[H-GEN] Nomination for Secretary

[Tony Bilbrough]

G'day All, I second that
You did well under some very trying circumstances
Tony B

matheist76 at westnet.com.au wrote:
>
> Hi, 
> I, Matthew Franklin, would like to nominate myself for the position of Secretary. 
> 
> == Election Spiel ==
>   
> Over the last year as Librarian I have learned what it takes to be on the Exec. I 
> have set up, with President James's help, room bookings and I have been a hard 
> worker on the Exec. Not only have I done purely Exec duties but I have also taken 
> on the responsibility of Event Coordinator and Talks Liaison. 
> 
> To this end I have managed to video tape a couple of talks and encourage people to 
> stand up and give talks. I have also set up a couple of small events. Have 
> participated in a membership drive with Russell. I have tried to encourage new 
> members. 
> 
> I regulary maintain the HUMBUG website making sure that meeting times and places 
> are kept up to date and that any new information is added as soon as I know.
> I am also involved in the LCA bid as well.
> 
> To this end the reason for my nomination is that I want to improve and expand on 
> what I have already done.
> 
> === Aims ===
> My aims are simple. 
> 
>  * Increase Membership numbers: I want to improve membership numbers. It doesn't 
> matter where they come from or what they know. I would like HUMBUG to remain a 
> place where anyone feels welcomed. Whether that be experienced people that have 
> worked in the industry to those hobbiest people that are new to Unix. 
> 
>  * Support UQ: I feel that we as a club need to show that as UQ has helped and 
> supported us we want to help and support UQ. We can do this by having a stand at 
> UQ's open day and give out free Open CD's. Also we if we can help out young IT 
> students learn about Unix that will help show that we deserve to be apart of UQ.
> 
>  * Show that we are an active club: I want our website to show that as a club we 
> have a firm knowledge base. That we are an active club. I want people to feel that
> they can post Unix and fun stuff on the web. It is also important that the website
> helps maintain the website and the club. By this I mean that the way we have set up 
> the website is on the website as well as the way the club works. This should be 
> available for anyone to see.
> 
>  * As Open as possible: I want as much of what we do as a club to be as open to the 
> public as possible. Russell's excellent backup system has really opened my eyes. 
> I would like to encourage members to get a copy and find out how good a system can
> be set up. For even non-members to walk in and feel it's okay to muck around with 
> the server. The new great looking HUMBUG logo is the way it is because of that very 
> reason. 
> 
>  * Protect people's privacy: The club is made up of individuals. We must respect 
> the privacy of those people. I want to only record what we need to know about 
> members for the database. To protect the knowledge that we do collect. I want to be 
> as open as possible but by the same token there is stuff that we need to protect.
> 
>  * Emergencies: We have been very fortunate that we have not had to deal with 
> emergencies at HUMBUG. I worry that our luck might change. Touch wood. To this end
> I want to have a first aid kit and to have a record of first aiders. We might want 
> to send someone on a first aid course. Either way I feel that we need to be prepared. 
> 
>  * Exec member equals hard worker: I want to put my full support behind Russell's idea 
> that the Exec members should take responsibility for the jobs that they have. To give 
> reports at Exec meetings. For those meeting to be a regular occurrence and not just 
> something that gets put off. To this end, as I have done this year, I say yes to being 
> a hard working member of the Exec and no to being a slack arse.
> 
> That's it folks. 
> 
> Matthew Franklin. (Librarian)
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