Schlomo Schapiro wrote:
> I fully participate in your pain. Over the last year (or two) I tried to
> organize two linux *meetings* (nothing big, just plain meeting), but in
> both cases some poeple showed interest but never more than 3 or 4 and it
> never got anywhere. Now I know already more Linux people in Jerusalem that
> are NOT on the list than that ARE on the list !!!
I'm from Jerusalem (Ma'ale Adumim actually) and don't know much ILUG
people
from here either. Seems all the action is happening in Haifa.
That's surprising, cause I happened to see HUJI's CS few days ago, with
Mosix and all those KDE terminals they've got down there (all X, no
Win95).
But it still seems no events would be here in the near time....
Is it not enough interest, or no sponsors? Is this a doomed city? :)
> We have to make our ILUG (or GILI :-) more attractive to recruit more
> members, and not only newbies looking for free help but rather (and this
> is more important) professionals and specialists who can raise the level
> of discussion and meetings etc.
Enough gurus here really. The gurus just won't go down to the users
level
crying out "That doesn't work", usually ignoring those or answering with
"Invalid syntax. Please rephrase." instead of giving some general hints.
In fact, I'm doing it too. If only I had more time for this ...
> I suggest that we try to ask people we know who are not members of ILUG
> why they are not and try to understand the common reasons and perhaps we
> will manage to improve our image and attract more people and THEN for sure
> there will be more activity.
What's a member of the ILUG basically? One who's reading the mailing
list.
Now, who without very much interest, whiling (able) to help other people
and having efficient mail sorting system (IMAP + exim filters on server,
in my case) would flood his/her mailbox off with our mailing list?
I remember myself subscribing the list about a year and a half ago
(when I had much less experience), using POP3 mail, and then
unsubscribing
just as fast.
When we put up an installfest, it should be advertised somehow in other
ways.
If NV was sponsoring it, couldn't they put a link to the info on their
site?
And couldn't we create a web page about it?
--
Best regards,
Ilya Konstantinov a.k.a Toastie
[http://toast.demon.co.il]
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