[Cadre-politics] plan to make the plan to grow

[Dan MacNeil]

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

We need a clear list of the projects required before we can support 100 
organizations.

In July, please allocate (1+) hours per week for thought and discussion.
If you are a board member, mark the next board meeting:

	Tuesday August 6th, 6pm - 9pm
	Alumni hall board room

If you are getting a paycheck from your work with us or are otherwise 
interested, please mark your calendar for a meeting:

	Friday July 28 2pm - 4pm
	Alumni hall board room

DETAILS

It is our current goal to grow to serving 100 organizations. Sometime 
back we realized that we don't have the technical infrastructure we need 
to support 100 organizations.

Right now we're working from my weak memory. We need a plan. By plan I 
mean a list of prioritized projects and a timeline.

Working backwards from my partial list of projects, I created a list of 
questions that if answered should help generate a list of projects.

Monday, I'll post my list of questions. This week (1st - 7th), I hope 
for y'all to attempt to ask more questions and (perhaps) to answer some 
of them.

Next week (8th - 15th) , I'll supply my own answers and invite your 
comments.

The following week (16th - 22nd ), I'll translate questions and answers 
into a timeline and list of specific projects. The project descriptions 
will include bullet points with objectives, a rough estimate of time to 
completion, a rough estimate of priority, prerequisite projects and 
(maybe) a rough estimate of skills needed to finish)

Friday July 28th @ 2pm, people collecting a paycheck for their work with 
us and any other interested parties will meet, discuss and revise. Goals 
for the meeting will be:

	a. Everyone understands the project list
	b. Flaws in project descriptions are found.

If people who are obliged to attend don't make this meeting, I will cry.

Tuesday Aug 8 @ 6pm, The board will meet and discuss goals, Hopefully 
the discussion will be on a relatively high level of abstraction. Goals 
will probably include:

	a. Last chance to pick another goal
	b. Future goals
	c. What does the board need to do for our goal