Let's start this discussion on the -org list, and figure out what we can offer to the group, and then take it to the discuss list if we'd like more feedback from the non-volunteer portions of the group:
I'd like to hear from as many folks as possible, especially those who are most annoyed and those who could not care less. How often should we announce the topic of an upcoming meeting on the -Announce list? Ideally, I try to have the topic for next month announced at the previous months meeting, so someone can include it in the notes of the meeting, and someone can post it to the calendar on the front page. That way, I'll see it about every day, and anyone else can see it on demand. The reality is that most coordinators have a hard enough time getting the meetings to work and next month's topic if often still in flux. In that case, I'd appreciate it if they could: (1) announce it as soon as they know, so I can plan for it. (2) announce it again two weeks in advance because I forgot to write it down the first time (3) announce it 48 hours in advance because I forgot to reschedule my life around the meetings. Now, I understand that some people may find 3 announcements of 7 different monthly meetings annoying. I get that much spam each hour, so it doesn't bother me, but I don't want to lose a single person off the -announce list because we're being too noisy. Is there another way we can do this? Ben had asked a while ago if it was possible for us to get it together for a monthly announcement of all of the meetings. How about one (1) weekly announcement of all of the meetings, short summaries: who, what, when, where, with a pointer to the archived full announcement? In theory, if we get around to having a real calendar, this could be a scripted calendar-to-email generation, instead of an added burden for one of the volunteers. On the other other hand, that does eliminate the immediacy of announcing a reminder about the meeting happening this week. Of course, we could post the list Monday morning. That would let the two Monday meetings get in their last-minute reminder, and give people (perhaps too much) notice on the Thursday meeting of that week. Thoughts, counter-proposals, raspberries? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
