<quote who="Dan Treacy">
> If there is a dual stream this may be resolved. People may be much more
> comfortable speaking to "newbies" on things they are VERY comfortable with
> themselves.
I hope so, that would be great for everyone.
> I know with as little as I know about things there never really be
> anything of use for me to talk about amongst the normal group. I'm sure
> there's people who could do it far better, but that's beside the point..
> Objections like that may be removed with teh 2 streams.
Well, even "hey, I learnt this cool thing the other day" comments should
come up in the Q&A session we have at the start of the meetings. I'll make
sure we ask for those in particular next time.
The meeting we discussed what to do with our funds was pretty good - much
more interaction than we normally have, so we'll aim to do that more often.
> Perhaps there's a perception that you need to speak about something
> "hardcore" tech. Be it the lastest geeky gadget or must have or the
> lastest trend in coding techniques or high level security to keep the
> kiddies away. Maybe this is something that needs to be overcome, exactly
> how I'm not sure.
I think you're right, and I'm pretty sure we can overcome it with more
interaction during the meetings, and more involvement with talks (the dual
talk thing comes into this a bit too).
Thanks, the ctte is meeting tomorrow night, and we'll probably discuss this
stuff quite a bit,
- Jeff
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