[Klug-general] the future of KLUG

[Alan Pope]

On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 14:08 +0000, Margot wrote:

> Kent is simply too big to be covered by one group. 

FYI: Hampshire is bigger and is served by one group. They meet at
alternate ends of Hampshire each month. Once in Southampton, next in
Aldershot. Each meeting gets between 10 and 50 people. Every meeting has
talks on various subjects from virtualisation to linux certification
tests.

I'd say aside from Greater London, it's one of the most active in the
UK.

HantsLUG have had stands at computer fairs, and have never paid for a
table. It doesn't have to cost, although I know Sussex and Berkshire do
pay for their tables.

> Hold meetings at 
> one of the far extreme edges of Kent, and people from the other 
> extreme won't be able to get there, hold meetings centrally and 
> people from both extreme edges will have difficulty. We're all busy 
> people, and nobody wants to attend meetings where the travelling 
> time is longer than the meeting itself - it's ridiculous to expect 
> anybody to make a 100 mile round trip just to attend a LUG meeting!
> 

I do. It's 50 miles from my house to Southampton. I go there and back in
a day for a meeting. 

Just so you know, it is possible to run a LUG in a big county.

Cheers,
Al.
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