> Update: > > Along these lines, since nobody has stepped forward to present (which was > also the situation for November, and for December if you count it), the > question has been raised, and discussed a bit in #uphpu, about whether > there's really an interest in having monthly techincal meetings with > social gatherings like we have been doing. > > As for technical presentations, we could reconsider frequency perhaps? > Would you be interested in attending technical meetings: > > A. Monthly (the current norm) > B. Bi-Monthly (every other month) > C. Quarterly (every 3 months) > D. Less often > > There's no pressing need to have the technical presentations coincide with > the social gatherings (take the UTOS Geek Lunches for example)... Would > you be interested in attending UPHPU (or broader) social gatherings: > > A. Monthly (the current norm) > B. Bi-Monthly (every other month) > C. Quarterly (every 3 months) > D. Less often > > Let's discuss this and see what we end up with. If we continue to have no > presenters interested in sharing their interests with us, we might end up > with just social gatherings for a while, until someone decides they have > something they want to share. > > Thoughts?
I think it would be great to continue with regular meetings. The technical presentations and discussions have been invaluable to me over the years. The after-meeting food and discussions have been a lot of fun and are often a great place to learn and discuss current projects we're working on, as well as fun to just socialize. That being said, I haven't presented in several years and my work travel schedule has only allowed me to be at 3 or 4 meeting this last year, so I haven't been much of a support to the group. I can imagine it's tough to keep a schedule of presentations when it's like pulling teeth to get people to commit to do a presentation and I know that several people have presented quite a few times to pick up the slack. Mac, I won't be able to be at the January meeting, but I'll volunteer for the February presentation if it's still open. How about we stay with our current schedule and if we don't have a presentation set up we just meet and go straight to the after-meeting food and discussions? Dave _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
