If you assume those who speak up are representative of many more who don't, then it looks as though we have a good interest in the topic. So... I'm looking into meeting locations and timings - waiting to hear back from someone, but hopefully will have a response in the next day or two.
The first meeting will likely be completely free form - unless someone can come up with a presentation with only a couple days notice. But, we will need to address a number of things at the first meeting (though we might be able to get the bulk of it out of the way on the mailing list). First, we need to determine the format we'd like to follow for the meetings. I'd like to do two presentations - one beginner level, and the second a "not beginner" level. However, I don't know if a good presenation for either type can be given in 30-60 minutes. Afterall, we are talking about getting into details. Second, we need to determine if the venue for the meeting is appropriate. If we were to hold meetings at Nexus (if they were willing), do we need a projector and computers? Would we disrupt their business? Can they hold the number of people attending? Some of this will come to light as the meetings happen, but if we can plan for it before hand, all the better. Third, is 2 hours enough? is it too much? And what day should the meetings be held that would be best for most of us? I'm of the opinion that if we plan a day, and stick to that day, then most of us will work that into our schedules. I'll have more details as things get going. For now, I guess I'm "driving" the process, and would be happy to until someone else steps forward, or the group decides I'm not doing a good job. Shawn -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave Lee Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 7:40 AM To: CLUG General Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Special Interest Group for Programming? Shawn wrote: > So, I'm proposing a monthly meeting be held that will be programming > specific, but language agnostic (no preference for any given language). I finally! I'm in, thanks for stepping up. An initial suggestion is to consider two ~30 min presentations. of course it depends on the topics people choose to present on, some will be better suited to an hour, such as those that the attendees are already familiar with, allowing for deeper content and discussion. Two presentations would give more breadth to the meetings and might be better suited to topics that the crowd is less familiar with. Dave _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.596 / Virus Database: 379 - Release Date: 2/26/2004 _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
