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As someone who will never attend any nlug ( or other ) meetings, I feel
compelled to offer some input on meetings. I live way down near
Jamestown so attendance is inconvenient at best. For the most part,
people are more likely to have some free time on weekends. <br>
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I'd recommend that your nlug meetings ( or other regularly held
meetings ) be held at the same place on the same weekend ( e.g. 1st
weekend ) and the same day ( e.g. Sat ) and the same time ( e.g. 10:00
AM ) every month. The main benefit of this is that people will know
well ahead of time exactly when the meeting for that month is to be
held and can schedule their lives to attend the meeting if they can do
so. This approach worked well for the Northern VA Linux User's Group.
You may or may not decide to skip major holiday weekends. The last item
of the agenda for any meeting should be the intended subject of
discussion for the next meeting as well as whether that next meeting
should be held. I don't claim to be this organized myself, but this
approach seems worth a shot to avoid the postings asking what, where,
when every month. Now, I'll insult everybody, as is my habit, by saying
I know very few people who want the entire weekend with their families.
But I agree that many people just want to do their own things. It's a
matter of priorities and life is full of compromises.<br>
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It seems not possible to satisfy all the members all the time. The best
you can hope for is satisfying most people most of the time.<br>
<br>
good luck,<br>
ptg<br>
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Mark Musone wrote:
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<pre wrap="">That's always the killer, weekday vs weekend.
If the majority would prefer weekends, I'm fine with that too..it just seems
that most weekend people prefer spending time with their families and doing
their own things..
Any thoughts from others?
-Mark
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From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nflug-bounces@nflug.org">nflug-bounces@nflug.org</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:nflug-bounces@nflug.org">mailto:nflug-bounces@nflug.org</a>] On Behalf Of
Jesse Jarzynka
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 8:50 AM
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nflug@nflug.org">nflug@nflug.org</a>
Subject: Re: [nflug] From Red Hat to LUGs: greetings, updates, requests
Mark Musone wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Sorry, I mean we can have it the second Wednesday in March (March 8th)
Please let me know if that sounds good to everyone, and please RSVP so
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<pre wrap=""><!---->that
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<pre wrap="">we can have enough snacks and chairs. I will contact the PCA Group, who
generously donates the space on Monday if this sounds good to everyone to
schedule it.
-Mark
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Wed. will never work for me. No weekdays really do. Oh well!
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