<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Having done a few <span>presentations</span>, I can say the group is vary, vary diversified and it is hard to do general topics for all. Some topics are off limits -- i.e. development ( I've been a developer for 40+ years yet the group isn't interested!) What should be the topics or range of topics? At what level? This would have to be answered first!<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 11/26/08, Brian Powell <i><bpowell01@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Brian Powell <bpowell01@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [<span>nflug</span>] Meetings - A Brief History of NFLUG and its Future<br>To: nflug@nflug.org<br>Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2008, 11:19 AM<br><br><pre>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: nflug-bounces@nflug.org
[mailto:nflug-bounces@nflug.org] On Behalf<br>> Of Cyber Source<br>> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 8:18 AM<br>> To: nflug@nflug.org<br>> Subject: Re: [nflug] Meetings - A Brief History of NFLUG and its Future<br>><br>> OK, another approach to resurrect the meetings, that's a good thing,<br>> nothing ventured, nothing gained.<br>><br>> Having been one of the past hosts for this group, I'd like to chime in<br>> here and point out something that I feel was and will become a reason<br>> for the meetings to fail. I did not see anyone else elude to this in<br>> reply but from my 10 years or so of experience with this group, not only<br>><br>> has the lack of organization been a problem but moreover the lack of<br>> MEETING PRESENTERS. Put simply, this group, as most who attend a<br>> meeting, want to be educated and at the very least, entertained. Hell,<br>> even free pizza and soft drinks couldn't keep
people coming back for<br>> bplug meetings. Please remember, I appreciated everyones (including<br>> myself) effort and this new effort. I really would like to see it work<br>> this time. After all, I'd put our email list of some seriously bright<br>> and educated users against anyones and I'm proud to be a part of it.<br>> So, now that I've got that off my chest, here's my .02 on the main<br>thing<br>><br>> to focus on for meeting success.<br>> 1. A meeting presenter! No meeting should be held without a meeting<br>> presenter and topic. Without this, the meetings just turn into circle<br>> jerks with people pairing off into little groups and shooting the shit.<br>> There's nothing wrong with that, I enjoy it myself, but if that's<br>all<br>> the meetings turn into, people won't be coming back. That fact has<br>been<br>> proven over and over.<br>> 1a. This "presenter", could be the same person, it
really<br>doesn't<br>> matter. As long as we have a topic and someone to present it. that<br>> should work. Then, guest "presenters" could schedule whenever<br>and with<br>> whatever they like.<br>><br>> Enterprise or Noob, it doesnt matter. Without a meeting topic and<br>> someone to present it, they will undoubtedly fail as they have in the<br>> past.<br>><br>> Good luck to all, thanks to Brian and Mark and anyone else who's gonna<br>> head this up and let me know when the next meeting is and what, if any,<br>> we need to do about the email list.<br>> Peter<br>><br><br>Peter,<br><br>Very valid point! and I agree 100%.<br><br>The ultimate goal is to have at least 1 presentation / topic at every<br>meeting and in some cases possibly even 2 depending on the length and<br>content of what is being presented / discussed. In addition to this,<br>time will be allotted at the end of each meeting for "open
floor"<br>discussions.<br><br>My personal opinion to successfully obtain this goal is to establish<br>accountability through the use of Leadership Roles, which is why I<br>took the approach of organizing Leadership right out of the gate. With<br>this approach you have a group of individuals who are responsible for<br>making sure the groups needs and goals are being met (IE.<br>presentations, etc.,) instead of one individual, this prevents the<br>dreaded burn out that often occurs with LUGs as well.<br><br>In the LUG I was involved with prior to moving to this area, topics<br>were presented by guest speakers or individual members on a volunteer<br>basis, instead of one single person. Each of us have our own unique<br>skills and passions, what better way to share that passion than to<br>present about it.<br><br>With that being said I have no problem personally taking on the<br>presentations for as long as needed, until others begin volunteering<br>to
assist or the elected Leadership takes it over, once it is<br>established.<br><br>-- <br>Regards,<br><br>BrianPowell<br>http://fedoraproject.org<br>http://wnylug.org<br>_______________________________________________<br>nflug mailing list<br>nflug@nflug.org<br>http://www.nflug.org/mailman/listinfo/nflug<br></pre></blockquote></td></tr></table><br>