On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Paul Russell wrote:
Excuse me while I bow down.
Oooh-er missus.
Do other people have any major objections to this way of doing things?
Nope - committees should be banned in public life IMHO ;-) (Although let's form a working party to implement the banning...)
Linux is strong because the 'little guy' (read 'you and me') is, or can be, as strong as anyone else who's involved with linux.
Yup - that's why I think we should have more chaos, but organise it better. It's good to have an appointed "victim" who will do the majority of the organising for individual meetings (or at least be the central point of contact) but that's probably as far as it should go.
In particular, MJ Ray, Andrew Savory and myself have tried to arrange specific demonstrations on several occasions; almost invariably, these have gone off half- cocked, or haven't happened at all.
As a wise whore once said, practice makes perfect. I think it's acceptable to get the first few meetings horribly wrong, but I would expect #5 to be bordering on perfect ;-)
Do people think that there is a better way of making these things happen?
Yes - more planning and preparation. I don't like the idea of having a formal layout for meetings, but I do like the idea of having specific milestones for each meeting - ie at ALUG5 we will demonstrate foo and bar, or do bar and food.
Just wild ramblings. What do you all think?
Andrew.
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