Re: ManchLUG - Manchester chapter
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Paul Lussier p.luss...@comcast.net wrote: kenta kenta.k...@gmail.com writes: Hello org-list members, I would like to start holding Manchester area LUG meetings. Can someone here provide me any details on what it takes to officially start a new chapter in GNHLUG? It's an extremely complicated and convoluted process filled with tons of red-tape and forms that need to be filled out in triplicate. But the short of it is: 1. Have a place to hold meetings. 2. Have a presenter willing to present something of interest 3. Schedule a time and date 4. Announce said meeting (right here on this list, or on gnhlug-announce) 5. Wait for people to show up. In lieu of 1 and 2, you can just pick a place that sells food and beer, skip the topic altogether, and just let us know. Someone is bound to show up :) Hope that helps, and good luck with those forms in triplicate! -- Paul - former reluctant co-chairman of the Nashua GNHLUG chapter... It's good to hear this is not a complex process. :) In that case, myself and Chip Marshall will be heading up efforts on a Manchester GNHLUG chapter aka ManchLUG. I'll send out the details to the announce list as soon as they're finalized. -Kenta ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Re: ManchLUG - Manchester chapter
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Paul Lussier p.luss...@comcast.net wrote: 1. Have a place to hold meetings. 2. Have a presenter willing to present something of interest 3. Schedule a time and date 4. Announce said meeting (right here on this list, or on gnhlug-announce) 5. Wait for people to show up. Several months back, on gnhlug-discuss, I raised the question: Would we be better off without the regular speaker concept? My concerns were: (B1) Having a formal speaker every month makes it harder to organize a meeting (and thus makes it less likely for people to have/maintain regular meetings). (B2) Some people may find formal speakers intimidating. If we want to grow a community of plain ordinary Linux users, we may be better off framing things as a peer-to-peer gathering-of-like-individuals. (B3) When we are in the habit of having a regular speaker, then when we *don't* have one, nobody shows up. I don't think that discussion reached anything like a satisfactory conclusion, so I can't say which direction is better, but it's something to think about. IMO. YMMV. HTH. HAND. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Re: ManchLUG - Manchester chapter
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 4:06 PM, kenta kenta.k...@gmail.com wrote: Hello org-list members, [cue dim echo, as in a vast empty cavern] I would like to start holding Manchester area LUG meetings. Please do! Can someone here provide me any details on what it takes to officially start a new chapter in GNHLUG? Officially? The board-of-directors has to approve use of our good name. You have to name two contacts, which you've done. I'll call a vote on-line. Hopefully we'll get fast answers. Beyond that, you're pretty much on your own at this point. Paul's got some good suggestions. If there's anything I can do to help, please ask. I expect there's not much I actually can do, but you can ask. :) If you want something put on the website and don't want to bother learning how to use TWiki, feel free to just email it to me and I'll do it. Feel free to e-mail me direct if such a discussion will cause unnecessary list traffic. This list (gnhlug-org) is practically dead. This may be the first activity it has seen in 2010. It's sad. I would even suggest considering doing some organizing on gnhlug-discuss, just in an attempt to stir up interest. At least there's more people there. But do as you like. It's your meeting. :) -- Ben ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
