90p Admin

All - I'm not sure what the process is but I would like to drop off the Admin Board. This is not out of any negative feelings or a vote of no confidence for the rest of the Admin Board. If anything, I'm very excited about what we have built and feel that the latest Meeting was amazing and well-done. I will always be proud to have been part of the team that pulled that off. I envision further great things from the group and the membership as things move forward. I also feel that the group is in a good spot with Vendor Membership and renewals should be easier than the initial sales so my guess is that should stay stable / grow. Most of my information is in the Vendor Member document. If someone wants me to bundle up the individual emails to vendors I can do that if you feel that would be important. There are a few third parties that are interested in Silver Memberships this year. xkZero was interested in a Platinum Membership for the barter so that needs to be addressed - I did not go back to Paul yet to explain that we would prefer to handle it straight up with no barter. I can close down the open ones before moving on if you all feel that would be best. It shouldn't take much effort. My reason for resigning the Board is simple: I'm too busy with Azamba these days and feel that I can no longer devote the energy and brainpower to help take 90 Minds to the next level. Azamba ran on fumes for 7 years and we finally have started to make some money. I owe it to my wife (and myself) to do my best to maximize this to offset our recent lean years. Plus I am starting up the new MS CRM focused business which will require even more attention. I would be interested in being considered for a committee to put together a Customer Conference event if you all decide that is of interest. I think that the end user audience is hungry for something more technical and substantial than the fluff that Summit has become (and continues to head towards). Other than that, I'm not dying - I'm here if anyone wants my opinion or assistance. If you are looking for replacements to the Board, I would suggest the usual suspects: John Hoyt, Brian Rice, Moira Goggin (spelling?), Jerry Norman, or Jeff Roth (who has experience on the SLA board and could add a different perspective). @RobertWood - can you please let me know if there is something that I need to officially do to resign?

Peter I know you have a lot on your plate - and I certainly understand. The amount of time this group takes on some days is nothing like what it was in the beginning. I have someone that runs an association management company who I have known for many years. It is all these people do. I will send information separately to you all via email - however I think we should have a discussion and vote about retaining this company to look at all areas of our organization with an eye toward them (a) making recommendations on structure and (b) shouldering our administrative work so we can focus on areas that require our tech knowledge and skills and deliver the most member value. Specifically I would like them to give some independent recommendations on the admin costs with an eye toward revamping them so the costs are the best use of the groups budget and that any costs are approved by an independent board in some way. Simply put the way we've been organized has gotten us to this level where we are running a quite successful community (Socialcast) and conference. Let's have someone make a more independent look at structure with an eye toward structuring it for the way we want the group to go.

@PeterWolf you would need to let @WayneSchulz or @ThereseLogeais know in writing, which this effectively is. As for a replacement, Per Article IV Section 4. ""Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring on the Board of Directors prior to the expiration of a term shall be filled by such person as shall be elected by the remaining members of the Board of Directors. A Director so elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office."" If we are going to go down the path proposed of having someone review our processes, it may not be the best time to bring someone in immediately. We could vote to postpone such an appointment until after that process is completed. I'll follow up with Paul Ziliak at xkzero on the pre Summit class. I reached out Friday but he was on vacation last week. Thank you for your service, @PeterWolf!

I am actually curious as how the pre conference planning is coming along. A little over three months to go. Do we have a venue confirmed? Any idea of cost to the individual attendee? Eventbrite? What is the timetable for presenting to the membership? What is our go/no go target for having the class? We need to get something out to the membership so THEY can start making plans!!!! All I am aware of is an overall breakeven budget of $20K was put down on paper.

I'mma start a new thread in Admin in a few minutes.