On Fri, 2011-07-15 at 16:53 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > In fact, I think all LUGs are having similar problems because Linux > isn't the killer app that it was in 1999.
This factored into my business logic as well, and if there was really that much interest all around. There is no more Linux World, just smaller local Linux enthusiast events, SCALE, SELF, etc. I started thinking about this over a month ago. The timing of the recent commotion, was just final justification needed. Linux like the refrigerator once was cool, but now its something we are used to and depend on, without much thought at times, like Android. > My suggestion would be to gather a group of four or five people who > REALLY, REALLY like JaxLUG, and let them do the evangelization and the > leading. My experience is the rest will happen if you can produce > enthusiasm. Thats basically what has been happening as of late. But there is a difference in those that attend, and reside on list only. Many have not seen or are even aware of what has been going on. Since they don't show or participate in meetings on a some what regular basis. Once or twice a year won't tell you a thing. Yet they criticize on JaxLUG numbers, growth, etc, when they have no clue as to meeting attendance :) > I agree with you that never again should one person be president, > sparkplug, webmaster and email provider. No way that's sustainable. Its sustainable, but it is not ideal, and I never had any intention of doing it all. I simply did what others were not. Though I did get some help from Rob McKennon, with meetings and such. Rob also does a great job of keeping meetings on agenda, watching time, etc. In fact if I go back in the mailing list. I think at one point Rob was supposed to be the leader or something like that. Really not sure, and it wasn't anything formal. I think I was supposed to be more backing up Rob. Not that I was trying to do his job for him, just when things aren't getting done. I tend to just do them, rather than try to find someone to get it done. > Instead, if a small group generates enthusiasm, volunteers will fall > in line to host email, do the website and keep it up to date, and > present at meetings. At GoLUG we have a couple guys who magically put > the next meeting on the website as soon as the next meeting is > decided, and one of our members volunteered to host our mailing list > on his server. I have tried time and time again to get people to update the wiki. I can't even get presenters to put their own presentation information in there. I am also asking for the information so I can fill it in, then send to list. Anytime I don't do that stuff, guess what happens, NOTHING! I was quite pleased when Ralph took time to create a Wiki page regarding the IRC channel. Its the most anyone other than me has done with the Wiki in some time. Go look at the change history on the Wiki, spanning years... Also go look in the mailing list archives. I purposely at times, waited to bring up meeting topics, presenters, etc on list. Did anyone else? People keep talking about the things the LUG needs. But they overlook the most important aspect, the meetings. Short of technical activity on list, which hasn't happened much in the last year. Again because Linux is so main stream more than likely, or its not in wide use in this area. Either way little is being discussed on the list of a technical nature. > Another guy volunteered to let us use his office for > meetings if we lose our Full Sail meeting place. That has been the case for the JaxLUG in the past. Gene Cronk had is meeting as his place of employment when then FCCJ now FSCJ kicked us out of the ATC because we did not have money to pay for insurance. -- William L. Thomson Jr. Obsidian-Studios, Inc. http://www.obsidian-studios.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
