<div dir="ltr">Some times I feel much comfortably with a politer than hash language, though Robin and Milton, might have different opinions on different matters or members I think polite language might someone support of most of the members, for I know all of us are doing what we are doing for a good course without malice and on voluntary basis. Having said that I Wish all of you;<br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br> <font size="6"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"> </span><span style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><span style="color:rgb(0,255,255)"><b><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">"A HAPPY CHRISTMAS and A <br> PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR"</span> </b></span></span></font></span><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Tapani Tarvainen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ncuc@tapani.tarvainen.info" target="_blank">ncuc@tapani.tarvainen.info</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Dec 18 12:25, William Drake (<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>) wrote:<br>
<br>
> The new Executive Committee will meet in Washington DC on 12 January<br>
> prior to the Noncontracted Parties House meeting. There we will need<br>
> to approve a number of appointments of 2015 NCUC reps to external<br>
> bodies. These include:<br>
><br>
> 2 NCUC Reps. to the NCSG Executive Committee<br>
><br>
</span><span class="">> The EC does admin type stuff, particularly handling new member<br>
> applications. Robin Gross and Milton Mueller are presently our two<br>
> reps. If they wish to continue for another year there’s no<br>
> prohibition on them doing so, and they have the knowledge and<br>
> experience these particular slots require. That said, other members<br>
> are also invited to throw their hats in the ring as well.<br>
<br>
</span>OK, here goes. While I'm obviously outclassed by Robin and Milton,<br>
these are as you say admin type positions that don't need any<br>
deep substantive knowledge - indeed both Robin and Milton are<br>
actually way over-qualified, wasting their time there.<br>
I think I could do it well enough.<br>
<br>
But the reason I'd want there is that I'd like to improve member<br>
processing, turn NCSG member list into a proper database and<br>
automate things like member status check, which is now done mostly<br>
manually by the Chair (!), and feeding the data directly into NCUC<br>
member db (as well as NPOC if they want to), removing a lot of<br>
unnecessary menial work from both NCSG and NCUC ECs, as well as from<br>
members who now need notify changes in their contact information<br>
separately to SG and constituencies.<br>
<br>
Why would I need to be in the EC to do this? Because it is much<br>
easier to when you are part of the process, doing it yourself.<br>
And even if I say so myself, I am pretty good at automating away<br>
things I'd otherwise be doing myself. :-)<br>
<br>
Feel free to ask for details of what I have in mind or whatever<br>
(I'm traveling though and may be offline for several days at a time<br>
over the next two weeks).<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
--<br>
Tapani Tarvainen<br>
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