On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 10:39 +0530, Prashant Verma wrote: > With the current level of participation, it is not feasible to hire a > venue. And hiring a place which will provide us with the equipment > we'd like to have (projector etc.) will be even more expensive and > will require even more members to participate.
Exactly, that is the reason why I advocate dropping the idea of having meetings and instead having Linux theks that are more restricted in their scope. > So it is better that > the LUG meets where space can be found for a meeting. Meetings with > fewer participants are better than no meeting at all. In my experience, there is no point in having meetings with 5-7 people. > And as news of > the excellent chai and singara at the meetings goes around (and Linux > of course), we can expect participation to go up. Typical attitude of the the members of the LUG. As long as there is somone to provide free they will attend a meeting of free software. > We need people to volunteer space that they can offer for the > occasional thek. I can offer a spare room for LUG meetings for the > next 6 months or so, but I think it is better to rotate the venue so > that if one venue is not so convenient for some participants, there's > a chance that the next venue wil be. > > Prashant Verma Theks are smaller in scale, typically involving people who use and want to use Linux in a particular Locality, Like the Madhyamgram GLT. Tyically what we'd be looking at is maybe having a Golpark Thek at maybe Sharmaji's place with people living in an around Golpark, Gariahat and Ballygunge attending. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
