[lug] BLUG Planning for 2002 and beyond (fwd)

[J. Wayde Allen]

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Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:45:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Ashton <gfa at idiom.com>
To: J. Wayde Allen <wallen at lug.boulder.co.us>
Subject: Re: [lug] BLUG Planning for 2002 and beyond


Wayde,

It has been the case that BLUG has needed a Board of Directors for a long
time, not because you're not great- you are, but because it would make the
organization more effective and prevent burn-out.

I think that the "membership" should elect a board.  First, we need to
define what " membership" means.

As far as NIST is concerned, I would like to know how we tell our tax
supported institution to permit a community based technology group to use
a facility that I already pay for.

Just some thoughts.  NIST is a great organization, but in these odd times,
we need our great organizations to make a statement that they belong to
the people and that the "enemies of freedom" aren't going to win by
preventing the free exchange of ideas about technology, which is in the
public interest.

FYI, an official CU student organization can use meeting space for free,
and can use it all year round.  The real issue is that their is ratio
criteria for the number of students vs. number of public.

Hope all is otherwise well with you,

Glenn Ashton