February was election month for us .Net Developers in Ann Arbor, Michigan. On February
11th, during the monthly meeting, the Ann Arbor .Net Developers user group held its
annual elections. After serving as the group's leader for the past 3 years--ever since
the group was formed--Bill Wagner decided to hand over the reigns. When the election
dust settled, I stood as the 2nd President of the Ann Arbor .Net Developers. I appreciate
the honor and the opportunity given to me, and I look forward to serving the group
for 2009.
The Elected
President: Jay Harris
Vice Pres: Scott Zischerk
Secretary: Darrell Hawley
Treasurer: Eric Bratton
That evening, after the meeting, we held our first board meeting, as we were responsible
for filling the two appointed positions: Program Chair and Webmaster. As the group
has grown, so have these two roles. Program Chair turned into a catch-all for most
of the membership and speaker management, and was an overload for one person. Webmaster
had changed, too, as the group's web site is no longer the only communication medium
we employ.
We restructured these two appointed positions into four. Program Director is responsible
for knowing what people want to learn about, and making sure that our schedule is
booked solid with great speakers. Webmaster has been rebranded as Communication Director,
and is the public voice of our group; the position is responsible for any articles
and communications published by the group, and also for maintaining the web site,
Twitter, Facebook, and all of our other various methods of getting the word out. Membership
Director is one of our entirely new roles, responsible for maintaining demographics
on the group, membership listings, and swag. Finally, we wanted to ease the burden
on our group membership and work towards eliminating our member-dues fiscal model;
the new Sponsorship Director is responsible for finding sponsorship funding to help
run our group.
The Appointed
Program Director: Mike Woelmer
Membership Director: Dennis Burton
Sponsorship Director: Brian Genisio
Communications Director: Len Smith
The new board has some great ideas for the upcoming year, and I'm excited to be a
part of it. And a sincere thank you goes out to the departing board members, Bill
Wagner (President) and Dave Redding (Vice President); we appreciate the effort that
you have put in to this group.
