[ILUG] Underwhelming interest in Dapper launch event

[Declan Moriarty]

On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 12:28 +0100, Niall O Broin wrote:
> In the recent past, there has been some discussion on the list about  
> ILUG and the lack of real world events organised by it. ILUG is a  
> users' group - there is no company behind it, there is nobody paid to  
> organise anything, it's all voluntary.
> 
> I recently posted a message about an Ubuntu Dapper launch event a  
> week from Saturday. I asked for more people to speak. So far, the  
> silence has been deafening. Not one single person has volunteered to  
> give a talk at this event.
> 
> If the members of ILUG won't volunteer to talk at ILUG events, where  
> exactly are we going to get people to do so?
> 
> Oh - some level of interest would be nice too, even if you're not  
> going to talk - we'd like to know that a few people will show up in  
> order to make it worth the time of the speakers to prepare  
> presentations.

I'm Not into Ubuntu at all. I also glazed over at your post - I think it
landed on a very busy day. If you had specific areas of interest that
you needed speakers on, some might feel they can contribute.

As a real live Jehovah's Witness, I think you'll be glad _not_ to have
me talk at the Launch :-)).
-- 
        With Best Regards,

        Declan Moriarty.