR>The question is, should we apply for funding? As I think
most of you are aware, Jordan and I will be leaving Ames and ISU in May.
Currently, Jordan is the group secretary and I am the group treasurer.
All organizations are required to have a president, treasurer, and
faculty/staff adviser. However, the president and treasurer can be the
same person. Our current officer lineup looks like
this:<BR><BR>President<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre">
</SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN>Brandon J
Newendorp<BR>Adviser<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre">
</SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN><SPAN
class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN>Thomas
Hillson<BR>Treasurer<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre">
</SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN>Christopher
D Hoff<BR>Vice President<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre">
</SPAN>Jonathan T Salvador<BR>Secretary<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN>Jordan M Hoff<BR><BR>So the obvious void to
fill for the upcoming year is treasurer. As a student organization, our
officers must be students. So, if the one or two students we'll have
left in the group next year aren't willing to step up and learn how to be
treasurer, the group can't continue. I can train anyone on the treasurer
duties. It isn't all that difficult since I've kept everything - so
examples on anything you'd need to do are available. Another option
would be to convert the group to a campus organization. This would mean
no more GSB funding, but filling officer positions would be easier because
they can be anyone from the university community. And without GSB to
worry about, the treasurer position would be easy. And I suppose the
final possibility is to dissolve the group entirely. If we go that
route, we'll have to deal with our assets. (Assets may even be an issue
if we go to campus org status - not sure how GSB purchased items would be
handled in that case).<BR><BR>At the GSB funding meeting, they will request
information about our org, such as who the officers are. I can only make
the first two GSB funding meetings. The later two I have class.
Unfortunately, the two meeting options are both before our next
officer's meeting (this Thursday). So we can try and figure this all out
over email, or maybe hold an "emergency" officer's meeting on Tuesday night
(at 7?).<BR><BR>To add another complication, our organization will expire in a
few weeks. This happens every year. To renew we have to collect
signatures of all officers and our adviser on a Compliance Agreement Form.
I don't think this should be done until we know our plans for next
year.<BR><BR>All recipients - please respond to this email. Everyone's
input is needed!<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>---<BR>Chris
Hoff<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV>
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