[ILUG] Meetings

[John P. Looney]

On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 11:17:49AM +0100, Sean Edwards mentioned:
> Sean Edwards here - just over from America, and am pleased 2 find the Linux
> users!  In previous postings  2 the list, there was mention of meetings in
> the past, but no 1 has the time to organise them ne more.  I may know some1
> with time 2 organise meetings, but more nfo is required.
> 
> - Are regular meetings of interest 2 the group?

 Possibly. But it's difficult to get people to help organise them...or
even come.

> - How frequent? (monthly, etc.)

 Lately, twice a year....

> - Evening, Saturday, etc.

 Saturday worked out best for people..

> - In Dublin, suburbs, etc.

 Curiously, the suburban ones seem to work - people don't mind walking ten
minutes to the pub, but town-based ones don't work.

> - Format: informal round table with a 100BaseT hub in the middle, formal
> with chairs facing a podium, etc.

 Both have their places...it's probably a good idea to have a "meet every
month in the same place, the same time" type thing, and then have a
cronjob setup to mail to the list, and remind people. 

Kate

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