On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 09:35:33AM -0400, Chris Knadle wrote: > On Wednesday 07 May 2008, Sean Dague wrote: > > Honestly, I've always come out against recordings, as people will make > > less of an effort to get out to the meeting if they can just watch it > > later. The energy to keep the group going comes from people actually > > showing up. I know I'd be a lot less interested in making sure things > > go off without a significant hitch if it was just a couple of us and a > > video recorder. > > Hahaha yeah I remember a movie scene like that in "Real Genius". It's a > normal fear for LUG, but there's nothing to worry about. > > In practice, NYLUG did not see a big drop in attendance just because they > posted videos of their meetings. Their attendence essentially remained the > same before and after. The meetings offer more than just the lecture -- the > biggest benefit of LUG meetings is getting "face time" with the people within > the group, socializing, asking questions, hearing what people are doing, and > hearing people's stories and humor. I think that "face time" really is the > biggest appeal of LUG meetings, and is probably why LUGs exist in the first > place. > > I also agree that speaking to a camcorder would make me a more nervous > speaker, and I wouldn't enjoy that. So there are other reasons why recording > the meetings may not be desirable.
Yeh, regardless of reasons, while I'm still the main guy organizing the
meeting (and as long as we are regularly ~ 20 instead of in the 40s) I'm
going to continue thumbs down the idea.
Anyone is welcome to lead a violent insurection and then run the
meetings anyway they like. :)
-Sean
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There is no silver bullet. Plus, werewolves make better neighbors
than zombies, and they tend to keep the vampire population down.
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