Re: Attendance: A business-like approach

2007-10-14 Thread Ted Roche
Bruce Dawson wrote: So either we have to increase the priority of going to a meeting, or lower the priority of people staying away. The former can be done by having higher quality speakers, famous people, more interesting subjects, more career/job benefits, ... The latter can't really be

Re: Attendance: A business-like approach

2007-10-14 Thread Bruce Dawson
First, apologies: My original was perhaps a bit more acidic than intended. Ted Roche wrote: Bruce Dawson wrote: So either we have to increase the priority of going to a meeting, or lower the priority of people staying away. The former can be done by having higher quality speakers, famous

Re: Attendance: A business-like approach

2007-10-14 Thread Ted Roche
Bruce Dawson wrote: First, apologies: My original was perhaps a bit more acidic than intended. And back 'atcha: email is a great medium to promote misunderstandings. Provide a non-time and non-location dependent way of meeting. Its also known as a geek teaser, _and_ allows for virtual

Apathy considered harmful (was: Off-list conversations...)

2007-10-14 Thread Ben Scott
On 10/12/07, Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It doesn't matter. No one else answers anyway. Looks like I'll have to call the rest of the board to find out if they'll join us. I see this as a big problem. If we can't even find the time to let you know if we can find the time to meet, how