[NBLUG/talk] Board member Nominations open

Eric Eisenhart eric at nblug.org
Wed Nov 10 11:27:17 PST 2004


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For those of you that missed last night's meeting, it's time to select board
members for NBLUG again.

The first step is nominations for board officers.  Then at the December
meeting (December 14th), we'll hold elections.

In order to nominate somebody, send a message with "nomination" in the
subject to talk at nblug.org or post a comment at
http://nblug.org/nominations/2004/12/14. You can nominate yourself.
Nominations do not need to be seconded, but do need to be accepted by the
nominee.  Nominations are open until the beginning of the December 14th
meeting, but please try to get nominations in by December 10th.

As nominations are made, http://nblug.org/nominations/2004/12/14 will be
updated to reflect nominations.  One nomination was made at last night's
meeting.

There are 6 elected board positions: President, Vice-President, Treasurer,
Scribe and two Directors-At-Large.

If you're interested in being involved in influencing the direction that
NBLUG goes but aren't sure if you're willing to commit to running meetings,
taking notes, keeping track of money or something like that, the
Directors-At-Large positions are a good place to start, since they don't
have any responsibilities beyond showing up for board meetings and voting on
things.  (though you'd still be a prime candidate for appointments)  There
is one nomination pool for Directors-At-Large; the two candidates receiving
the most votes get the positions (much like city council elections).


JOB DESCRIPTIONS:
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     i: President is the glue that keeps it all together.  She/he
        tries to keep NBLUG on track. Duties of the president shall include:
         a: To set the agenda for meetings
         b: To act as chair of the meetings
         c: To oversee the committees by keeping in regular contact with the
            committee chairs
         d: Share responsibility of duties assigned to absent officers
                                                                                                                                                              
     ii: Vice President does all the stuff that keeps NBLUG running.  The
         duties of Vice Presidentshall include:
         a: Making preparations for the meeting, including coordinating the
            advertising, reservations, setup of any necessary equipment, and
            with the guest speakers.
         b: To take over the duties of any officers that may be absent, or
            to arrange for someone else to.
         c: Share responsibility of duties assigned to absent officers
                                                                                                                                                              
   iii: Treasurer keeps track of money, bills, expenses, and
        financial matters.  The duties of Treasurer shall include:
         a: Provide a currrent financial report at each board meeting.
         b: To keep track of the other key for the PO Box.
         c: Delegation of checking the PO Box at least once each month
         d: Share responsibility of duties assigned to absent officers
                                                                                                                                                              
    iv: Scribe does all the managerial and logistical work.
        The duties of scribe shall include:
         a: To take the minutes at regular meetings, as well as board meetings
            and coordinate with the webmistress/master to have them made
            available at the website.
         b: To conduct elections for officership and Constitutional and Bylaw
            amendments.
         c: Share responsibility of duties assigned to absent officers
                                                                                                                                                              
     v: Directors at Large are two officers who share many duties.
        Duties are determined after the election, but can include:
         a.) Public Relations - work with the media to "get the word out"
             1: Publicize NBLUG meetings, and events like installfests
             2: Represent NBLUG in a positive light as an open organization
                that does not discriminate based on sex,race,Creed,religion,
                sexual orientation, political affiliation, economic standing,
                employer,
             3: Contact various media organizations such as newspapers,
                magazines, SRJC, and SSU to publicize NBLUG events
             4: Share responsibility of duties assigned to absent officers
             5: Other duties as assigned
         b.) Outreach - coordinate events / help find new presenters
             1: Work with librarian to ensure book lending service works well
             2: Oversee Installfest and take over for Installfest Coordinator
                when absent.
             3: Oversee Linux Day events and take over for Linux Day Event
                Coordinator if they should not be available.
             4: Coordinate Other events when Event Coordinator is absent
             5: Share responsibility of duties assigned to absent officers
             6: Other duties as assigned                                                                                                                                                              
         c.) Others as decided by the voting members of the board.
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Eric Eisenhart
NBLUG Co-Founder & Director-At-Large
The North Bay Linux Users Group
http://nblug.org/
eric at nblug.org, IRC: Freiheit at freenode, AIM: falschfreiheit, ICQ: 48217244
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