Nick Rout wrote: > > Instead of asking the questions, make some suggestions! > > the purpose of this list is communication. Tell us what yo want Trev > (sorry I didn't get a cahnce to chat to you the other night, but even if > I did, you still need to tell the group what you want!) This is the > place, and the chance to do it. > I have not had much free time lately and have been waiting for things to move along on this before i had my say, but it seems to have died. Perhaps that's a symptom of were we are at!. I though i would stir things along a bit ;-).
I would hope that one of the purposes of the CLUG is to promote Linux face to face with people, that cannot be done from this list. Meetings add a sense of belonging to a club, companionship, making friends, getting help, and to show that there is a Linux community here. Re: Dinner was great Michael wrote: having Linux meetings "over dinner" is hardly cheap and I would doubt its value. I wouldn't bother going myself. I like my meetings with a $2 doorcharge and the option to get your broken PC fixed up! There's the value. _________________ Perhaps the Geeks/People who don't want meetings at the hall could have _some/most_ of their get-togethers at a restaurant/cafe. The people who do want the meetings, Geeks, Newbies, Wanna-be's, and Others, have their meetings at the hall. Or have two parts to the meetings, half for Newbies, half for Geeks. If we don't have an elected committee, with monthly meetings, we/Linux don't appear to the public to be an organized 'here-to-stay' Linux system - Linux support group and have no credence. Also i agree with the formally proposal of the "formation of the Canterbury Linux Community Trust." For all Window$ faults it has it over Linux when it comes to installing software as far as Ex Window$ Newbies are concerned. It was designed to be point and click and all in only one format, exe. When a Newbie is confronted with all the different Linux formats, distros, compiling... they are, not surprisingly, totally lost. We need meetings to show Linux to people interested in starting to use Linux. We need meetings to show howto install programs We need meetings to show howto use different programs We need meetings to show howto sort out hardware problems We need meetings to show tech talks (but not to tech most the time) We need meetings to have CDs of large programs, distro's, for sale/swap We need meetings to show howto install different distro's I think Installfests are great but maybe we need to change the way we do them. Installing is not that difficult when shown howto on the distros we use at the Installfests. Partitioning IMHO is one of the major hurdles for most people, X, sound, modems, can be others. When all the people have to bring their computers and each person gets an individual install, that's is a lot of work for a lot of people, takes up a lot of time and space. If we chose a selection of different hardware from the people who want Linux installed (say 10) and installed showing that to the relevant people would that work. I know there will be problems with some hardware, printers - scanners - modems, they can be sorted at the workshop meetings, as we do now. There must be other ways. Just some thoughts. And Douglas Royds wrote: > > > The benefit of a formal installfest comes from the publicity it > > > (i.e. we, the CLUG) generate - posters and emails and "Hey, just > > > bowl along with your PC" do a lot more than just get people in to > > > the installfest, they raise the Linux profile overall. Also, they > > > sow the idea that there is a community here, and installing Linux is > > > something anyone can do, as there is help available. > > > > > Perhaps the installfest could be combined with John Carter's return > > > to a computer expo that is actually fun. > There are more people on the list than could make it to an AGM, even if > we IRC it! So put your suggestions up here people! > I have been in clubs where there are thousands of financially paid up members but only a few hundred turn up to the AGMs. Some cannot be there for good reasons, some forget, some are not interested in making changes, some are only interested in their own selfish ends and are not interested in helping in any way, but are the first to moan at the way things are being done. The ones that do turn up vote on the direction we take for the next year. All any club can only hope is that a good number and cross-section turns up. The people that can't make it could vote by email. > On Fri, 06 Feb > 2004 21:28:37+1300 Trev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > There have been a lot of suggestions.... but no action! > > Dinner was great, but.... > > > > So what are we doing: > > Are we going to have an AGM this year ?. > > Are we going to elected a committee ?. > > Are we going to have _any meetings_ at all ?. > > Or are we _NOT_ going to have a Linux User Group with meetings at all > > ?. > > > > Installfests, workshops, tech talks: > > What direction we go can be decided on at an AGM and later meetings. > > > > Hoping for some positive action > > Trevor > > Some of my thoughts. Trevor
