From: "Aidan Delaney" <se30012@cs.may.ie> To: <minds-disaster@redbrick.dcu.ie> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 10:15 AM Subject: [Minds-disaster] Apologies for repeating [extended]
Siobhan may feel that she has not been privy to some of the decision making & as VC that's a big disadvantage to US the committee and the users. I believe now is the time to formalise some method of virtual meeting. We have the list.
As the only committee member not in college (work experience) I know that this will benefit you guys next year. Can you please explain this? I'm stuck working in town.
Ok back to business, which 3 people (i presume we settled on 3) should
go
to the CC meeting. I think 1. Dave (he's President) 2. Siobhan (she's Vice Chair) 3. Cian or Phil (Phil is exec-sysadmin and Cian knows loads) I'd say Cian.
4. Bart as SU rep (in SU capacity)
I disagree with this entirely. The SU rep has no bearing on the meeting... in fact, I don't think the college really have taken a shine to the SU at all (though Bart has probably been the best behaved ;). I think we'd be better served with someone, from the committee, who can argue well. Cian can, and I think Kevin can argue a point better than Des (but Des would be less likely to annoy them).
This meeting (I believe) differs from a normal PRO excercise. If it
was
only a PRO excercise we should only send our PRO (who has a lot more responsibilites than putting up posters IMHO) and our webmaster, who is our main information disseminator. I disagree with this too. It is a public relations excercise, and thus within the portfolio of the PRO. It comes nowhere near the webmaster's jurisdiction... and he's also not on the Exec.
We should be sending our top two elected representitives and a
competent
systems expert (both Phil and Cian fit the bill). Is there anyone who dosn't want to be sent to the meeting? Considering this is no longer a technical meeting (after what John Keating has done for us) and more of a "We're great" meeting: although someone with technical knowledge would be a good choice, we also need someone who can argue a point effectively. Cian is better at this, I think, than Phil.
Lastly, could we please keep bickering and electioneering (from all sides) untill we get back next year. This will give me a quiet summer and allow ALL MINDS> members including new 1st yrs to join in. Ha! :)
It will be fun to have a good open election for the executive next year. Which is what will happen.
David Barrett