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padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; font-size: 18px;"><b>Improving
KLUG Meetings</b></span></div>
<div id="magicdomid4737" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="i" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;"><i>26th February 2011</i></span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid4739" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;">KLUG meetings are constantly evolving,
and this process should be encouraged and up for discussion.
In a rather ad-hoc meeting we decided to approach a few
issues - primarly<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
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padding-bottom: 1px;"><b>Meeting Content</b></span><span
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padding-bottom: 1px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>&<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
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padding-bottom: 1px;"><b>Organisation</b></span><span
class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;">. </span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid4741" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;">We would appreciate your feedback and
hope to plan meetings on a quarterly basis to discuss
progress.</span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid4744" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="b" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;"><b>Meeting Content</b></span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid4746" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;">- Formal talks from members or guest
speakers</span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid4748" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;">- "Show and Tell" section for people
to present things they are working on, new software people
might not have seen, web services etc. This could be
mandatory and as a way of introduction to the group.</span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid4750" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;">- Q&A / Problem Solving Sessions /
Development Discussions. This could encourage break-out
groups post talks. </span></div>
<div id="magicdomid4751" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;">- Discussions / debates</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid4752" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;">- KLUG Projects/Workshops?</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid4753" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;"> - Certain caveats/code of conduct
require consideration?</span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid4755" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;">- Lightning talks (though this may
cross over with show and tell)</span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid4757" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;">- Themed events, e.g. Security, Web
apps, Kernel internals, Interoperability</span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid4759" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;">- Drinks and Snacks</span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid4762" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="b" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;"><b>Social Meetings</b></span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid4764" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;">To augment the "formal" quarterly
meetings, around Kent, for social events like pub/curry etc.
Held on a Friday night, or similiar. Previous attendance has
dried up so requires opening up for discussion.</span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid4767" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="b" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;"><b>Virtual Meetings</b></span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid4769" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;">- Virtual, supplementary meetings at
scheduled times</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid4770" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;"> - Includes people in hard to reach
areas, or with an inability to travel</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid4771" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;"> - Promotes use of IRC channel</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid4772" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;"> - Investigate possible
voice/screen sharing options</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid4773" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;"> - Mumble/TS, Skype, VNC,
GoToMeeting, YuuGuu etc.</span></div>
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1px;"><br>
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<div id="magicdomid4776" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="b" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;"><b>Organisation</b></span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid4778" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="i" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;"><i>-<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span><span
class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;">If meetings are going to start later
in the day, it has been suggested to increase their length
so they take up the whole day, rather than being a 3 hour
stint that makes full use of the day impossible.</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid4779" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;"> 1100 - 1700</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid4780" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;"> 1200 - 1800</span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid4782" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;">- We currently have locations all over
the place. Are there any central places that are
particularly easy to get to by everyone using pubic
transport?</span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid4784" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;">- A shared Google Calendar as a way of
seeing when the nexts meetings are.</span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid4789" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;">These points are a brief start of
potential changes that KLUG could see in the future. The
plan is to, from this basic discussion, extend into a
formal, planned meeting at some point.</span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid4791" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;"><b>tl;dr:</b> What do you think of
these? What would you like to see from KLUG?</span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid4793" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;">~A collaborative effort of:</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid4794" class="ace-line" style="padding-right:
1px;"><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 1px;">Luc, Spode, Julia, Boudiccas</span></div>
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