Path: utzoo!lsuc!atha!lyndon
From: lyndon@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Lyndon Nerenberg)
Newsgroups: can.usrgroup
Subject: Re: Renewed Call for Nominations for Directors for /usr/group/cdn
Message-ID: <568@aurora.AthabascaU.CA>
Date: 8 May 89 19:57:13 GMT
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Reply-To: lyndon@nexus.ca (Lyndon Nerenberg)
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mason@tmsoft.UUCP (Dave Mason) writes:

>Here is an example of the problem.  Someone I respect from factual
>(except when he's misinterpreting me :-) and knowledgeable postings on
>the net turns out to have been an adversary :-) for the 2 years I've
>been on the /usr/group/cdn board, and I didn't even know it.  A sad
>comment, I think, on all sides.

What the hell is THAT supposed to mean? Am I only factual when I don't
misrepresent you? [ And what is this supposed misreprentation, anyway? ]

If you've been on the board for two years and still haven't figured
out where I stand all I can say is "bring on the ballot box."

>People can't we pull together?  Please?  I want to remain a Canadain,
>not an American appendage, and to do that with Uncle Brian's new
>Free-Trade world, we've got to work together to compete in the world
>market.  We're a big country with a small population (at least until
>the greenhouse effect really gets going), let's get together!

OK, for the record, here is a repeat of my previous suggestions (in
a nutshell):

	- /usr/group/cdn shall be the umbrella organization encompassing
	  local and regional groups. It would not have direct members,
	  instead you would join your regional group, which would include
	  membership in the national organization.

	- Each regional group (e.g. /usr/group/toronto, /usr/group/edmonton)
	  would nominate a national representative from it's board. These
	  representatives would constitute the board of /usr/group/cdn.

Initially, the primary goal of the national group should be the production
of a monthly newsletter which would be mailed to all the members, and to
help co-ordinate speaking tours of "high-profile" people for the benefit
of the regionals. Each of the regionals would feed a percentage of their
dues to the national group which would be used to cover newsletter costs,
and to cover the travel (etc) costs of shipping speakers across the
country. /usr/group/cdn should run on a break-even annual budget to keep
this percentage as low as possible.

There are numerous other areas the group could get involved in, however
I feel these first two are all that should be tackled initially until
the bugs are out of the system. 

So there it is. What sayest thou, /usr/group/toronto ?-- 
Lyndon Nerenberg   Computing Services   Athabasca University
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