Action Items
Andy - confirm GRCC venue with Dan Keyes
Ask Jason to post his content electronically
All: make list of contacts for key organizations
Scott, Andy: get information posted regarding last meetings attendance
Barry - schedule another meeting a couple of weeks before meeting on membership?
14-May meeting
Agenda
0:15 Breakfast and discussion
0:25 Introduction (Barry), Gartner B.I summit
0:05 Alticore presentation?
0:05 Jason Saidoo recap
0:45, Problem solving format (Nancy - Peerspectives faciliator, Ed. Lowe foundation)
0:15, Web site update (Kevin)
0:15 Closing (what problems to we want to attack; electronic survey set up)
Membership
Consistent core of business and technical people from larger companies.
- Meijer
How are we doing on that membership?
How to grow it?
How do we get our message to the (large) organizations with B.I. programs? And how do we get them to stay. They need to be invited personally (phone call, not e-mail)
Establish list of people we want to attend. Identify right people.
Other Issues
Where group is at
Where we want to be
Business issues
Barry - how compelling is this content, from a membership standpoint?
Issue: keeping group from turning into a vendor bazaar
Getting the right people in the room to meet the goal of our community (to share our B.I experiences--to get West Michigan to benefit)
Alternate formats: West Michigan Technology Council. If it's only around presentations, people may lose interest.
Make list of people to invite? Scott - post who attended last meeting.