But I do not agree with you, Jonathan. I think 7 to 8 people at the beginning is a nice showing. Those things take time, ( I know, I know, do I ever know!) ) , enthusiasm and a lot of creative energy. There is time needed to even get it going after it got going, confer with people as to the dates ( of course you cannot consider everybody constantly, but after a half a dozen of get togethers people would get to know each other and then the stuff having been discussed could be put to the larger group. I had hoped you would take a few photos of those who attended and with the faces and places I would even be able to find a ride, notwithstanding my age.
I know a few from way back, Lee, and Tom and Andy, Anne and Harry the bicycler , but I do not know many who contribute, like the John and the other John, and I do not know you, Richard, nor Bill Micou , nor Wendy and so many whose names appear, but who might live in Frankfort or Paducah or God knows where. There should be a list of who is who and where and perhaps their lovely faces could show , so that we would have REAL people rather than just emailers. In this faceless society we do need real conversation, even a phone call is better than an email, if one has a multifaceted problem. Of course I have no idea what Harry and John discussed, but it is stored somewhere in my memory and might come up when or if I came into a situation with servers etc. So, Richard, don't even feel discouraged ---- es ist noch nicht aller Tage Abend---- as we would say in German. ( How does it say in google ? Translate this). But if you all feel that ad hoc meetings in some restaurant would be more inviting, we could sit around a table and chew the fat that way, too. But I encourage you to get a list of those who come , and a hash of what is hashed, so we all can benefit . Maybe then we could find the restaurants in different places closer to this or that person who comes. And I would come on eagle's wings if the eagle would stop for me. Marta On Nov 5, 2011, at 9:13 PM, Jonathan Fletcher wrote: > On Nov 5, 2011, at 7:14 PM, R Meadows <[email protected]> wrote: > >> As much as want LCS to continue I can not see where there is enough support >> in the Apple community for a successful large users group. Therefore I see >> no need for having regular monthly meetings for the seven or eight people >> that show up. > > > > Sorry, Richard, it seems Apple's success has worked against the idea of Mac > user groups. No longer are we "the few, the proud, the Mac users." Man, you > can find a Mac user by turning over almost every rock these days. Even my red > neck in-laws are using Macs.[1] The world is truly a different place now. > > Thanks for giving it a great effort, Richard. > > I'm sorry that every Tuesday you had a meeting I had something big come up. I > was fully intending to be there every time. > > And if you want to be part of a group that is still unique and elite and > SPECIAL, come to one of our FileMaker user group meetings sometime. ::-) > > Stay active on this list and sing out about your meet-ups. That oughta be fun! > > j. > > [1] I still have some crazy EX-in-laws who are hold-outs, so our collective > journey to the light side is not yet complete. > > > > > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > FileMaker 9/10/11 Certified Developer > > Fletcher Data Consulting > [email protected] > http://www.fletcherdata.com > 502-509-7137 > > Kentuckiana's FileMaker Users Group > Next meeting: Tuesday, November 22, 12:00 pm to 3:00-ish > Blog: http://www.kyfmp.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >
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