> Anyway, I'm speaking as one of the "oldtimers" in CLUG. I still recall > emailing Jeff about CLUG to find out about membership/etc and getting a > response that read, "We have a lot of beurocracy. Just show up and > you're a member." Or words almost exactly like that. (Jeff probably > doesn't remember that.) Back then we were meeting in the "Atrium of the [...]
I do remember that :) [...] > I think, perhaps, that in our headlong rush to make CLUG newbie > friendly, we have completely forgotten the social aspect of it. I think [...] I completely agree. The thing I miss most about old CLUG is just hanging out in smaller groups talking about stuff that interests me, showing off neat software I've found, and seeing the same from others. People would bring in computers and show off neat stuff or get help on whatever they were having troubles with. Lately presentations have taken over the meetings leaving little time for socializing. I would like to see the presentation segment limited to 1 hours MAX. Also keep administrative stuff down to maybe 5 minutes. That would leave ample time for people to ask questions of the presenter and each other. Jeff
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