[MLB-WIRELESS] Meeting Structure? #%(^&!!

[Steven Haigh]

See below for my comments...

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Steven Haigh

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg" <turbo at alphalink.com.au>
To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 2:23 PM
Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] Meeting Structure? #%(^&!!


> Hi All
>
> I am not sure that this has been said before,
>  BUT here goes.....
>
>
> Besides the $60 Parking ticket from the last meeting in Hawthorn, and the
> free BBQ sausages from the Geelong guys (thanks, sort of compensated;-) I
am
> not sure that the meetings are all they could be.

Unfortunatly parking is a bit - well - a lot of a pain in the ass, but it's
the best venue we have so far - and we haven't been able to organise
something else yet... it's a work in progress...

> The video of the antenna mods on the bigscreen were of value to some I am
> sure and did bring some structure to the night.

Yeah, this was excellent. Thanks to Michael for getting it going....

> I did meet some new faces but being basicly reserved probably didnt talk
to
> a lot of people I probably should have.

I was there till very late, and I still didn't get to talk to everyone!
mingle mingle mingle.

> What I am trying to say here is..
> Considering the volume of attendees is growing fast..

almost too fast... if we keep growing like this, then we're seriously
thinking of hiring a room at the Melbourne Showgrounds!

>  should we have a basic meeting structure in place where we login (on
paper
> even!) at the door with our (node&)Name and pay the fee to cover the hall
> first.
>
> Then should we have a set time we all sit down and someone does a bit of a
> talk on the general wireless.org.au group objectives and such for five
min.
>
> This time could introduce some of the people that have kicked this whole
> thing off from the start and might include Nick, Steve, Tyson, Ryan, and
> whoever else is responsible for this rabble. Sorry but I was not in from
the
> start and am not sure who was but you know who you are;-)
> Consider to vote a COMMITEE!!??
> Maybe then some questions and tech talk and then playtime.

Agreed... There are a group of us that have been there from the beginning
meeting up on Sat for a planning session regarding the next meeting, things
should be a lot better then...

> This would get newcommers a bit more comfortable with the whole
experience.
>
> I also think it is time to setup some sort of joining based on the
NodeName
> where we pay an annual nominal fee ($10 / 20??) to be part of the
> "MelbWireless" 'group' 'club' 'organisation' or whatever?

Not sure about this, then someone would have to be responsible for the
funds, and where it is spent... starts to get a but hairy...

> WwWho is paying for the website and hosting etc?? Not to mention all the
> background admin and programing done by someone obviously for benefit of
us
> all.

The site is hosted at my work, is admin'ed by me in my spare time... Drew is
the main contributor with the node finder, and Glen has supplied the
hardware for this....

> Should not all the "members" contribute through the fee to the "group"
> resources?

This has been done through the donations to cover the meeting venues so
far...

> Hell, I'm the one that usually complains about the pain of paperwork and
> procedure BUT shouldn't we do something soon before it all starts to
become
> unmanageable?

it comes down to one thing - lack of time at the moment :( Tyson has been
very hard at work organising the meetings, venues etc and has done an
excellent job - and it's going to get better... I'd like to thank him now
for stepping in and making it happen, as I still wouldn't have had time to
sort it all out...

> I get the feeling that the guys that started it all dont want to push
these
> issues because they may be looked upon as ????

I'm always up for suggestions...

> But I'm just one of the rabble that throws the odd handgrenade into the
fray
> so I dont mind what you think.
>
> WELL WHAT do YOU think??
>

Now you know what I think :)



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