Assuming we do have too much ... we need an editorial team. Plain and simple. What they say goes.
Spot on that chap. Most sensible suggestion all day. We need a couple of people to take ownership of this and do it. Having written stuff by Committee before the most important lesson I learnt was not to write stuff by Committee. Someone has to be anchoring. They don't have to be providing any material themselves but they have to take responsibility for collating contributions and the like. So long as this person or persons pays attention to the views of the people on the subscription list and the current Committee we should be willing to go along. Remember, the book is ONE of the ideas for the tenth birthday celebrations, albeit possibly the most comprehensive one. Someone needs to start thinking about the function and what is planned, someone else might want to look into tracking down past members, especially Committee members, to let them know about it as many might not know. If I can make a suggestion we need a couple of working groups doing what is necessary on the various proposals: Book Function Fundraising (Auction of RB memorobilia at function?) etc. and bring these people together every month or couple of months because I assure you, the organisation of this whole thing is not going to be done over the email. One person needs to anchor each of those and people can tie into any or none of those groups and take on specific bits of work. In the interests of transparency all reports and notes and emails of those groups can be kept here so that future generations of archivists can wonder if so much organising was necessary. :) Unlike Doc, I think advertising could be useful in paying for it but I think we should be very targetted in our search for advertising to avoid doomed dotcom companies appearing and the ads should be more along the lines of: 'Sinn Fein wishes Redbrick a Happy Tenth Birthday and congratulates the members past and present on their accomplishments.' Or better yet, those clubs and socs who have their sites on our server, the SU, the SPC etc. And one last general point, perhaps unsurprisingly considering the nature of the society and the fact that most people on this list are tech people there hasn't been a lot of focus on the other stuff, both social events and the non-techy community and where are they now. Is mise, Justin God grant me the serenity to accept The things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com