There probably should be better communication prior to the meetings if a
postponement or cancellation is to occur. It seems easier to digest a
meeting being canceled a few days before than that day. Understandable that
emergency situations arise and that can be semi-remedied by at least
alerting the list of the cancelation.
Todd
At 04:32 PM 3/12/01 -0500, Jeffry Smith wrote:
>mike ledoux said:
> > I completely agree. It would probably even be a good idea for each of
> > the chapter chairs to have a couple of backup talks ready to give in
> > the event that the scheduled speaker bails. Even if the talk is
> > something as simple as a 'Cool Apps I Use' demo or a general 'Linux
> > Q&A', it is a lot better than an empty room. Of course, a sign on the
> > door upstairs saying 'meeting moved to the bar' might also be enough,
> > at least at Martha's. :)
>
>Should be easy enough to make a big sign - but it's amazing how the simple
>ideas can be so effective. I'm also trying to keep 4th Wed open so at
>least one person who can say "I use Linux" is there (which of course is
>different from I know linux ;-).
> >
> > We should also be more careful about announcing where and when
> > *exactly* the meeting will be, and make sure to at least have
> > *somebody* waiting at the appointed place and time to update newbies
> > on the current status of things. This particularly applies to
> > MEBDALUG--quite often, after a meeting, I'll get one or two emails
> > from people not on the mailing list saying that they tried to attend
> > the last Nashua meeting but nobody was there, and asking when the
> > meeting actually is. 99% of the time, we were all still downstairs
> > eating when they gave up and went home.
> >
>
>And they're the one's that won't come back. Good idea on a sign.
>MEBDALUG/MerriLUG/MELBA really needs it, given the pre-meeting dinner we
>do (I think we're unique here, but I'm willing to be proven wrong). Let's
>start with the next meeting.
>
> > BTW Jeff, your mailer isn't wrapping lines on outgoing mail--each
> > paragraph came through as one long line.
>
>Don't know what was happening, I had wrap set for 79. Let me know how
>this e-mail comes through.
> >
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> > Put your wasted CPU cycles to use: http://www.distributed.net/
> > #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> > # 531-byte qrpff-fast, Keith Winstein and Marc Horowitz
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> > # MPEG 2 PS VOB file on stdin -> descrambled output on stdout
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> > $d^$d/8))<<17,$e=$e>>8^($t&($g=($q=$e>>14&7^$e)^$q*8^$q<<6))<<9,$_=$t[$_]^
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> >
> >
>
>Neat - a bunch more servers to get DVD-CSS/MPAA to try and kill! I Like!
>
>jeff
>
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> Syn. cough and die, but connotes
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