Next Meeting and Other Stuff

I just wanted to let everyone know that this Thursday is the Elevate Computer Learning meeting.  I won't be able to attend this meeting or for that matter any of the meetings on Thursday evening.  I have gotten a full time job in Asheville as a Web Site Designer.  I don't get home until 7:00 pm now.  So, if the group wants to continue meeting on Thursdays, the group needs to select someone else to run the meetings. 

If the group wants me to still run the meetings, I could look at doing them on a Saturday.  Janet told me that the library isn’t open on Saturdays, so we would have to change the meeting place if the meeting is moved to Saturday.

If the group wants to continue to meet on Thursdays, I’m really ok with that.  I want what works best for the group.  When I started this group, my vision was to help people learn more about how to use the computer/internet/software.  I believe in doing community service work and giving back to one's community.  This was one of the ways I choose to do that. 

Now, if the group decides to continue meeting on Thursday, you would need someone to send out meeting notices, notify the Greeneville Sun about the free meetings (the Greeneville Sun will publish our meeting notices for free, as long as the meetings are free to the public), have someone setup and maintain a blog for the group, and have someone who can answer computer questions, teach computer stuff and look up computer stuff. 

I have done most of these tasks myself, but the group could break these task down into several roles, so that one person isn’t doing everything.  Here are the some possible ways to break it down into roles:

Admin Role:  This person could send out meeting notices, notify the Greeneville Sun of upcoming meeting and perhaps post the meetings on Craigslist (I have done this some.  I got more response from the paper). 

Blogger Role:  One person could create and maintain a blog for the group.  This is great for meeting notices, explaining new computer technology, etc..

Teacher/Instructor Role:  This would be the main person or maybe even persons that would be able to answer the groups computer questions, research things, suggest new software or technology to the group, etc...

I have a few suggestions of who I think would be good in the above roles.  These are just my suggestions.  Please think about all of this and whatever thoughts or ideas you have, please email them to the whole group or post your comments here.  

For the Admin Role I think the following folks would be good:  Dianne.

For the Blogger Role:  Janet Tony.  She already blogs and is good at it and she knows computer stuff.  I got an email from Janet yesterday, and I don’t think she is going to be able to do this.  Blogging isn’t that difficult to do, so maybe there is someone in the group who likes to write and has been thinking about trying to do some blogging.  This would be a good time to give it a try.  Blogger.com allows you to create a free blog. 

Teacher/Instructor Role:  This could be a share role or not.  I think Larry, Janet, Joe and Ann would be good at doing this. 

I have really enjoyed doing these meetings and I really hope the group continues.  You guys are a good group of folks.  If the group decides to continue meeting on Thursdays, I will miss coming, but I will totally understand and I’ll be glad to see that they are being carried on.  I look forward to hearing from everyone.