Fwd:What is it with Workshops ?

[David J Patrick]

'cause I sent the first reply from the wrong email address..

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From: David J Patrick <djp-tnsZcVQxgqO2dHQpreyxbg at public.gmane.org>
Date: 29-Oct-2006 12:00
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: What is it with Workshops ?
To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org


On 29/10/06, phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org <phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> That sort of thing is very discouraging. Unfortunately, any event in
> Toronto has huge competition for attention.
true ! We're determined to learn from it and Never Give Up !
;-)
>
> I'd suggest
>
> (a) email reminders on the Day Before and possibly the Day Of. Personally,
> I find such reminders often are the key to my attending some event.
very good, we'll implement that immediately.
>
> (b) some sort of sign-up list, which includes an email address and phone
> number.
The event entry, at linuxcaffe.ca, has such a sign-up dialog. Sadly,
for this event, I was the only one to use it.

> The number of sign-ups is also an indication of how much real interest
> there is in the event.

For future events, we will cancel the event if a minimum number of
sign-ups are not met. That fact will be made part of the event notice.
You'll see it in the updated MythTV announcement.

I'm sure we could improve promotion. Besides mailing list
announcements and website event entries, target groups (depending on
the workshop) could be notified with flyers and such. We're open to
suggestion.

thanks Peter,
djp


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