[Lincs] Re: The future? [was: The online future?]

[iain Baker]

i must admit, when it was first suggested i didnt agree with it... but
i think we are struggling...

i think a more localised meeting system would possibly be a good idea,
but are there enough people willing to keep them going.

i hold my hands up and admit the delay in meetings has been my fault,
but i am afraid i have been very very busy (this also accounts for the
lack of updates to the webpage- although its hard to find news in a
quiet county)

how many people out there are willing to take a commanding role in
organisation, how many want to turn up to meetings, and how many wish
to stay largely inactive (either by choice or <bad
spelling>necessity</bad spelling>)

On 8/20/05, Ben Francis <lists at hippygeek.co.uk> wrote:
> Dave Rice wrote:
> 
> > anyway......discuss?
> 
> I'd just like to make a suggestion (I actually made it a long time ago 
> but it seems more appropriate now).
> 
> Lincs LUG seems to be struggling (our last meeting was nearly a year ago 
> now) and I think (as many people have already mentioned) it's because of 
> the size of the county. I'm moving to University in Birmingham in a 
> month so I'll only be in Lincolnshire a few months of the year, but for 
> those who aren't cowardly jumping ship and posing as a brummy, I have an 
> idea.
> 
> Why doesn't the group split in half, probably into North Lincolnshire 
> and South Lincolnshire? If people have to travel less distance I think 
> they're more likely to arrange meetings and meet more often. The 
> national LUG community is broad and some may wish to be part of both 
> groups, but at least people will have more local, regular meetings.
> 
> I may be wrong about this, it might be a bad idea splitting a group of a 
> relatively small size, but I think it might work. Perhaps it would be 
> worth trying it out, having a North Lincolnshire meeting and a South 
> Lincolnshire meeting on September 11th to mark the annivesary of the 
> first meeting (this might be too soon to organise).
> 
> Some people will find it tricky to decide which meeting to go as there 
> is a high concentration of members in the centre of the county and many 
> may be reluctant to split the group completely, but even a North and 
> South meeting of the same group might help things along a little.
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> Ben
> 
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> Ben "tola" Francis
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