[CoLoCo] Organization Structure

[TJ Heaney]

I think these are great ideas.

Unfortunately, I encounter the problem of being able to get up to the Denver
area regularly. That drive is just a pain from Colorado Springs, and I can
only imagine what the Pueblo member deals with :)

As a side-note, I also belong to a LARP group called the Camarilla. We are a
volunteer based organization, so obviously there is a lack of budget there.
But, many of our members are interested in what Ubuntu has to offer. I can
also consult our membership materials to see what other possibilities there
could be for the Ubuntu group.

One thing that does stick out to me is that of Community Service. Currently,
we are doing a school supply drive. But, regardless, it is a great way to
get our group's name out there.

I could see a possible partnership - after all, geeks are geeks no matter
which way you slice them :) If there is sufficient interest, I can put us in
contact with the Domain Coordinator to see what possibilities there are.

TJ


On 9/28/07, Dave Vanderploeg <dave.vanderploeg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I came away from Thursday's meeting thinking about how we could improve
> the group, specifically how we can make it more organized. I've been
> thinking about it a lot and trying to come up with a workable, practical
> solution. None of my ideas are really new, but I think we need to implement
> them if were going to make a stronger group.
>
> First, I think we should eliminate the position of "Deputy Team Lead" and
> have a board of 3 (Mitch, Jim and Neal?). Each board member will preside
> over a number of CoLoCo's "projects". Each project also needs a leader that
> organizes the group and gives status reports back to the board. The board
> gives status reports to the Team Lead. Its important to have all of this
> info on our website as well, so anyone can view it (can we add a projects
> tab?). If someone has interest in a specific project it should be clear
> exactly who they need to contact. If a project has no interest we need to
> mark it as "inactive and available". At the moment I think a number of our
> projects are inactive, but we need to let everyone know that, so people know
> where we need help. (BTW, I think we may need a Treasurer as well. I know we
> only have about $20 as a group right now, but if that starts to change we
> should have something set up.)
>
> Current Projects (that I can think of):
>
>    - Outreach (big umbrella, may need to be split up somehow)
>    - Website Development (inactive?)
>    - Gutsy Party
>    - Hardy Party
>       - Press Agent
>       - Inreach (there are huge number of CoLoCo members that aren't
>    active, maybe we can get some of them interested)
>    - Supply Team (Mostly David and Joey?)
>    - Education Outreach (Mostly Jim's deal, right?)
>    - Free Tech Support (inactive)
>
> Since everyone here is volunteering their time I don't want anyone to feel
> bad if they get busy and can't work on a project. If we have a better
> organization structure, people moving in and out will be easier to replace.
> The head of outreach can tell Jim that he's going to Zimbabwe for a month,
> Jim can find someone else in that group and put them in charge (temporarily
> or permanently) all without the team lead needing to do anything. I
> mentioning this now because I think we should discuss it in our meeting next
> Thursday, and I wanted to give people a heads up to think about how they
> would like to see the group organized.
>
> Dave.
>
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