Wow, something somewhere messed this up. Trimming to the relevant portion. On Thu, July 15, 2010 10:53, Ryan Simpkins wrote: > PLUG is at its best when we have local content experts showing off their > latest trickery. Usually less than 15 people show up because they tend to be > very specialized topics. Every now and then we just don't have the presenters > to fill the schedule, and so we do something a little off-topic. Depending on > the person/topic the "core" members might not come, but 50 people will show up > who have never been to a PLUG meeting before. There are multiple demographics > in the group, and not everyone is going to think that every meeting is > interesting, relevant, worth attending, or valid. > > I need some help securing interesting local presenters. If we can get one > every month, then I will schedule other "special interest" meetings on a > different day. Would anyone like to nominate/volunteer someone to take on the > role of PLUG Officer, who's chief role will be to fill the second Wednesday of > every month with a local technical presenter? This is one of those positions > where by doing it, you become in charge of it by default. Where is Jayce^ when > you need his magic ninja Vulcan mind-meld brain twist to make someone do > something without them knowing it? I'm more direct. I nominate Levi. ;-) > > In August we will have Brad Midgley talking about WebGL. I am working with > some contacts at Dell try to to get one of their Linux experts to do a more > systems oriented meeting in either September or October. I'm working on more > too. Beyond that, things are looking thin. It helps a great deal when we can > schedule 1-3 months out so that presenters have time to put together a great > presentation for the group. > > -Ryan
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