Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > [ I've Cc'ed the gnhlug-org list on this, since others may have other > opinions and/or ideas than those expressed here :) ]
Thanks. Wish I had seen the list on his original post though. (Maybe its still stuck in the mail somewhere). > In a message dated: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 22:18:51 EDT > Ben Boulanger said: > >Hey Paul, > > Well, you said ask and here I am asking! Ed Lawson and I are > >going to meet on Thursday to discuss things we need to do. So, I Great! I'm glad to see someone taking charge here. > thought > >it might be a good idea to get some thoughts down. My question to you > is: > >Do you see anything blatantly amiss from this list? What, if anything > >that you recall being a hurdle to jump or something you forgot? > > > >Here's my list: Sigh. I didn't get the list. Could you put it in the TWiki - I'd recommend under "Organizational" and then create a new topic: StartingAChapter". I deleted much of what Paul said for brevity. Of course, I agree with all he said. > I believe there is a list of potential "speakers" available on our > website. Contact some of them and line them up for a talk. Not speakers - but there is a potential topics list at: http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Organizational/MeetingTopicIdeas > Identifying local businesses is a great approach as well, as you > pointed out, but is something neither Bruce nor I have really pursued > much, since that requires more of a time commitment than we want to > invest. If you have the time and are willing to make that > commitment, great! I think local businesses is a great idea too! We just need to make it clear that we're here for the users first and the businesses last (well, not last; I've seen businesses try to control user groups and I don't want the user's to loose control.) > My biggest stumbling block has been getting others to become > involved. I feel that too many of our group come to meetings for > nothing more than the social aspect. Which is fine, but can become > frustrating when you know there are very intelligent people in the > group who could teach people a lot, but are unwilling to take part in > any way other than occasionally showing up for meetings. This has also be my biggest frustration with the group. Its worse than trying herd cats! --Bruce ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: www.milessmithfarm.net _______________________________________________ Gnhlug-org mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org
