Re: IIUG - how to make suggestion to Board?

On 11/5/06, Sebastian, Norma J. <NormaJean.Sebastian@tellabs.com> wrote: > > If we have an idea we believe is something good for IIUG to pursue, how > do we get that idea presented? > > I see on the website that I can email board members individually, but > how can I submit something to you collectively? That is a very good question. You are right - we are all listed individually, and we do also have other aliases (sponsorship@iiug.org, webmaster@iiug.org, etc.) - individually. While we do have a board alias, the filtering (necessary, unfortunately) would prevent a lot of correspondence from coming though. My best suggestion - for the moment - would be to either post to informix-forum@iiug.org, or to email any of us individually. We are in contact with each other daily and if you have an issue that should be brought to the board, I can assure you the comment/question/concern/suggestion will be forwarded to the rest of us. As with your questions regarding planning for the presidential position for the following year, you bring up something for us to consider. I am sorry to say that generally (not absolutely, but generally), most issues come to us as we watch comp.databases.informix. That is sort of silly as we simply provide a gateway to c.d.i. and it is not an official IIUG channel, but it is what it is. I would mention that a number of us on the board do monitor c.d.i. regularly to see what both IIUG members and non-members alike have to say, and yes, posting to informix-forum requires that you be an IIUG member, but the individual email address will work regardless of your IIUG status. Posting to one of the IIUG SIGs or emailing us directly is the best way to reach us, but we do see comments via c.d.i. Thank you, Norma Jean, for the thoughtful questions and the suggestions. It was a pleasure to see you in Anaheim. I do hope that we will be fortunate enough to see you at future events. Kind regards, June