Hey everyone,
So, I was talking to Lane Rasberry from the Cascadia/New York City/Medicine Chapter(s),
and he was inquiring about where we are in the process of chapter formation. I know we
have a meeting planned for this spring, but if we want to get this off the ground and
start moving forward, we should probably start having monthly or bi-monthly meetings after
that in order to form a chapter within the year. We have the support and we are very
organized as a proto chapter, and I would like to see if we could set a goal of having a
chapter by the end of 2013, and possibly set goals before our next meeting to get this
done. Heck, we could even hold the meeting earlier in the year. Since it has been almost a
year and a half since we first started talking about this, it would be nice to make some
progress in terms of setting goals and setting timelines for us. I’m wondering what you
all think, but I would also like to have a goal established for a formation of this
chapter, as it would be very good to have one in the region.
While I’m here, are there any objections to moving our meeting date to the weekend, or
combining it with proto-chapter meetings? It would be a lot easier for some of us outside
of the Boston metropolitan area to attend these meetings if they are on days when school
is not the next day, and we could also save money on parking, as Cambridge is quite the
opposite of cheap and affordable. Another benefit for doing this is that we could harness
our support from the meetup participants, and it would be another step towards productive
meetings. Finally, if we could do this on the weekend, we could also bring in more
students and professors, as they will not have school to worry about.
Well, that’s all I have to say for now, and I hope that all of you are surviving
finals/the holiday season/the impending end of the world.
Kevin Rutherford