[ale] ALE forward

[jim.kinney at gmail.com (Jim Kinney)]

One of the names that should have been at the top. Thanks for filtering
spam from the ale-jobs list.

Just be clear, I'm not leaving ALE. This is more of a recognition of my
strengths and weaknesses and a process to get talent to fill the many gaps
I provide. I'm an idea person and a terrible maintainer. I automate
everything with sysadmin work. If I do tomorrow what I did yesterday,
that's boring to me.

On Aug 9, 2016 9:32 AM, "Jerald Sheets" <questy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry, Jim? you can?t leave.
>
>
> On Aug 9, 2016, at 9:23 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> I need to follow up on the notice at the cookout of my intent to step away
> from ALE by January 2017.
>
> I'm a really crappy organizer. I've got offers for assistance that I lose
> track of (thanks Mark!). I don't make/have the time to chase down speakers.
> I've got a standing offer from our hosting guy to get a new system and I've
> not been able to afford the time to coordinate the migration for 2 years
> when I don't forget about it entirely. The website really needs a rework
> and I stink at design.
>
> ALE can do better with someone else "running things". I really don't run
> things. I'm more of a place holder who is rather calendar and clock
> challenged.
>
> As ALE first splintered into the multiple compass groups about a decade
> ago, I saw it as going through it's early death throes.  It is now
> reorganizing into a larger, yet more dispersed group with the ALE umbrella
> of the former GA-400 and the NE, SW and Central and the student
> affiliations at area schools. JD had the vision for the current process
> thanks in large part to his affiliation with the GA400 group and seeing to
> natural overlap.
>
> We have a Central meeting in 2 weeks. No speaker yet as usual. I do have a
> speaker for Sept!
>
> Is it possible to have an ALE organizers meeting one hour before the
> regular meeting so we can get some ideas together? Or should this _be_ the
> August meeting? I'm fine with either or both.
>
> What we need to discuss is:
>
> What needs to happen to transition away from Jim's tenuous grasp of the
> ALE strings?
> What does ALE want to look like in 2, 5, 7 years?
> What can be done to make ALE the central, non-distro specific locus of all
> thing Linux in the metro Atlanta area, Georgia, SouthEast, global
> domination co-chairs with the Linux Foundation where Steve Balmer plunges
> the toilets after parties? (I can dream, can't I?)
> What do we need to do to more formally organize so ALE can be effective at
> it's mission?
> What _IS_ the mission of ALE?
>
> I'm certain I've left off people that should get this directly so I'm also
> using the full mailing list to make sure it gets where it needs to go. If
> your name isn't at the top of the list it's only because my brain is swiss
> cheese for names. My apologies.
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