On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Mark Roberts wrote:
We don't do enough promotion, really. For a time our entries in the various LUG registers were wrong (if anyone knows of one where it still is wrong, please let me know). How do you promote the ALUG? How do people find you?
as i've said occasionally before, i think one of cam-lug's biggest problems is venue. we can't have speaker meetings or presentations at CB2. we can only have install-fests by retreating to the basement. mark's right, it's lovely to have a venue where we're in a social setting, we can chat about activism, changes in the linux field, the ethics of free software and the like. but the (off-list) response to my offer to talk about my linux experiences in india has been positive, there are a number of other fields i could put together an acceptable talk on, and there are certainly other cam-lug members who could give talks that i would beat down the door to attend. we don't have anywhere to do anything like that, or diagnostic days, or even showcasing new technology. it's good to do all that stuff, as well as to have social events.
so i think the true synergy from a joint cam-lug/alug meeting would come, not from more friendly and interesting faces (though those would be lovely!) but from finding a venue that suits some of our other needs.
Tom Yates
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ps though i do bring a PDA and a laptop to CB2, and the sky hasn't fallen yet.