Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 9:38:16 AM, Mark Rogers wrote: > To PLUG generally: Most people who felt like Ray did would have left the > mailing list and wouldn't have voiced their views. The fact that he's > stuck with Linux, stuck with the list, and has shared his comments, > probably means he's very much someone we need on board!
In an attempt to give more views as to what might be 'wrong', I shall throw in my situation. I've been to one meeting, quite some time ago, it was at Marks workshop. Generally I found people welcoming, though inevitably there was fragmentation of the meeting into groups discussing their own issues. This is always likely to happen without any structure or leadership and is not necessarily a bad thing, because not everyone is interested in the same subject. For example, a structures and planned discussion among sub-groups could be a great way of covering many subjects. People need structure in order to arrive prepared. Without wishing to play to stereotypes, I think as computer enthusiasts there is a natural shyness, and this doesn't help the cohesion of the group or the inclusion of new members (both on the part of the existing and new attendees). I didn't attend again for the following reasons: - I live in Bourne so my journey has to feel all the more worthwhile, which it didn't. - Most discussion was around consumer Linux (getting my laptop to boot ubuntu, getting my wireless card to work), whereas my interest is mainly business/enterprise usage. - On the whole the meeting didn't seem to offer me much for my time, effort and cost. - Further down the line... changes in my working arrangements mean I'm normally now away on the day the LUG meetings are held. I hope the above helps in some way for the improvement of the LUG and to keep it going, as it very clearly exists as a valuable resource to many regular members. -- Best regards, Andy _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
