Back in November I decided to turn over the presidency of the group to Mike Wood. I started the group two years before because the old group in Cincinnati was un-focused and I wanted to start a group more like the great groups in Columbus and Cleveland. I think it went reasonably well. Our attendance gradually grew and we ended up stabilizing around 35-40 people a night. I think with our move to the new facility in Mason the attendance will grow even more.
Over time I became distracted with work and other side projects and spent less and less time on the group. Mike started to take an interest and did a great job setting up the new web site and working on ways to improve membership so it made sense to pass the reigns to him.
I am staying on the board of directors for the group and we have just finished setting up the group as a non-profit corporation. The goal of doing this was to allow sponsors to cover the costs of the free pizza at every meeting, and to also perhaps pay for some extra give-aways or to bring in speakers.
So far I think Mike is doing a great job (we had over 60 people show up recently!) and I look forward to going to the meeting as an attendee.
-James
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