[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] TOMORROW! PLUG: Lessons Learned from Four Years as a County Party Officer

[Michael Dexter]

Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement

Who: Michael Smith
What: Lessons Learned from Four Years as a County Party Officer
Where: https://li584-253.members.linode.com/PLUG
When: Thursday, June 3rd, 2021 at 7pm Pacific
Why: The pursuit of technology freedom

This talk will cover lessons learned from four years serving as an 
Officer for the Democratic Party of Multnomah County, two as Technology 
Officer, two as Vice Chair. Topics covered will include team building, 
web presence, virtual meetings, data management, and how to get involved 
by showing up.

Mike Smith is a network analyst and former software engineer. His only 
other PLUG talk was on Open Source in State Government. Since 2017 he 
has been part of the Democratic Party apparatus in one form or another, 
including serving as an officer for the Multnomah Democrats, delegate to 
the State Central Committee of the Democratic Party of Oregon (DPO), 
Chair of the DPO Gun Owners Caucus, and Delegate to the DPO Rules 
Committee. He holds masters degrees in Computer Science (2008, Portland 
State University) and Mathematics (1998, Loyola University Chicago). His 
wife, Liv Rainey-Smith, is a renowned woodcut print artist.

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Michael Dexter
PLUG Volunteer