Reminds me of those old movies (or was it Dad's Army?) where they say "all volunteers for the suicide mission take one step forward" - everyone except the fall guy steps backward one step :-)
On Thu, November 15, 2007 2:51 pm, Brett Davidson wrote: > Well, that's that then. He's confirmed. > > I only hope he isn't scared off now. :-) > > *Brat.* > > Don Gould wrote: >> +1 >> >> Nick Rout wrote: >>> John, welcome aboard. >>> >>> Chris Sawtell has indicated that he can't cope with the role of meeting >>> co-ordinator much longer. He has a lot on his plate (I'm sure he won't >>> mind me saying that on list as he has referred to it several times). >>> >>> I have done some meeting co-ordination in the past but find myself too >>> busy these days. >>> >>> Subject to anyone else having a major objection - how would you like >>> the job? >>> >>> Regards, Nick. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, November 15, 2007 10:26 am, John Hyde wrote: >>>> Hello I am John - I came along to the Tuesday meeting for the first >>>> time. >>>> >>>> I enjoyed the preso and found it very informative - big thanks to >>>> Brett.. >>>> >>>> >>>> I have some ideas for future meetings - please kick these around and >>>> let >>>> me know what you all think. >>>> >>>> 1) A pub quiz. I will organise the questions - I can do this for the >>>> December mtng if people want this. We split into teams and write down >>>> answers to the questions. The questions will be a mixture of geeky, >>>> plus >>>> general knowledge plus celebrity trivia. A bit of fun, really. >>>> >>>> 2) Mini presentations by members. Maybe 3 or 4 presos of 15-20 minutes >>>> each. Topics to be something that the member has done recently, or a >>>> topic >>>> the member has some special skill or interest in. The main point is >>>> that >>>> preparing for a short preso is less of a worry / burden than doing the >>>> full thing and more ppl can volunteer. >>>> >>>> One other idea is to publicise the CLUG a bit more. Is there any >>>> central >>>> "geek events in CHCH" type of website ? If not then I will start one.. >>>> There actually are about 1 event per week of a geeky nature, believe >>>> it or >>>> not. >>>> >>>> >>>> Kind regards >>>> >>>> John Hyde >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Brett Davidson > Systems Engineer > -- > Net24 Limited > Web: www.net24.co.nz > Phone: 0800 5000 24 | DDI: +64 3 962 9518 > -- > // web hosting / email hosting / data backup > // our reputation for reliability precedes us > > This transmission is for the intended addressee only and is confidential > information. If you have received this transmission in error, please > delete it and notify the sender. > > -- Nick Rout
