President's Corner: “State of the Club”
by David Robbins our incoming President for 2005
In the last few years we have seen many changes in the
Computer Club: the Monito
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moving from a hard copy publication to an
electronic publication, the relocation of
the General Meetings, replacing the title of
SIGs to Study Groups and renaming the club
itself.
There are members on the
board who work much of the mundane,
repetitive jobs which if not done this club
would suffer. Just to name a few: Joy
Melton, who has been the Treasurer for many
years (I won’t say how many); Al Knebel, who
works the numbers for the budget every year;
and Isaac Franklin, who has taken care of
the Study Groups. Then there is Troy Segler,
who works miracles with the General Meeting
every month (if you know of someone who can
present an interesting subject, let him
know; he is always looking) and Jack Milner
who sits in his office for hours on end
keeping the member data base up to date.
Bill James, President of the
Computer Club of Oklahoma City and the Board
of Directors have brought about these
changes for the benefit of club members.
There has been a lot of hard work put into
the Website, which is supported by Bill
James and Fran Crane. I ask you to help
support the eMonitor by subscribing for
monthly notification.
There are many others that contribute to the
club in many ways.
I hope that in the new year
there will many interesting meetings and
much helpful information contributed by our
members to our members. I think the club
will be a viable group with helpful support
for it’s members and able to make changes to
accomplish this in the coming years.
There is one thought to keep
in mind when we talk about a club: a club is
the members. Without this glue there will be
no club, no place to meet, no support on a
personal level and no camaraderie.
I wish the New Year would
bring much good will to you.
There is to be a planning
meeting on the third Saturday; if you have a
constructive suggestion or an idea that you
think might help the club, let me know or
one of the board members (listed on the
Website).
David Robbins is President of the Computer Club of Oklahoma City. David can be reached at dave2k@gbronline.com