[Gloucs] Meetings and organisation - volunteers needed

[Paul Broadhead]

"Francis Barton" <francis at stroud.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:

> Well after quite a few years of varying degrees of involvement in the
> Gloucestershire LUG, I have got to the point where I cannot pretend I
> have any interest in continuing my involvement.

That's a shame but your reasons are understood.  Thanks for all your
past work for the GLUG and good luck with your other interests.  It's
good to know that while we're loosing a GLUG member, Linux is not
loosing an strong advocate.

> ....particularly as I am going to become a father in 6 weeks' time.

Congratulations, best wishes for that too!

> So I am proposing to step down from the list moderator role (spam
> filter cleaner!) and I would like to ask for some people to step
> forward to take on semi-formal roles as meeting/talk organisers, list
> admin/moderators, publicity/event organisers etc. Also the IRC
> channel has been dead for a while - anyone want to take on the job of
> drumming up interest and keeping that going?

I'm happy to continue organising meetings at Bishop's Cleeve library but
agree with Sean's comments in this thread that its not the best
location - its OK facilities wise but not that central.  Because it
costs us £12 to use, I also hesitate to book meetings regularly when
there does not appear to be good support on the list.

I'd happily assume list moderator or another role if no one else comes
forward.  However, I'm sometimes away from home for a week at a
time so might not be able to flush the spam queue at those times.  I
could also help keep the website up to date with those minor changes we
often need.  However, I'm not artistic enough to undertake any
major redesigns or restructures so we should have a few people with web
access.

Anyway, thanks again all you've done for the GLUG.

Regards,
Paul