[H-GEN] agm agenda

[David Seikel]

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:05:59 +1000 Greg Black <gjb at gbch.net> wrote:

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> On 2006-08-31, Clinton Roy wrote:
> > On 8/30/06, James Iseppi <lists at iseppi.org> wrote:
> >> While it is a requirement for there to always be an exec member
> >> present at a meeting, perhaps only those members willing to stay
> >> and pack up occasionally should consider nominating.
> > 
> > This is my main beef. It should not be a requirement to be a
> > insomniac to be an exec member. Packing up the meetings should not
> > be the main task that an exec agrees to, it should be a minor
> > inconvenience, a side show. The fact that the current, highly
> > competent, executive finds this task difficult to share around,
> > means that the bar is set too high.
> 
> For what it's worth, I think this makes a lot of sense.  If
> slightly earlier closing and slightly shorter meetings would
> make it possible for more people to feel comfortable about
> putting their hand up for exec positions, then I think that's a
> worthwhile benefit that comes at a trivial cost.

So long as those exec members that don't mind staying late when it's
their turn are allowed to do so.  Then we can have the best of both
worlds.

> > I would certainly encourage every humbug member to think about what
> > they can do for the club, from things like volunteering for the uq
> > computer museum [...]
> 
> This leads me to a question: what is the computer museum, and
> what sort of things can we do for it?

There are two tasks we negotiated with UQ to earn our keep (network and
room usage).  One is to be a unix help service for UQ staff and
students.  The other is to help out at the computer museum, probably
resurrecting ancient machinery.  UQ has yet to provide us with any
details, or ask us to deliver on these tasks.
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