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Date:	Sun, 25 Mar 2001 19:48:03 PST
From:	"Dave Watson" <xowatson@concentric.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-General: Sugestitorial

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This is not an editorial, since I am not an editor, and I don't really
want to bore you with my opinions about anything. This is more of
a suggestitorial, which is sort of a suggestion along the lines of
what some people have written editorials about. I'd like to suggest
some options that we might all consider for the future of our club.

SCOUG seems to be sick. Given that the past board is focused
on spending large sums of our money on lawyers and tax
collectors, and little on the areas of the charter that are important
to me; and some board members and other positioned supporters
have quit those positions rather than deal with the needs of the
group; and given that we can't seem to get members to stand for
election to a new board; and given that we even have difficulty
getting presenters at our meetings; and given that the vendor of the
"O" in SCOUG has ceased marketing that product to the extent
that they booted us out of their building, it would seem the current
mission of the organization is either impractical or nearly moot.

I had a couple of thoughts about this today. First, I noticed there
are a couple of new viruses out, for Linux and Windows. Nasty
critters. I don't believe we have ever had an OS/2 virus, not that the
security is better on OS/2 -- not by a long shot -- just that no one
ever felt it was worth the time to write one. Then, I visited the ACP
swap meet. I got some good deals, but I noticed there were
thousands of people there interested in making their computers do
more than it did out of the box from Sears or wherever. And none
of them seemed to be looking for OS2 products. Maybe some
were, but I didn't see anything that would have satisfied them.
Seems like a great member base for a computer club, if there was
a club interested in the things they are. Maybe NOCCC provides
that for some of them. Maybe SCOUG could, if we reevaluated our
objectives, and found a mission that meets the needs of a lot of
people around here, and doesn't overlap other clubs too much, and
if we updated our charter to reflect that new mission.

So, to get around to the suggestion, it seems there could be a use
for a computer club around here, and it doesn't seem that OS2 by
itself is a practical basis for that club any more, and it therefore
seems the mission of SCOUG should be reconsidered. I suggest
that we get together to discuss it. Since the current SCOUG
management hasn't seemed interested in updating our charter, I
propose we discuss it elsewhere. To that end, I have established a
Board of Directors-in-Exile with a web presense at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SC_UG. All subscribers become
Directors at Large of the Board of Directors-in-Exile of SC_UG, or
BODIEs for short. You may see the current state of the group at
that web site, and you may join the email list from there, too. I'm
not pushing Yahoo!, but they have some neat features that will
become available to you when you register.

SCOUG management are welcome to participate, too. You can
gain the benefits of BODIEs and you might pick up some useful
tips.

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