2009/12/14 Stephen Bain <[email protected]> > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 2:45 AM, Andrew <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > This assumes that meetups will fix the perception problem. I don't think > it > > will - they're good for social purposes but not much else. > ... > > I work in education and I know that allowing people to own their > successes > > increases their willingness to try more and stick around, and gives us > > valuable selling points to encourage sceptical locals. > > But who is out there, and what sort of successes would they like to > own? And what methods would be better than meetups for establishing a > core of regular participants? >
Re successes - that's exactly what I want to try and find here in Perth and encourage others to do similarly elsewhere. And meetups don't build much beyond personal links/friendships in my view - they're fun, but not productive. It shouldn't be forgotten WP meetups are not WM meetups - enthusiasts of one may have no interest in the other, especially if "what's in it for me?" can't be answered adequately (Gnangarra and I actually had this experience at largish Perth meetups trying to promote WM.) cheers Andrew
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