I don't know about everyone else, but I seem to remember proposing about 1/2
dozen topics most of the time. I never knew why they weren't carried forth -
whether a speaker couldn't be found, people just ignore me, people forgot what
was proposed, or whatever.
Perhaps these conversations should be carried out in mail instead of verbally so
we can discover how these disconnects occur and fix them!
gnhlug-org would be a good place to discuss topics and keep this issue from
falling through the cracks!
But I believe the original request was for diversity. Maybe some of the LUGs
need "speaker coordinators"?
--Bruce
Quoting "Jon 'maddog' Hall, Executive Director, Linux International"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Paul,
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> > I'd also like to point out, that though this in general, has been a
> > great discussion with some good ideas about meetings, and what could
> > be done better, not one person has come through with a single idea for
> > a meeting topic they'd be interested in. This is pretty much the
> > status quo for GNHLUG for as long as I've been a member (well over 6
> > years now). As a result, those running the meetings (as is pretty
> > historically proven as well, right back to maddog) usually fall back
> > on what they know and/or what is easily available for a meeting topic.
>
> "Status Quo" is right.
>
> When I was the (reluctant) chairman of the group, I had to repeatedly
> ASK
> people what they wanted to hear about. Not in a long letter...because
> they
> get confused and lost....in a short, to the point letter:
>
>
> O.K FOLKS: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HEAR ABOUT?
>
> and I would ask them to copy the list. Then after ten or twelve people
> responded, I made up another letter, with a list of topics that said:
>
> O.K. FOLKS: WHO CAN PRESENT ON THESE TOPICS?
>
> Those two letters, with minor changes, were repeated several times in my
> "tenure". Between talks generated by those lists, NUN nights, install
> fests, planning meetings and "guest lecturers", we created the monthly
> meetings.
>
> O.K. FOLKS: IT IS UP TO YOU. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HEAR ABOUT?
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