Time for officers?

[bja...@jamesgang.dyndns.org]

I meant to bring this up at last nights meeting, but there were a lot
fewer members than usual, and the discussion was going fairly well so I
didn't want to break in.

I've been thinking lately maybe we need to become slightly more organized
for the good of the group.

I'd like to propose for the April we discuss what officers we should have
and what each officers duties would be (i.e. organizing presentations,
exploring additional meeting locations, etc.) with voting taking place in
teh May meeting.

I've put off the discussion and voting for 2 months so that people can
form ideas of what they want and we're not rushing into it.

Obviously if I'm the only one who feels that we need this we can keep
going with the current arrangements as the stand, I'm perfectly fine with
how things are, but I know that many people are less than thrilled with
the limited number of presentations we have.

PLEASE Provide thoughts, one way or another as to whether you feel we
should go down this path or continue as we have.

[Shane Lambert]

Personally I am thrilled that the group I founded so many years ago in
the conference room of the Coulee Region Business Center has come to a
point where anyone feels a need to have officers. I only wish that we
were still in the area to enjoy what has obviously become such a
wonderful group.

When I started the group, each meeting was "assigned" to a member who
would plan the meeting, line up any presentations or discussions, and
work to keep the meeting on focus. This worked well for a while, but we
had a small group, and members were getting burned out managing 2 to 3
meetings a year.

Now that there are more members, perhaps this could work again. Members
could volunteer for the "month" they will be the meeting chairperson and
handle all the preliminary details. I would suggest that you have the
next 3 months or more assigned so people have time to plan. With enough
participation, a member would have to chair 1 or maybe 2 meetings a
year, rather then one person responsible for 12 meetings.

Just my thoughts on the subject...

[John E. Conlon]

+1

On 01/20/2012 03:00 AM, bja...@Jamesgang.dyndns.org wrote:

[Pete_Gruendeman]

Hi:
If elected officers is how we get regular programs, then I agree. I believe it is programs that will maintain a healthy membership and make other's want to join us.

Pete Gruendeman

--- On Fri, 1/20/12, Shane Lambert <shanei...@gmail.com> wrote: