[dundee] Tonight's meeting

[Andrew Clayton]

On Wed, 2003-05-14 at 14:50, Wm. G. Urquhart wrote:
> On Wed, 14 May 2003, Keir Lawson wrote:
> 
> > Dan Sullivan wrote:
> > 
> > I think the meeting was to formal but the talks (thank you Andrew) were 
> > informative if a bit long winded.  I think the screw up with the 
> > mandrake install was enough to put any linux newbie of for life.  Next 
> > time (if there is to be a next time) we should make it much less formal 
> > and perhaps have a Q & A session.  Just my humble opionion(spelt wrong 
> > as i cant find the minatour(also spelt wrong) spell checker).
> > 
> > Keir
> > 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Just to say that I agreed with Keir as regards the formality of the 
> meeting. I knew there was going to be a talk, but IMHO it could have been 
> a bit more condensed. Having said that after what Andrew was saying about 
> the new kernel it seems to have a lot look forward to.
> 
> Also, for your information I was the guy that came in last (at about 8) 
> and sat at the back. You remember the bald bloke, when Duncan came in he 
> was sitting in from of me. Well I assume it was Duncan.
> 
> A less formal Q&A session for the next meeting would be ideal. As regards 
> the elections what posts are up for nomination?  


Firstly it was good to see you all there and to put names to faces...

Ok. They were my first talks ;), I didn't know myself how they would
really turn out.

As for the formality/content of the meeting. Well... Mark managed to
arrange a "proper" meeting... and put out a message for people to come
up with ideas. IIRC only three people did, Mark, Jason Cormie and
myself, Jason had to pull out though. So you kind of got what you asked
for (or didn't ask for) ;).

I'm sure there will many more meetings to come and we will find the
right balance, though I don't think it was too bad for our first try and
there was a half decent turnout.

Naturally we will be able to cover a wide range of topics, debates,
demo's etc..

So perhaps if people start thinking about what they would like in the
next meeting now, that would be useful I guess. Q&A has been mentioned,
a GNOME vs KDE [vs others] debate, these are both good idea's. 


Cheers,

--
Andrew