Re: GNHLUG Internet presence (was: Raising membership and attendance)

2007-09-28 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Sep 28, 2007, at 11:41, Ben Scott wrote: I *do* think a way to bridge the mailing lists with a web forum without balkanization or alienation of members would be *fantastic*. I envision something like Gmane [1], but on a local scale. Any volunteers to find and implement such? I recently

Re: Raising membership and attendance

2007-09-26 Thread Jim Kuzdrall
On Tuesday 25 September 2007 23:54, Ben Scott wrote: We still have no agreed-upon definition for member or join. I originally just found that humorous, but I suspect that indefiniteness may be relevant to the topic at hand. People rarely do things without a reason. If one wants to

Re: Raising membership and attendance

2007-09-26 Thread Star
(take two: the first version of this e-mail was 10 pages of reminiscing and whining) In Short, Linux is far more polished then when we started using it. The term geek has shifted somewhat from that badge we wear to include the guys who make mad-stupid Myspace Stylez... (i didn't mean to sound

Re: Raising membership and attendance

2007-09-26 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Sep 26, 2007, at 07:36, Jim Kuzdrall wrote: I sense that there is an aversion to considering unpleasant possibilities. What if the day of Linux as a social movement is on the wane? Is it best to avoid the thought? Wouldn't it be better to stack up reasoning for and against the

Raising membership and attendance

2007-09-25 Thread Ted Roche
The LUG membership committee is looking for few good geeks. Where do you find new members to join the LUG? We've had some immigration from folks moving into the area and looking up the LUG. Activists from several out of state LUG have joined in the past two years, and they've done a great job of

Re: Raising membership and attendance

2007-09-25 Thread Jim Kuzdrall
On Tuesday 25 September 2007 09:05, Ted Roche wrote: The LUG membership committee is looking for few good geeks. Where do you find new members to join the LUG? I would have expected you to be over run with suggestions by now! If you don't get something in a few hours I will have to