On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 03:58:25PM -0800, Paul Makepeace wrote: > > I'm sure there are plenty of lurkers on this list who would fit in
It is quite a difficult thing to walk into a pub and land in a room full of strange people (people you don't know) who are all engaged in varying levels of intense conversation. I advocate more speeches involving the whole crowd - even if they're 2 minute efforts along the lines of, "Buy a tee shirt." or, "Come to the next technical meet." or, "Here's our new fearless leader to say a few words about what we're here for." IMHO those moments give people a sense of, well, all coming together to suffer the same thing and do a great deal for actually meeting people you don't know. And let's face it, everyone gets a kick out of it anyhow. Just so long as it doesn't drag out. Or somthing.
