Niels Voll wrote: > One potential mechanism, you may want to consider is the concept of > special interest groups (SIGs). These SIGs would be more focused, and > thus be able to get into more depth in their areas if interest, keeping > it interesting. Of course, individuals could participate in as few or as > many SIGs as they are interested in.
This is a great idea, and from my perspective this would make clug much more useful and appealing. In response to Jesse who feals that SIGs would serve to fragment clug, and then goes on to point out that there are certain faces he doesn't see around any more, I'd like to point out the possibility that those people aren't around anymore because of the lack of SIGs to keep them interested. I think that SIGs are just the answer to those who have limited interest in the general meeting topics. For some people, like myself, their involvement will be limited if there their interest is limited. > Generally each SIG might have > * its own CLUG mailing list I think there is no reason not to do this, it is simple and risk free. At worst we have some under used lists that eventually get discontinued and at best they would stimulate conversation that might otherwise be stifled on the current general all-purpose all-inclusive all-audience mailing list. personally, I am less than active on this mailing list due to its generality, lack of focus, and wide ranging topics. My linux interests aren't reflected by the topics that are often discussed on this list, and I think more focused lists would be more inviting to conversation to those who feel like me. While I would agree that certain topics are probably better off remaining on clug-talk, I think there are other topics that would benefit from having their own mailing list, for example clug-code, clug-sysadmin, clug-desktop are some possibilities. > * potentially its own meetings / or it might sponsor presentations I think this is also a good idea, and I don't think it's as bad as some people think. A small group of 6 discussing some topic that is important to each would be much more satisfying to each than a general purpose clug meeting might be. I think the biggest issue here is sites to do these meetings and possibly the equipment and resources needed. > * Linux/OpenSource development > * coding > * testing > * documentation count me. Dave _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
