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

[Fred G.Martin]

Dan do you mean Tue Aug 8?

Fred

PS I will be out of town that week, T - R.


On Jul 1, 2006, at 5:38 PM, Dan MacNeil wrote:

> 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
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