[KLUG Members] Linux in the Kalamazoo Country Government

[Adam Tauno WIlliams]

> I was reading through the various folks we can vote for tomorrow. I found it
> interesting that for the position of County Treasurer that IT seems to be a
> high priority. Wonder how having KLUG in town might help push our local
> government along the path to soling their IT needs with open source as other
> communities in the USA and abroad have.

For anything like this to happen KLUG needs a huge up-surge in
volunteerism.  We barely manage to support the projects and
infrastructure that we host or provide.

See -
http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/donations/
and
http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/organize/
- for how you can help.

And many thanks to those already found on -
http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/officers/
and
http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/members/
- because these are the people who make KLUG go!

Take a look at - http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/meetings/schedule.php3

KLUG struggles to find enough volunteers to schedule presenters for even
three months out.  Thats not much of an accomplishment - once upon a
time we knew all our meetings EIGHT months in advance!  A typical month
has THREE topical meetings - THREE.  So three months out is NINE topics,
thats right - NINE.  Ppphhhfffttt.  There are 220+ people on this list,
and we can't find NINE that want to present, or think they have
something to offer!  NINE!  Thats sub 4.5% volunteerism!  And Open
Source prides itself on it's community spirit?  KLUG is clearly
struggling to bring even the ethos of Open Source to western Michigan,
let alone its implementation.