On 9/25/07, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where do you find new members to join the LUG?
We still have no agreed-upon definition for "member" or "join". I originally just found that humorous, but I suspect that indefiniteness may be relevant to the topic at hand. People rarely do things without a reason. If one wants to increase "membership", one needs to find reasons for people to join. Once you're got a reason, the rest will fall into place. For example, take the MythFest (MythTV install fest). The reasons to have a DVR have been given. The specific advantages of MythTV have been given. People showed up to that first presentation in droves. All the advertising in the world won't help us if we don't have something to advertise. What reasons do people have to be a "member" of GNHLUG? I'm involved with all this to educate myself, to obtain and lend assistance, because I think freedom in computing is necessary to maintain freedom in our lives, and for camaraderie. Just about any meeting or mailing list discussion will satisfy my reasons for being here. I doubt they will work for everyone. See also: http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Organizational/WhatDoWeWantToBe -- Ben _______________________________________________ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
