On Sat, 2011-03-26 at 00:27 -0400, Michael Potts wrote: > I much as I like the idea of a lunch meeting, our meetings tend to be very > long and often have 2+ hours of discussion. As many of us do not have 3 hour > lunch breaks (or in my case, having the benefit of a set lunch break. I tend > to totally work through mine) we would have to leave early or not attend at > all.
Well anyone taking time away from work should be running that through higher ups, the boss. Most employers will find it beneficial to them to have their staff attend such meetings. Its not difference than conventions or expos, which are always held during the day, and most times not free to attend :) > I do like the idea of having a monthly lunch that us outside of the regular > meeting. FYI we do have an offer along those lines from ITT Jacksonville. Who is a block over from Peak10 > Probably without a formal presentation, but a great networking > opportunity. Perhaps have it in different parts of the city. That might help > address the driving and distance issues discussed some time last year. That is always an option, but we are in one of the largest cities land wise in the world. Surely the largest in the US, short of a city in Alaska, which most of the territory is uninhabitable. > We > could have a lunch in orange park one month and at the beaches another > month. Those that are convenient to the selected location could attend most > all lunches while those that really cant travel an hour to our evening > meetibgor are busy during the evening hours can come and say hi. Would be > nice to put faces to the names! I am surely not opposed to such. > Places like Panera, applebees, chilis or whatnot are often very receptive to > giving groups a dedicated area. > Something like a friday 1 hour lunch meeting where we can all just > socialize, quite informal-like. Definitely open to those places, but even better would be companies or education institutions hosting the lunch, etc. There is nothing to be gained from a technological perspective at most restaurants, bars, etc. One thing thats nice about Peak10, is people can tour and learn about a data center. For many that will be their first experience, and for some maybe their only. > That might just help recruit new members too. Dragging your friends and > coworkers to the lunch would probably be much easier than urging someone to > give up an evening. Yes evenings can be difficult to manage, though I think thats when a majority of user groups meet. > Side note: second webcam acquired so a live stream in addition to an HD > local record is looking much more possible. Nice, though I was thinking we have a new problem there. How do we display the presentation and presenter? Not sure how remote viewers will be able to see and read slides. Definitely have some things to work out. But great for someone to be taking the initiative. Let me know how I can help out, if needed. -- William L. Thomson Jr. Obsidian-Studios, Inc. http://www.obsidian-studios.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
