[KLUG Members] Our next meeting is an important event

[William Lindemann]

Well said!
Thanks for the memo.
See you next Tuesday!
Bill

On 12/7/06, Robert G. Brown <bob at whizdomsoft.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Fellow KLUG members:
>       It occurs to me that the next meeting, which appears on our website, may have
> come along unexpected by many of you in the middle of this holiday season. I want
> to take a little time to underscore the importance of this meeting, and to urge
> each of you to attend, and perhaps participate.
>
>       There is many sources of strength that KLUG draws on, and a well-defined
> and strong organization is part of that. If we have anything to learn from the
> events at KLUG over the past year, it is that elections matter, the leadership
> that YOU elect will go a ways to determine the kind of group that you will have
> for the following year. Our organization is one of the reasons that KLUG is able
> to stage a lot of activities and good meetings, while many other groups in the
> region remain at barely the level of a coffee house meeting. We have made a
> difference in this community, and we an continue to do so, but only with fresh
> ideas, new energy, and the skills that running the group promote.
>
>       We live in a "consumer society"; Linux in particular and Free Software in
> general are not proprietary consumer products, like a toaster, or some other
> kids of software. The health of Free Software relies on participation, on the
> contribution of quality software, adding to the body of work out there that is
> released under various free and open licenses. Similarly, it is not a good
> idea to consider KLUG to be a "consumer product", run and operated by some
> existing small group of people. the reality is that many members have contrib-
> uted time, effort, energy, and skills to make KLUG what it is today, and the
> meeting next Tuesday is YOUR PRINCIPAL CHANCE to join them.
>
>       In order to help run KLUG, you don't have to be the best programmer, or
> be a whiz at any software in particular. You don't have to know how to set up
> firewalls, or configure some server-based software package. You DO have to have
> some ideas about what KLUG is doing, and how we can do new things, or improve
> what we are doing now. It would be best if you would read the job descriptions
> at: http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/organize ; a lot of work has gone into making
> these descriptions comprehensive and clear, and you will get a good idea of what
> you are getting into by reading them. Consider something you can do, or even
> something that you can help with, then attend next Tuesday, participate, speak
> about your ideas, and listen to others. It is how we redefine KLUG, and select
> the bast leaders. Elections Matter, and KLUG matters. Make it so.
>
>        KLUG is your group. IF YOU want a good group, please consider giving some-
> thing back. Linux in general and KLUG in particular provides so much, and can
> do so much more. We are only limited by our collective energy and imagination,
> and in my view, that's no limit at all.
>
>       I look forward to seeing you next Tuesday Evening.
>
>                                                         Regards,
>                                                         ---> RGB <---
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