On 01/10/2011 08:46 PM, ew wrote:
I thought this thread consisted of two parts:
1. How can MHVLUG meetings keep interest of the group, without
excluding members with no programming knowledge?
I think that Bruce probably hit the head on the nail on this one in his
reply (except for the math part :) ) I also think that if non
programmers had even been at the programming oriented talks, they'd have
walked away with more than they realized. Most were quite good on the
bootstrapping front.
If you want additional or different topics on the agenda, the best way
to do that is to find us a speaker. Getting 12 speakers a year is a
tough task all by itself. Trying to get 12 that have compelling stories
about Linux and Open Source, and balance across development, admin, and
general user topics is a really tough task. By bringing a speaker to
the table, a person or a topic you really want to hear, you help set
that agenda.
2. How can MHVLUG reach out to the community to spread the word of
FOSS, and increase the Linux presence locally?
Then answer to that question isn't going to be our meetings, or our
mailing list, or our events. It's going to be things like the Woodstock
Film Festival where I went far our of my comfort zone and gave a Linux
talk at a cultural event with a non technical audience. While daunting,
that got more folks involved, and opened it up to another audience.
If people would like to spread Linux presence, the best way to do that
is to join and attend many of the other technical groups (we've got a
few listed here http://hvstem.org) and offer to present or talk about
Linux in those settings. If you're not sure where to get started, come
to a meeting and come talk to me afterwards, I'm happy to help point you
in the right direction.
While I do understand people like the meta conversation, I feel like
we've done a lot of that in the past year. I'm all soul searched out,
and would much rather talk and discuss cool projects that people are
working on.
-Sean
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