Heh... Yeah, it would help to at very least inform the desk person(s)
exactly what our group is.
When Ryan and I showed up- having never been there before- we asked the
desk guy where the
GNHLUG meeting was. He had no idea. He ran down the listing of groups for
the night, and
muttered to himself "Well, it's definitely not the Linux group..."
At 11:17 AM 10/30/00 -0500, Bruce McCulley wrote:
>Some ideas to consider as possible suggestions (some might require
>pre-arrangement with the hosting facility):
>
>- sign directing folks to the right place (could be as simple as "gnhlug" and
>an arrow, or "gnhlug upstairs" or whatever)
>
>- optional name tags, maybe with an appropriate qualifier (i.e. "old fart" or
>"Be gentle, it's my first time" :-)
>
>- especially if newby name tags are provided and used, make an effort
>to include unfamiliar faces in the conversation, and to make them feel
>welcomed (not just to overwhelm them with technical jargon - at times
>this crew makes me feel technically ignorant, and I've been a professional
>geek for over thirty years!)
>
>That should be enough, KISS.
>
>--Bruce McCulley
>
>
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