[Lincs] IRC Meetings & Digital Projector

[Marc Mc Guinness]

hello,

Dave Pearson wrote the following on 18.08.2004 10:51:
> * Marc Mc Guinness <marc at mcguinness.de> [2004-08-17 22:48:45 +0200]:
> Take the IRC meetings as a good case in point: I don't know about anyone
> else but, for me, something like the IRC thing holds no interest and, worse
> still, it happens at a terribly inconvenient time. I doubt I'm alone in
> having such a thing clash with stuff like getting home from work (not really
> an issue for me given that I work from home but I'm sure it'll be an issue
> for other people), spending time with offspring, getting offspring to bed,
> preparing dinner, consuming dinner, attending to other household chores,
> spending time with significant other, trying to keep away from a PC having
> spent all day in front of a handful of them, etc... Spending time with a
> (for me) terribly inefficient form of communication is way down on my
> priority list.

That's why we had a vote on day and time to meet on irc...

I feel that I personally already put in a lot of effort and didn't get a 
lot of interest back yet. I hoped that might change as things develop, 
but it might be too early.

>>please help us at least by placing the posters in your cars!
> 
> I think this might also end up being another source of disappointment and
> discouragement. It's worth keeping in mind that, for most people, attending
> a "computer club" was something you did in the 1980s and, since then, it's
> something that's done at about the same level as train spotting, plane
> spotting and other hobbies that tend to have bad PR. I'd be astonished if
> posters in cars and other "normal" places made any significant different to
> attendance. You need to be prepared for it not making a difference and to
> not be disappointed or discouraged by this.

You could be right here.

> Enough feedback? ;>

Thank you very much!

Marc