Hello my fellow MUGers,
After some preliminary work, the Acadiana Area Apple User Group (tentatively named) will have its first meeting in less than two weeks. Many of you gave suggestions to my initial query post, and I am indebted to all of you for your ideas on where to meet. It turns out we will be meeting in an auditorium in the new computer science building at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. It is a GORGEOUS room with state of the art display equipment, a lectern, and stadium seating. We couldn't have asked for a better place.
With this first meeting approaching, I have several questions that I hope I can gain your insight on. I'll enumerate them as follows:
1. By-laws: How should these be addressed at the first meeting? I used a boilerplate set of by-laws from another MUG and modified them to suit what I think we will need at AAAUG. Do we elect our officers at that first meeting? Can someone provide suggestions on order and protocol on this?
2. Dues: How are other MUGs handing this? In the by-laws, I have a President, Vice-President, Secretary/Treasurer and Communications Director (for web and newsletter creation). It seems logical to me that the Secretary/Treasurer would be the person responsible for handling dues. I cannot see a MUG operating without dues, as there are expenses (web sites, possible mailings, etc). What is a reasonable amount to charge per year?
3. Suggestions for future meetings: How do other MUGs structure their meetings? What I would really like is a set of minutes from an actual meeting that I can use as a blueprint.
4. Speakers: Are there well-established Mac gurus that would be willing to do a virtual presentation via iChat? This would probably be something done down the road, but it would be nice to know about such resources.
I think I'll stop asking for now. Thanks in advance for all who will respond. -- Boisy G. Pitre Phone: 337-781-3570 |