To start people thinking tonight, I have re-read the answers to my letter: How 'bout them Linux? Ain't they somethin?!
and I have come up with these gross generalizations: (1) most people come for comradery, community, knowledge-sharing with peers, interesting presentations, meeting other "local geeks" (2) several people did not like meetings that talked about organization or "promoting Linux" or "politics" or "philosophy" (3) we have a range of talent and knowledge from beginner to "It is hard to tell me anything new" (4) no one has heaps of time (5) no one likes traveling a lot (6) some people might like weekend "big meetings", so they can have the time to travel to them and back (7) People liked the "fix and break" idea. I would prefer to have more of "how to set up and tune", but that is just me. (8) Linux is more than just the kernel...it is perl, python, Apache, embedded Linux (9) FUN is definitely part of the package (10) Some people are willing to volunteer, but it has to be in manageable chunks of time, and a directed function. (11) We have often talked about doing things like video taping talks and putting them up on the net, but somehow it never gets done. Just some notes from the email messages that have gone past. md -- Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux(R) International email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the US and other countries. -- Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux(R) International email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the US and other countries. _______________________________________________ Gnhlug-org mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org
