[HLUG] Where were you on Wednesday ? & what would make you want to come along more often?

[Graham Cole]

Hi Julian
My non-attendance had a new reason last Wed: a yoga class which I won't
have again. Sometimes I'm away from home visiting grandchildren etc and
sometimes I forget, which shows me up as rather disorganised.
What attracts me most about meetings is the chance to get problems
sorted out by members who know a lot more than I do. The issue I have
currently is getting started with using Open Office to write a web page.
Would OO be useful for that?
As well as few members attending meetings there are fewer issues being
raised, maybe because Linux systems are getting better and their support
is easier to access and understand.

My diary is clear for the next meeting!

Graham

On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 23:30 +0000, Julian Robbins wrote:
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> And guess what? Dave's blog post about our meeting on Tuesday, 3rd post 
> down! Gosh hit the big time !!
> 
> Seriously though, it was a shame not to see more people turn up.
> 
> Mark and I with young families, Pete travelling over from via Gwynedd 
> made it why no one else?
> 
> Dave obviously put a lot of hard effort into setting his talk up, bring 
> all the hardware along, printing notes and he really knew his subject. 
> It was a very interesting meeting.
> 
> Can we have a constructive discussion about why we get so few members 
> along to meetings generally ?
> 
> There are some obvious reasons :-
> 
> 1. It's dark and cold in the Winter
> 2. No beer at the day centre.
> 3. No wireless access at the Day Centre
> 
> But really apart from 1, its not a bad venue, centrally placed, with 
> quite a bit of parking near the bus and rail stations, and very cheap to 
> hire.
> 
> So please tell us, if there's a reason why you don't attend very often. 
> We know that the day isn't suitable for some, and that's a fair enough 
> point.
> 
> We are generally trying to put on more talks and discussions around a 
> particular theme, to give the meetings more focus. Tell us if this is 
> what you want? We still plan to have a pub based meeting soon, for a 
> change of scenery.
> 
> Likewise, the demonstration to the Hereford Friends of the Earth and 
> Green party went pretty well in the Autumn. We had one member who had 
> been trying installing Linux after that on an old laptop who asked us to 
> help him get it installed properly on Weds night. He was delighted when 
> Mark managed to fix it for him.
> 
> So, please fire away, but consider that :-
> 
> A), Yes it would be nice to put on better events, hire a room with full 
> fast net access, distro copying facilities, etc, but it all costs money
> 
> B), If we put on a more expansive outside event like, a Linux Install 
> day, we need lots of people who will commit to organise and man it. We 
> happy to try doing B, but only if we could be sure that there would be 
> enough members who really want to get involved.
> 
> So please tell us what you want from the LUG, and what would make you 
> consider coming more regularly?
> 
> Julian
>