I'll second, or third or I guess this will be a fourth positive reply to Susan Chapman's suggestion of "Do you ever have any social gatherings where we can just talk? No speakers?"
I think a nice Q & A period would be welcomed. There would always be the understanding that there might not be anyone present with the answer(s) but we would still probably learn something. Maybe nothing more than a referral to the person who might know. I also think it would be nice to have some "workshops" or SIG meetings. SIG (give me a minute Marta) stands for Special Interest Group. Ina previous life (when I lived near Cincinnati, I was a member od AppleSiders of Cincinnati (there Mac User Group). And we had a number of SIDs. All you need, and we had a great location there (The International Headquarters of AppleSiders) is a place to meet, preferably with one or more computers (Macs) AND someone wiling to serve as the SIG leader. We had (and still do) SIGs on Legacy (Apple II and Older Macs), Beginners, AppleWorks, Genealogy, Internet, iWeb, Digital Photography and Digital Video. Periodically interest would build up wanting a Music SIG (how to make music with the Mac) and someone with some amount of knowledge would agree to lead one. It would start off with a "large" attendance and quickly peter out because making music with the Mac is so easy (if you are musically inclined (talented) that the previous attendees would be off on their own making music. We would also occasionally get a Programming Sig going for a while but then whoever was leading it would graduate from UC and move on. Anyway I learned a lot (not that I put all of it to use) and really enjoyed the time spent. For a while I was even the leader of the Beginners/AppleWorks SIG. Which shows you that youdont really need an expert to run one. If you get a few people together with the same interest, they can teach themselves. Anne | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
