First off let me say how sorry I am to see Lori leaving. I feel that I am in some way responsible for the added pressures of the SLUG on Lori. Let me explain a little. Since there has been a SLUG, we've attempted to split meetings between Durham and Portsmouth. I large number of these meetings have been canceled, many more of which have gone on with short notice and small attendance. I'm responsible for most of the short notice meetings and some of the cancellations. I have been the speaker for most of the short notice meetings. With the low attendance and lack of talk ideas on my part, I started to wonder if I was leading or pushing. If I was leading a SLUG then there should be followers, if not perhaps I'm pushing off in the wrong direction? I remember a quote from some CEO that said you should look behind you every once in a while to see if anybody is following. I didn't see anybody behind me. I've been traveling a little more and a few of the last years meetings I have not been in NH on the meeting dates. That's when I started noticing that there seemed to be nobody else. The only person who ever asked if we had meetings coming up was Suzanne. I think we need a membership drive here on campus, at this point it would likely make the most sense to push hard in the fall when classes start up again. I'm willing to help out and continue on as chair of SLUG. I'm hoping to get some more local users involved and have some backup support when needed. I see the role as supporting a local linux community. If we have a local community in need of support, I'm afraid the SLUG has not been reaching it. I second our GNHLUG chair, in stating this is not the beginning of a downward spiral. At worst case this was a LUG that limped along for a couple of years without enough local community to actually get going. It can't be said that we didn't give it a good run. -------------------------------------------------------------- Robert E. Anderson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Programmer phone: (603) 862-3489 UNH Research Computing Center fax: (603) 862-1761 --------------------------------------------------------------
