[kwlug-disc] I miss KWLUG so badly!

[Ronald Barnes]

Darcy Casselman wrote on 2017-11-23 09:09 PM:

> Have you met with the VanLUG people in person and talked about this? 

Yes, tried that.

"Join the Board" was the constant and only response.


> Being an NFP and having a board kind of infects the organization with a 
> bit of procedural officiousness.  Some of that is warranted, especially 
> when you start getting into liability issues.

I love this term, "procedural officiousness"!


I should clarify, I'm not against bureaucracy in general - it has its 
purposes and its place in the world.

I generally think a LUG doesn't need it, but there may be cases where it 
works just fine.



> That said, being on a board is a good experience, I think.  But I'd want 
> to get to know them a bit better.  You're taking on liability and 
> fiduciary resposibility joining a board. For something like VanLUG, it's 
> probably not a big deal, but you want to know what you're getting 
> yourself into.  I wouldn't rule it out.

Joining a board could be a learning experience and really widen my 
horizons; there's a lot about such things I have no clue about.

But having 9 board members and 5 regular attendees in a tech group that 
can't organize a web site after *years* of trying?



> But starting up your own meetup without the baggage isn't a bad idea either.
> 
> Good luck!

Thank you!

r b