I'm quite satisfied with the mailing list myself :p Zaid
On 5/19/07, Al-Faisal El-Dajani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All, > > So, after yesterday's lecture, we sat down and started discussing the next > one and we noticed that the luggers were 1) Not asking for topics, 2) Not > stepping up to give lectures, and 3) Not attending lectures. I'm sure that > most of you are well accomplished in the computer industry, but surely there > must be something that you don't know/want to know/can share!! > > The thing that perks me the most is, the lug doesn't seem to be appreciative > of the facilities we have, and we definitely are not capitalizing on them. I > know for a fact, that members of other lugs would die to find a suitable > place to meet at on a regular basis. Yet, we have access to fully equipped > labs and simply refuse to use them. There is something wrong in this > picture!! If you do not appreciate what you have, then you are bound to lose > it. > > After Mousa explained to me the great lengths he and saddam went through to > prepare for the previous lecture, and how only one person showed up, i was > seriously annoyed. If i spent more than six hours in a lab preparing for a > lecture that was announced for 4 weeks, and then nobody showed up, i would > completely give up on the LUG. Not to mention that Mousa is cutting no less > than 3 hours every week of his own personal free weekend time, to try to > show support, and getting a cold shoulder in return. > > So, this goes out to everybody (although i'm sure we will only get replies > from the usual few who actually reply... hmm, maybe we should give a lecture > about using mail clients), What exactly is it that you want from the lug? > Social events, not many show up, and nothing of importance happens. We > scheduled bi monthly meetings, and only the first 3 meetings got through. > Lecture, first 2 lectures are stacked, then nobody shows up. > Public awareness campaigns (like the recent one at JU), a handful of people > offered to help. > > I just checked and we have 84 members in the jolug google group. Where are > those people? Why is it that anybody that reads our archives thinks that the > lug is only ~20 people? Why is jolug.org so dead? It's a great site, with > great potential, but without user interaction, it's of no good use to > anybody. > > So, i'll repeat my question again: What do you want from JoLug? > > The next meeting is scheduled on June 1st, it will be held at ITU, and will > be a social event, just trying to figure the mess we are in. One can only > hope that something comes out of it. > > -- > Al-Faisal El-Dajani > Phone: +962-7-77 799 781 > P.O Box: 140056 > 11814 Amman, Jordan > > > -- --------------------------- Netiquette -> http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html Netiquette Nazi -> http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/warriorshtm/netiquettenazi.htm --------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jolug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
