BayLISA Needs YOU!

[Jim Hickstein]

BayLISA is run by a board of directors, elected by the membership.  Every 
year at the November meeting, either three or four of the seven seats need 
to be filled.  This year, it's four.

One of them could be you.  If you have been to a few meetings, and find any 
value in them, please consider running.  The time committment is not that 
much -- the board meets on the first Thursday of every month, and discusses 
things by email at other times.  The work is not that hard -- BayLISA's 
strong reputation makes lining up speakers (the principal task) easier than 
I imagined it would be.  Believe it or not, you just have to ask.

You will be giving something back to the community.  And you'll be getting 
something, too: professional contacts, the item on your resume (looks 
pretty good!), and of course a warm feeling.

At the October meeting (this Thursday), we reserve some time for candidates 
to make a brief statement.  Please make up your mind to run, drop us a note 
at <blw at baylisa.org> with a nomination, send a brief written statement to 
the main list <baylisa at baylisa.org>, and/or stand up on Thursday and take 
the mike.  It's a little scary, but shouldn't be: it's a group of people 
just like you.


-- Jim Hickstein, President (for one more month), BayLISA


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You must be a member to vote in the November board election.  Membership, 
you recall, is $45/year for individuals, $500 for corporations.  Are you 
paid up?  Who knows?  (We do, but it's not something you can see 
online[1].)  Bring your checkbook this Thursday, we'll check our list, and 
you can renew before the November rush.

[1] After almost eleven years, the cobbler's children still have no shoes. 
There is an electronic database (*ahem* that took 8 years), but it's not 
yet directly available for the members themselves to review.  You can make 
this a plank in your platform. :-)