[wellylug] MEETINGS - An idea for a new format:

[Richard Hector]

Jamie Dobbs wrote:
> 
> The house that we are going to be moving into soon has a good sized rumpus
> room/office that we could use for meetings. I would estimate that it would
> hold 6-8 (maybe more) people reasonably comfortably and propose that we
> trial having a meeting here in December. (the only possible down side is
> that our house is in Grenada Village [right up the back of Newlands], so 
> it is possible that access could be a problem for some people - 
> thoughts?).

Definitely an issue for those of us relying on public transport. J'ville
is handy to the station, although catching a bus into town then a train
out again kills quite a bit of time (I'm in Northland). But it's doable.

> Any thoughts on this, or suggestions of other locations gratefully 
> received.

The room at WCC that LAW was using was quite good as far as I was
concerned - easy to get to, being central city, it's what all the public
transport is targetted at. And AFAIK it was free, and people were
certainly able to get in before Spiro (the organiser) got there, so
organisers being absent shouldn't matter. About the only problem was
figuring out how the light switches worked :-)

In terms of keeping it cheap - I'm never sure how important that is.

This group (and LAW) are very informally run, and I think that may be
one of the reasons why LAW is almost dead (the mailing list has
occasional bursts of life, but it doesn't meet), and this LUG is
drifting. Nobody other than Jamie (apologies if I'm wrong here) has made
any financial or organisational commitment to it.

All the longstanding and successful groups I've been involved with have
had elections, committees, subscriptions etc.

I'd offer to stand for a committee, but I've been on the one for
Victoria University's new Computer Club for about a year and a half (ie
all its life), and we're still struggling, so I'm not sure I'm qualified
:-)

However, I'd probably wear anything up to a $25ish annual subscription -
and I'd probably turn up more often if I did.

But it would have to be more accessible, too.

My thoughts,

Richard

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