Andrew P. Lentvorski, Jr. said:
> Yeah, I'm of two minds about this. I'd like to see more engagement
> by SIG's, but I'd also like to see the SDCS meetings be almost
> inconsequential. An official SDCS meeting should be about 15 minutes
> *total*; everything else should be unofficial/informal discussion
> afterward. This is part of the reason why I don't understand what
> the big issue was with heading up SDMUG and SDCS. If the SDCS
> meetings are long and annoying, it's because they allow them to be.
>
> Personally, I think that having an sdcs-steer mailing list (which
> should be public) would go a long way to wiping out any length of
> that meeting. That way, topics can be discussed at length and at
> leisure rather than at the meeting. At that point, the sole purpose
> of the meeting effectively becomes a vote on the actions of the
> mailing list discussion.
I think that would be a great idea. What I'm not so sure about is
whether there would be wide participation. There is an SDCS-talk list
somewhere, perhaps Gus will respond about where.
> It would also help out with communication coordination. I have been
> somewhat surprised at how disconnected the SDMUG folks sometimes seem
> to be even with respect to each other.
They're not as technically sophisticated as most of the core of KPLUG.
I don't think they "get it" quite like we do. Or maybe they just don't
care that much.
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