Linux/Unix Group structure

[jabr at necx.com (John Abreau)]

I met with Jerry Feldman yesterday, and we discussed some ideas for
reorganizing our group (Boston Linux/Unix). One of the ideas Jerry
proposed was to have multi-tiered membership types:

* Basic membership: free, open to all
We'd require that people actually become members, but at no cost
for the basic membership.

* Sponsoring membership: an annual fee
Sponsoring members would be listed on our web pages. We could provide
other perks for sponsoring members, such as email forwarding, and/or
space
for a personal web page.

The main revenue source for the group would be classes. It might make
sense
to also have a "Corporate Sponsor" class.


We defined a few basic roles for group officers. Note that these roles
are defined in the context of user group meetings; we'd probably need
to add to this when we look at the mechanics of running classes, doing
our barbeques and Linux Cafes, etc.

* Executive Director
``The Buck Stops Here''
This person is responsible for making sure that things get done.

* Meeting coordinator
This person is responsible for contacting and scheduling speakers,
scheduling the meeting space, and running the actual meetings.

* Publicity Director
This person is responsible for writing and disseminating press releases
to the various news media (Boston Globe, TV and radio stations, college
newspapers, etc) and USENET and mailing lists.

* Treasurer
This person is responsible for handling the group finances, including
a group bank account.

* Equipment Manager
This person is responsible formaking sure that all equipment is onsite
for each meeting.

* Volunteer Coordinator
This person is responsible for recruiting and coordinating volunteers
for various activities.

* Webmaster
This person is responsible for maintaining the group's web server.

* Indstry Liason
This person is responsible for developing and maintaining contacts with 
industry leaders.


This is still a fairly rough draft. I'd appreciate feeback on this,
in time for our volunteer meeting this Wednesday.

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