Administrivia

[Mark Szidik]

Guess I had better reply to this.

I will accept the nomination as high commander (if the group will have me).

How should be make the transition?  Should we have an election or treat
this as a mid-term replacement?

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Mark Szidik
System Administrator           Ph: 517.694.4242 x17  Fax: 517.694.9303
Michigan Library Consortium    http://www.mlc.lib.mi.us

On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Edward Glowacki wrote:

> Since nobody replied when this message had a, shall we say, um,
> nondescriptive subject, I'm sending it again with a more eye-catching
> title... =)  If you didn't read it before, shame on you, every word
> I speak should be the center of your universe, for I am your glorious
> leader!!! ;)  If you did read it before, shame on you, you should
> have praised my glorious leadership and made me retract the statement!
> ;)  Anyways, enough rambling (what can I say, I'm tired today... =P),
> read on for important information.
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Edward Glowacki <glowack2@msu.edu> -----
>
> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 11:20:57 -0500
> From: Edward Glowacki <glowack2@msu.edu>
> Subject: Winds of Change?
> To: "Linux User's Group" <linux-user@egr.msu.edu>
>
> In my last post to the "grad school / openbsd / editors" thread,
> I mentioned that I don't feel I've been doing a whole lot of
> "Presidenting" lately (i.e. promoting the LUG, setting up presentations,
> planning the Installfest we were going to do 6 months ago, etc.).
> Honestly, I just don't think I have the motivation to do it.  I
> like Linux and all, but after sitting in front of it (FreeBSD
> actually, but you get the idea) for 40hours/week and then spending
> more time trying to get shmget, sem_post, pthread_create, and pipes
> to work together to sort an array of numbers for my CSE class, I
> really don't have any desire to think about Linux, Unix, or PC's
> in my "free" time.  I still think about free *nix in terms of making
> an MP3 (or OGG) player for my car for example, but like most things for me,
> Linux/FreeBSD is a tool to do something, it's part of a much larger
> project, not an ends in itself.
>
> In light of all this, I think the LUG might be best served by electing
> a new president.
>
> Keep in mind that I'm not giving up on Linux, I'm not abandoning
> the LUG and moving away to Ohio *ahem!* (heheh, sorry Alan!  Couldn't
> resist! ;)  ), and I'm still going to be extolling the virtues of
> FreeBSD on the mailing list. ;)  I just think that if the LUG is
> to grow, or at least not shrink, we could use a slightly more
> proactive, dedicated leader.  =)
>
> Hmm... definately not what I had in mind when I woke up this morning,
> but you never know what any given day will bring...
>
> So, without further rambling, I nominate Mark Szidik for Prez!  He's
> always been a good contributor to helping out the group, and I
> personally want to thank him for graciously hosting meetings at
> MLC.  On a slight tangent, I also want to thank Roger Webster for
> graciously hosting meetings at AAI.  Without these two and their
> generosity, meeting announcements would run something like this,
> "Meeting Wednesday, 2am, under the bridge at Kalamazoo St. and 127"
> and "Installfest, Saturday at Potter Park.  Bring your own
> electricity."
>
>
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