On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 23:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> One of the long-standing gripes we've had is with the attendance we get at
> our meetings. This message is an attempt to kick off a thread about this,
> and what we can do to help fix it.
Hey Ben,
First, thanks for all you're doing. Sure you don't want
to lead the group? ;-)
> - Advance notice. The sooner we can start spreading the work, the sooner
> people can plan for it. Think of it as a race or a competition; if we wait
> until the last minute, something else is much more likely to have occupied
> that time slot in a potential attendee's schedule.
We did this for our quarterly meetings and for the Nashua meetings,
with very limited success. We posted notice in the Nashua
Telegraph, and posted signs at the colleges and bookstores
in the area. We followed this up with questions at the meeting
asking how people found us. I think that we had a handful over
the months that we tried it.
That said, I completely agree with what you've said, but we
need to look at other ways to notify the community what we're
up to. Perhaps do more of the same, but perhaps also find other
ways. One thing that we did find useful was to post meeting
notices with *other* user groups.
> - Post notice to www.gnhlug.org home page. Contact me to do this if you
> don't know how.
>
> - Posting to the announce list. Repeat posting once a month until T-30
> days to the meeting, then post once a week. Include the data in the subject
> line. Post again the day of the meeting, with the word "TODAY" in it.
>
> - Notifying media outlets, like newspapers and newsletters. Does
> anyone know about the specifics of this sort of thing? I sure don't.
The Telegraph is easy to get to, also NH.Com has a site for this.
We routinely post there for quarterly and Nashua meetings. I think
that it needs to be more widely posted in NH though. I've tried
to crack the Union Leader, Foster's and the Concord Monitor, but
they don't seem to take electronic submissions, making it harder.
> - We should try and find local organizations that might have interested
> members. Definitely local schools -- try to get instructors to mention it
> to their classes. What else? Maybe the bulletin boards in office
> buildings with tech companies?
>
> - Would it be worth trying to have notices posted in places like Radio
> Shack and Best Buy? I suspect they would not let us anyway. Maybe we could
> at least let the staff know; they might know others.
Ya, we tried CompUSA, and they were uncooperative. Bookstores
are usually happier doing that.
> - Word-of-mouth. Ask people you know to ask others. In the announce list
> postings, ask other members to ask other interested parties.
>
> - In particular, anyone who works in a big tech company should post
> notices on their bulletin boards, in their break rooms, etc.
>
> - Post notes in local libraries, community centers, etc.
>
> Any other ideas?
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Rob Lembree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
JumpShift, LLC
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