Responsibilities in Free Software Melbourne

The purpose of this list is to define the various responsibilities held by committee members.

• Participate on FSM website, wiki and mailing list
  • Website: Post blog entries for meetup announcing speaker and/or event and update "main" and "Melbourne" pages
  • Wiki: Post committee notes and generaly improve the space (good scout principle)
  • Mailing list: Ensure you are enrolled and able to post messages to the "general" and "announce" lists
• Be involved in planning upcoming meetings and events
• Suggest potential speakers, events and activities for the group
• Be involved in promoting FSM and outreach to other groups
• Be a good advocat and role model for the group
• Bring groups attention to current and upcoming campaigns and events
• Liaise with other related groups
• Make and sell merchandise like stickers (RedBubble might be a good option)
• Setup EtherPad for committe meetings like this example <== TODO add example
• Prepare and setup audio recording for meetups
• Send out announcement emails at least one week before the meetup to the "announce" and "main" mailing lists
• Consider posting to Meetup.com, Pump.io, Diaspora or similar
• Consider preparing a short summary of the meet up for the blog

Example schedule:

• 6:30pm Welcome and introduce speaker
• 6:40pm Talk/discussion
• 7:10pm Q&A and topic discussion
• 7:30pm Gnews
• 8:00pm Leave