On November 4, 2004 19:11, Tom Weniger wrote: > I think that the advantage would provide the membership an opportunity > to attend the meeting that they want to hear a presentation at their > interest level and that there would be enough time to make a thorough > presentation. Would this not provide a balance everyone is concerned > about?
personally, i was hoping to get a mix of people at each meeting that spans the
knowledge/skill/experience range. the idea being to allow for knowledge
transference and to play a stronger role in supporting the larger local
Free / Open Source Software community.
> Also, would you provide an outline of your plan to the list so that its
> merits can be discussed?
the idea i've tossed out there is to have multiple tracks at each meeting.
this could take the form of multiple presentations, where one presentation may
be more entry-level and another more advanced, or one presentation might be
server-centric and another desktop-centric, or one presentation aimed at the
enthusiast (e.g. the ham radio idea) and another at professional (e.g.
programming or high-end server issues) usage.
it could even be that one track is a lecture-style presentation as i gave the
other night, and the other could be a round-table discussion of a topic.
the tracks wouldn't have to be the same every time, but with a bit of
diversity that caters to the natural dichotomies within the group (and that
will only grow if the group continues to be successful!) i see CLUG having a
higher retention rate.
at the end (and/or beginning?) of each meeting the whole group would get
together and discuss business of the group and hold open Q&A sessions.
some negatives that have been mentioned are:
Q. what if you want to attend both tracks one meeting?
A. too bad. ;-) seriously though, this builds desire and that creates return
attendance. and there's no reason popular presentations/events can't be held
more than once.
Q. it means moving people around a lot.
A. yes, but i think we'll manage. i've been involved with groups that did
similar things at their meetings and it wasn't a problem.
i'm sure there are others, and i'd be happy to field them.
--
Aaron J. Seigo
Society is Geometric
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