[SWLUG] SWLUG suggestions

[swlug at paulconnell.fastmail.fm]

I'm having a blonde day today, my apologies.... :)

Justin, firstly I'd like to say that I am playing devil's advocate here
and I realise that it is not easy to run an organisation like this,
especially if time is not forthcoming, so apologies if I sound like a
naysayer.

I just think it's worth having this conversation, as already we are
coming up with initiatives that could very well lead to growth of the
LUG.

> I think there tends to be a core of regulars at each meeting, you could
> try persuading one at each site to be a representative for that group.

Great idea, sort of sub-committee members who report back to the main
'grouping' of SWLUG.  Immediately that adds a format that allows
information to be exchanged if you can't get to the meeting - I've seen
stuff like this on the mailing list where the meeting was put into
digest form - lets put that on the site as well?

> nobody has yet volunteered to be that person, i dont mind hosting the
> site and mailing list on my servers and keeping them going, but i dont
> have the time to research and write content for it.

Perfectly understandable and I'm sure I echo the others when I say we
all appreciate the time and effort you do put into the LUG hosting.  So
if we come up with topics at meetings, maybe one of us could choose to
review it and report back on the site?  (Sorta like this now, this whole
exchange was brought about by discussions at the last Cardiff LUG
meeting)

> I'm sure this has come up before, and i believe it was decided at the
> time that people were less likely to come at weekends as they had other
> commitments. 

Thanks for that, didn't realise it had already been (informally)
discussed already.  Noted.

> But this is for the attendees of the individual meeting sites to agree
> amongst themselves, if the majority at a meeting want to change the days
> then do so, the website reflects what the groups tell me they have
> decided.

Of course, that is for each 'subgroup' to decide (is everybody OK with
calling the Carmarthen/Swansea/Cardiff meetings 'subgroups' of the wider
SWLUG?)  It seems natural for each grouping to decide for the best - I
was just suggesting based on evidence from Tyneside LUG who moved
meetings to Saturday midday and saw increased attendance.

Overall this is a useful debate to have, and if we all chip in and come
to some sort of group/subgroup consensus about some of these issues
maybe yourself or one of us could capture that on the site?

Paul Connell

On Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:49:13 +0000, "Justin Mitchell"
<justin at discordia.org.uk> said:
> On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 11:04 +0000, swlug at paulconnell.fastmail.fm wrote:
> > it is like 3 LUGs in one.  Rationalising that may be the first step
> > towards greater 'unity of purpose'. 
> 
> I think there tends to be a core of regulars at each meeting, you could
> try persuading one at each site to be a representative for that group.
> 
> 
> > All seem pretty standard, I know we have a website but it is WOEFULLY
> > out of date, and just expecting people to add stuff isn't the way the
> > real world works.
> nobody has yet volunteered to be that person, i dont mind hosting the
> site and mailing list on my servers and keeping them going, but i dont
> have the time to research and write content for it.
> 
> i do also wonder what there is that we could possibly put there on a
> regular basis, links to news items someone found interesting is just
> lame and done so much better by specialist news aggregator and social
> bookmarking sites.
> 
> and the lug hasnt really had much activity going on to put up items
> about its own goings on, perhaps this latest idea of taking notes at the
> meetings and putting them online will liven things up a bit.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >   Every other club I've joined has had a contact point
> > such as a club captain or secretary that was the initial point of
> > contact for new members - again pretty standard. 
> 
> 
> 
> >  Weekend meetings -
> > maybe more people can come, and not feel so guilty about having a wee
> > drinky at the same time as opposed to drinking on a worknight?  Local
> > business contacts - makes sense.
> I'm sure this has come up before, and i believe it was decided at the
> time that people were less likely to come at weekends as they had other
> commitments. 
> 
> But this is for the attendees of the individual meeting sites to agree
> amongst themselves, if the majority at a meeting want to change the days
> then do so, the website reflects what the groups tell me they have
> decided.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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