Re: Re: Voting and Leadership Discussions

At this juncture, I want to provide an overview of what I feel has been
accomplished via these discussions, and what conclusions we can come to.

There really weren't any surprises.  The same three people who showed up
at the first Morlug reorganization meeting back in October are also the
same  three who are the most outspoken in this discussion.  Michael is a
pragmatist in the present tense, where I am a pragmatist in the
traditional sense.  I look at actual historic or political events with
emphasis on the practical lessons to be learned from them.  In this
discussion, maybe he isn't looking at the rapid growth issue in the past
with the same scrutiny that I am.  Daniel Harris maintains his original
suggestion about a student organization as a ready made package solution
that includes leadership.  We all three agree on the importance of
leadership.

Morlug is now in business.  We are maintaining a regular meeting
schedule at a regular location and we have experienced an increase in
growth.  This has been accomplished via dedicated leadership that we
intend to make official from this point onwards.

I see no problem in the implementation of a Morlug organization run
under the leadership of students.  But this is the crux, it will have to
be run by students, and students will have to do their own work on their
end, i.e., it will be their learning experience.  The existing Morlug is
a community based group comprised of professionals and end users from
the surrounding region.  We have one individual who has expressed an
interest in helping with a student organization since he is becoming a
WVU student, and there is also Daniel (existing WVU student).
Obviously, we can funnel even more students into this endeavor
especially with the upcoming Installfest this August 31.  Is student
leadership presently a good approach in the context of this discussion?
  No.  David Smith correctly points out that a student organization
presently doesn't exist.

I do think a student organization can become a reality, but it will have
to go through its own 6 month testing period at the WVU campus as we
continue meetings at SRSH.  I feel confident that our vicinity can
support two Morlug meetings a month, and if a student organization could
maintain one of these monthly meetings, it would be a boon to Morlug.
After six months we can determine our next move, but at this point we
are dealing with unknowns.

So where does this discussion lead to?  Ironically, it leaves us at what
can be perceived as an unification of Michael's and my ideas.  Michael
requests just a simple leadership where the leader tends to the
difficult issues, however, we only have one person who has requested
that he be considered that leader.  A vote at this point over one
nominee would be redundant.  What I see occurring as our organization
grows in the coming months and years is the assimilation of more
individuals volunteering their time to being dedicated leaders, and this
falls into what could be agreed upon as the establishment of the BOD I
have talked about.  As leader I will set-up bylaws to plan for this, and
in the present tense I will continue serving Morlug and will continue
building its infrastructure.

Jonathan
p.s. Another guy who doesn't own an automobile.

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