I would like to present an interesting statistic here.In the lastthe >number 24.It just goes to show that despite the fact that we may
fortnight, there have been posts on the mailing list from just 26
people. Two of them are not regular members of this group.This makes
have a >much larger multiple of this number as members of the group,
the active >participation isnt as much as we would like.Take away
Sayamindu,>Soumyadip, Tathagata da, PK, Mr Raja Guha, Russell McOrmond
from that >list of mails, and u would possibly realise what I mean.
i feel what you are seeing today i mean few/lot new members have
joined or came together only once in the last meeting of LUG ..and many
of us dont know what others skills are like (like you may not know what
i can do and vice versa)...and in many cases the mails are Re:Re:Re:
kind of thing...so if you dont know/not interested in the first
thread you are not likely to answer anyone of them!....and there are
many personal mails happens in between the members i guess so i think
you got my pt in this matter.
The problem which we face here is something that could be easilya >proactive manner. We are conveniently ignoring what I regard as po
ignored, but is something that will become more apparent once we start
analyzing as to how many of our members are actually participating in
ssibly >the most important goal of a LUG---socializing.
yep
All we need do is have a fixed day for the meet every month/fortnight.topic >like "Clustering" or perhaps "Mail server config" or "Debian
We could fix it permanently as the evening of last Saturday of every
month and adhere to to that day, come rain, hail or shine. Each meet
should have a fixed agenda. For example, we could FIRST do a demo
Installation" or "DRI, Linux and Gaming" or "Desktop performance onsee i have some point to make here......obviously what i told
Linux". NEXT we could have a brief look at a "programming language of
the month" ..we could start with Perl and Python for starters and we
could go on, in future meets to discuss stuff like the GTK+ libraries
and/or QT, ORBit etc. ONCE WE ARE DONE with this we could spend some
time discussing other activities of the group like advocacy drives,
seminars and stuff like that. At THE END OF THE DAY, we could have a
"Tip of the meet" which could be any small hint to enhance the
experience of usin' Linux. We could have a small CD Burning/Bug
Squashing session too.
you yesterday that i may know something and dont get the opportunity to
know many other cool things one can do....now if you know one/many
of those things and share i may get intersted ..thats the way it should
go!
the problem is many newbie who have installed linux and got
stuck or want to know more are reluctant to participate....i requested
few friends of mine last time but they seemed to be not
interested...now if there is less newbie in a group you will have some
"specific problem " mails in the thread....like one i had with openGL
and the one who only answered after 1-2 days in Anirban who is also
interested in that!
Its really upto the ppl to not only use the Linux but also
get involved in it...but in world of No JOBS i feel they prefer looking
for MS based courses rather than doing something good.
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