:(poll) What kind of meeting do you want?

[Geoffrey Hunter]

Here is my poll response (please do NOT reply to TLUG):

The meeting on April 21st was extraordinarily well-attended, 
and was so boring that I left after about half-an-hour.
I regard TLUG meetings as venues for the exchange of useful
technical information - not commercially minded histories and 
anecdotes as on April 21st.  Some months ago Damian Conway was great.

You need a presentation to get attendee's minds on the subject,
and afterwards lots of time for Q&A and discussion.

On April 21st after saying to myself "cut the crap and get on 
with it" half a dozen times, I left, took the TTC and went home,
sorry that I had stayed downtown after an afternoon of physics
lectures finished at 5 O'Clock.

Geoffrey Hunter
email: GHunter-4mebg6r7xUY at public.gmane.org
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Quoting interlug-list <interlug-vSRlqIl1h/9eoWH0uzbU5w at public.gmane.org>:

> On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 15:53, William Park wrote:
> >  With that in mind, I would like
> > some feedback as to what we can do to bring new people in to TLUG.
> [ ... ]
> 
> It feels like our attendance (at KWLUG http://www.kwlug.org/ ) is up in
> the last year.  I've asked for the data so perhaps I'll be able to
> support what is at the moment, a hunch.  One change we've made is having
> the topic and presenter listed early and prominently on the web site. 
> Recently we were overrun for a presentation on MythTV.  Everybody seemed
> to have that one their calendar as "Can't miss this meeting."
> 
> > 1.  I've been chewing the idea of tutorial-style meeting for some time.
> [ ... ]
> 
> I enjoy presentations that tell a story.  A presenter that sets a goal
> and then takes us there can be very interesting.  
> 
> > 2.  What do you think of collecting $1 from all attendees of the
> >     meeting, instead of $20 annual membership? 
> 
> I prefer free.  
> 
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