We will have a general membership meeting on Friday March 30th from 3pm till 5pm. In the past we have had quarterly meetings from 1pm till 5pm on Fridays with Happy hour following. This meeting will be somewhat different, but don’t worry the Happy Hour isn’t going away! 🙂
NW Mac Pros is going through a strategic change. We want the general membership to have input on how and what we want NW Mac Pro to be, on what form it will take. Recently a steering committee head up by Tim Hannon, Mike Brogan, Peter Haigh, and yours truly meet and had a brainstorming session to craft ideas that we could present to the general membership. The fruits of that meeting will be presented to you the members on Friday, March 30th. I can’t stress enough just how important it will be for the membership to attend this meeting. If you want a say in the direction that NW Mac Pros takes, then this may well be the most important meeting you will attend all year! Many very important ideas will be discussed and proposed, from dues, to voting, leadership positions, to marketing and advertising. Historically the core role of NW Mac Pros has been one of a network of NW Mac Pro To NW Mac Pro members—peer support and referrals, tech training, knowledge sharing. That role is not going away. But, going forward do we see value in NW Mac Pros having a new role; of being a Consultant to Customer resource—do we leverage the power of the group to advertise members to customers?
When: Friday March 30th 3pm-5pm. Happy Hour to follow at local establishment.
Venue: TBD In the past we have had meetings graciously hosted by Shelley Watson & Chris Dawe of Wheelrights. If there are any other members out there that have space to host a meeting please step forward. We’d love to have you host! Keep watching here on LinkedIn for additional information about the venue.
Agenda for March 30th:
- Announce Proposals for the 2012 NW Mac Pros Roadmap
- Introductions:We have added new members recently to NW Mac Pros. Please come prepared to give your 30 second elevator speech – tell us about what you do, your ideal customer. This will be good practice for when you really need to do it!
- Main presentation – roadmap 2012:Submit proposal to the general membership in attendance (in person and remotely) on the Plans for growth in 2012.
- TechTalk -This is a new feature! If you have a vexing problem or an ongoing technical issue with a client this will be your chance to throw the problem out to the general membership and leverage the combined troubleshooting knowledge of NW Mac Pros!
- Mac show and tell: Another new feature! If you have a piece of hardware or software that you are excited about and think the general membership should know about it, then this is your opportunity!
PLEASE RSVP to Steve at macsosguy@mac.com.
