Benjamin Scott <dragonh...@gmail.com> writes: > On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) > <g...@freephile.com> wrote: > > > > Just curious if there will be a meeting on Monday at SLUG? If so, is there > > a topic or is it more of a round-table meeting? > > One thing I've been wondering about lately is if the focus on "topic > of the month" is actually hurting GNHLUG in the long run. > > The implicit modus operandi seems to be that we have to have a fancy > topic in order to have a meeting. Why should Linux fans have to have > a pre-arranged topic to meet? I know nobody thinks we actually *have* > to, but nonetheless, meetings without a topic tend to have hugely > lower attendance. It seems reasonable to suppose that since "no > topic" is unusual, that's treated as reason to skip the meeting, since > if the meeting was good it would have a topic. > > I'm told that in some other LUGs, it's the norm to just gather to > help each other and network (people networking, not computer > networking). > > What do others think?
I, for one, welcome the revival of MELBA with a regularly-scheduled `topic' of `Linux and Beer--Hooray Linux and Beer'. Anyone know any good Linux drinking songs? -- "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))." _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
