> > I have been and will continue to be involved in advocacy/outreach. That > is > > different from being part of the group you're talking about. > > > > Um. That *is* the purpose of the COSIG idea.
Forming a group specifically for those activities and having regular "outreach organizing" meetings is very different from the model I've seen be successful. In fact, most activist groups that try operating on that model rarely last. The model that seems to work best is individuals or small groups, such as you and Matt, just going out doing it seems to work best. This is how a lot of stuff in GNHLUG seems to get done, including the SFD organizing going on, and I would speak up against an implication that your proposed SIG is where everyone who wants to do advocacy/outreach in GNHLUG has to go through. If you want to grow it, do something that you and Matt haven't been doing - drop an email to the list saying that you're going to be doing something and inviting people to join you. It may not be every time, but every so often someone may have some free time, and if they're energized by the activity and don't find it socially uncomfortable they may join you the next time too. Forming a SIG could only bring more people to the party, increasing the > frequency > and amplitude of our successes. :^) This is the core disagreement, I think. I believe you should form a group because there's energy and interest for doing so. You seem to believe that you form a group in order to raise energy and interest. I think Matt's attempting to do this through the LoCo shows quite clearly that the model you're promoting doesn't scale, and it also shows that you really don't need a large group involved to be effective. But hey, I'm not going to tell you how to spend your every third Friday night of the month. If there's a group of people wanting to do it, I have no disagreement with them doing that. Yeah. Unfortunately, I lost my ability to read minds about six months ago. > ;^) 80% of human communication is non-verbal (body language). If you want to be successful in working with people, either in a social group or when doing advocacy/outreach, you need to learn how to read body language. Spoken from someone who had to learn body language as a skill (I'm autistic), you may want to pick up a book on the subject and spend some time working on that. It'll make you a much better advocate and improve your ability to socialize.
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