On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 13:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>>>> On 24 Jun 2003, "Rob" == Rob Lembree wrote: > > Rob> That works for me, unless one of the other groups wants to host > Rob> it. Last time we asked if anyone else wanted to host, we heard > Rob> a resounding silence! > > I'm inclined to default to the Nashua area for Quarterly meetings > unless we hear a resounding cry for some other location and some one > else is willing to put in the legwork to identify a place the hold > the meeting.
(Paul's vocalizing something that he and I agreed upon some time back) > +> If so, I'll contact DWC and see when/if we can schedule the > +> theatre. Then contact Oracle to confirm. > > Rob> To be honest, I'm not crazy about having meeting in places > Rob> where we don't normally go. It seems to hurt turnout. > > I don't consider DWC a "place where we don't normally go", I consider > the "place" to be Nashua. What hurts turnout is going to a "place" > like Manchester, where we don't normally go. OK, fair enough, but it's so much easier to come from work and be able to have dinner at the meeting place. Heck, it could be the ground round for all I care, but having both in the same place is sure convenient. > We held the summer quarterly last year at DWC and the turnout > rivalled the Chritmas meetings where md has been the speaker. > > DWC has everything we need: they're easy to get to, they have the > large capacity seating, the wired stage, internet access, etc. > Martha's doesn't even have all that. (Though, they have better beer > than DWC :) OK. But it still goes against the idea of having quarterlies at the same bat-time and same bat-place as the regular meetings. > Rob> Mile Smith farm would be great for a cookout, but I'm not > Rob> inclined to have Oracle fly someone if there's risk of a small > Rob> group. > > Yeah, I agree with you here. I love the MSF idea, but I don't expect > a huge turnout there for Oracle. There might well be a decent > turnout for a BBQ, but then Oracle is competing against the BBQ to > talk to people. And if it's crappy weather, then the turnout is > going to be really low if this is advertised as a Summer Quarterly > BBQ. > > Rob> Maybe it's a good reason to split the quarterly and a cookout > Rob> apart? > > I think we should have a BBQ. I think splitting the two events would > be good. Let's plan on the regularly scheduled quarterly, then plan > a BBQ possibly for a weekend and open it up to families like we did > the planning meeting. I thought that worked well, despite the rain :) > (Bruce, can you order better weather for the BBQ? :) Works for me. I'd even be happy to do a talk, such as "Linux for Spouses". ;-) r -- Rob Lembree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Gnhlug-org mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org
