[ale] What did we want?

[Jim Lynch]

If anyone would be tired, it should be you.  Correct me if I'm wrong, 
but you've been a fixture with ALE for many years.  I kinda recall you 
were involved in the planning of the first Linux expo in Atlanta 
sometime in the 1990's.  I remember sitting in the meeting listening to 
Mad Dog giving us advice.

Jim.
On 01/28/2014 06:34 PM, Vernard Martin wrote:
> On 1/24/2014 6:57 PM, JD wrote:
>> Last week, the ALE meeting topic was tell us what you want ....
>> for those of us who didn't make it to the meeting, is a summary 
>> possible?
>>
> I was one of the few folks that showed up. I think we had a total of 
> about 8 folks there including the master of ceremonies, Jim Kinney.
>
> Summary: The attendance itself was a sign that ALE is on its last 
> legs. It doesn't matter what we want as obviously no one showed up to 
> even state what they wanted :)
>
> We moved the discussion into a different direction and asked "What do 
> we want ALE to be going forward?" as opposed to what talks do we want 
> to hear. Which is even more open ended.  The basic gist is that we 
> need more leadership. Many of the current leadership are tired. They 
> have served long and well and are ready to pursue other things with 
> their time. so several of us (including myself) have volunteered to 
> start taking over some of the leadership roles. This will include 
> managing the various lists, wrangling speakers for talks and 
> encouraging the ALE community to grow in both the readership and the 
> attendance.
>
> I'm sure more will be sent out soon. I think we have speakers for the 
> next two months (and I think i'm one of them).
>  We'll definitely encourage the readership to speak up on this matter.
>
> Vernard
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