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

[Tom English]

I couldn't make it as I had to go to Hampshire with work last minute,
otherwise I was planning on coming.

I shall be at the next meeting, provided I'm not working away again.

Tom.

On 22/02/2008, Graham Cole <GrhmC at lavabit.com> wrote:
>
> 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:
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >
> > >    All -
> > >
> > >    The new national LUG site, running on Drupal, has a new logo, a
> fresh look,
> > >  dynamic content aggregating news from LUGs around the UK, and is
> > >  standards compliant.
> > >
> > >    The site is available at:
> > >
> > >    http://lug.org.uk/
> >
> > 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
> >
>
>
>
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