[Vacets] VACETS or NO VACETS

[Tri Tran]

Hello anh Tri and BOD,

I spent an hour writing and re-writing and doing exactly what I try 
not to do so I can reserve energy for acting to improve VACETS.  I 
skipped a couple of procedural steps and didn't use the words as 
carefully as I should.

My point is whether we have a sustainable future and that we will 
have more dedicated new members to come forward and share the vision 
and most importantly the work. What I see is much hard work (I can 
list 5 house-cleaning items, each would take quite a bit of energy. 
(For example, VACETS non-profit status has long expired, webpage, as 
you know, would take lots of work, membership list is MIA, email 
lists are not known). I still don't have a clear mission/vision of 
what VACETS should be doing and what we can do with the very limited 
resource that we have.

VACETS has a long and once proud history! I am tentative to rebuild 
with new faces with limited resource and likely non-traditional ways 
and risk gaining nothing in return. Yet I don't want to pretend that 
everything is fine and do nothing.

Please feel free to call me or each other and let's talk about 
VACETS. You are all leaders in your respective communities and can 
feel the pulse of the communities, let me know what you think.

Tri
925-422-0915

At 4:31 PM -0700 8/8/05, Tri Caohuu wrote:
>Dear Anh Tri and BoD,
>
>While I fully understand the difficulty and frustration that you are 
>facing due the lack of response of VACETS member participation for 
>the upcoming election, I am perplexed why the non-VACETS members 
>should decide the future of VACETS (whether or not to close down 
>VACETS). I though as VACETS president you should consult firstly 
>with the current Board about critical issues as such, make a motion 
>and pass a resolution as necessary. I belive that we still have a 
>active Board. If any friends of yours and of  VACETS want to decide 
>and create a new mission for VACETS, then they should be firstly 
>sign up a member of VACETS.
>
>Regards,
>
>T Caohuu
>  A past-president of VACETS
>
>. DearAt 03:47 PM 8/4/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>>Dear all
>>
>>I am still struggled with VACETS vision and future activities and 
>>find it harder and harder to answer to myself and a handful of 
>>dedicated (non-VACETS member) individuals who want to help rebuild 
>>VACETS. During this important Board election process, the dead 
>>silence response from VACETS general population and unenthused 
>>reaction from VACETS veterans do not help. The hard work ahead is 
>>equivalent to starting VACETS anew and am not ready to dive into 
>>that and invest mine and asking the time of several others without 
>>having a vision and a belief in its future survival.
>>
>>Rather than ducking the inevitable and nurturing false hope, let me 
>>ask THE HARD QUESTION:
>>
>>WHAT IS VACETS? IS THIS TIME TO SHUT IT DOWN AND MOVE ON?
>>
>>ACTION ITEM:
>>
>>I am meeting with a number of friends and I am inviting all, 
>>especially VACETS supporters in the Bay Area to a meeting to talk 
>>about this.
>>
>>Time: 6-8 pm Wednesday 8/10
>>Place: Cisco Systems Inc., Building 23
>>            560 McCarthy Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035
>>
>>There will be a conference call option set up for you to call in 
>>between 6 and 7 pm for those die-hard VACETS members to call in to 
>>say a few words.
>>
>>My recommendation is to ask ourselves as to how much we truly can 
>>help and be realistic. Many motivated and resourceful VACETS 
>>leaders with strong support team have come and go!. It is very hard 
>>to galvanize a busy and ambitious technical communities!
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>
>>Tri
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