[wellylug] Notes from Meeting (long but good)

[lug]

bugger.

sed 's/nice guy/welcome guy/g' previous_email.


On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 21:55, lug wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> First of all, I think we should all recognise how awesome it was of
> Colin Klenner (and others) to start the thread on Organising the
> WellyLug, and provoking some healthly debate on how to move forward.
> Cheers Colin. Hopefully we do some cool things and everyone has fun and
> learns something.
> 
> Basically the Wellylug needs some people to help with some important
> things. We have people that do stuff, and stuff that needs doing. The
> stuff and the people may change as appropriate. The important thing is
> the tasks at hand - not the people or positions they hold. Having said
> that, there are some tasks tied to some people.
> 
> 
> These are:
> 
> Venue Guy: 
> Make sure that the venue is good for the wellylug. Make sure that
> wellylug is good to the venue. Venue Guy embarrasses and shames people
> who are messy etc at the venue. Venue Guy (in association with Welcome
> Guy)also does the run down on who is presenting what on the night of
> meetings - basically handles the mechanics of the meeting itself.
> Nothing too serious. 
> 
> The venue is currently at Lan Place for as long as Shane Cole is
> generous.[EVERYONE remember to always say NICE things about Shane and
> Lan Place - they rock. Seriously.]. 
> 
> Welcome Guy: 
> Welcome Guy looks after people who are new to the LUG, and are trying to
> work out how things are run around here - Questions *about* the LUG. The
> LUG itself helps with questions about *Linux* etc.
> 
> Presentation Guy: 
> People talk to presentation guy if they want to do a talk on whatever it
> is that turns their dial.
> 
> Installfest Guys: 
> InstallFest is a great way to introduce new people to Linux. New people
> to Linux is good. InstallFest needs 3 Installfest Guys (with the help of
> everyone) to sort out InstallFests. InstallFests are hard work that
> needs lots of help. But installfests bring new people to the lug which
> is good. 
> 
> Web Guy: Web Guy makes sure that we're online.
> 
> Pen Guy: Someone needs to write these silly notes. And make stupid
> jokes.
> 
> Everyone: If you feel passionate about something, and you want it to
> happen - then do it. Us guys (the organising team) will help you if you
> have questions, but remember - you want it - you drive it - and we'll
> support you where we can. If someone thinks that having nametags is
> important (for example) then they become NameTag guy (not someone else),
> and they sort it out.
> Basically the idea is to be self starting. There's no point complaining
> about why something isn't being done, when you can make it happen
> yourself.
> 
> 
> OK. There are also immediate tasks we've come up with:
> 
> Skills database: Part of the reason that some people are shy to do
> presentations is because they think that a) They are not as leet as the
> next guy,  and b) people might laugh at them. This is not true - We want
> the lug to basically be as friendly a place as possible, think of it not
> like a presentation, but a chat with your mates about stuff. 
> 
> Any way Sam Cannell has volunteered to create some php magic
> (co-ordinating with Jethro) so people can enter what things they're good
> at on the wellylug website. This way we all know who's good at what and
> what people might be interested in hearing about.
> 
> Presentations (for a start): Sam Sargeant (with Ed Hintz): My big PVR.
> Sam Cannell: PHP Magic spells and party tricks. Sam Sargeant: PGP why
> and how + keysigning, Jamie Baddeley: VoIP. Michael Dittmer: There's BSD
> in that there Mac!
> 
> Feel_the_stream!: Jeremy Naylor is going to help the WellyLug put some
> selected presentations (i.e those that are OK with being a net
> celebrity) online. Jeremy is involved with a seriously cool outfit known
> as R2 - who did the Lord of the Rings Premiere online stuff. See here
> for more details: http://www.r2.co.nz/ . Pen Guy and Presentation Guy
> will help Jeremy.
> 
> thursday_night_curry: Jamie Baddeley has volunteered to organise a night
> of indian curry madness. Basically we're going to take over a restaurant
> and have fun! Stay tuned for more details.
> 
> Nametag Guy: Peter_dawson at eagle.co.nz has kindly offered to sort out
> nametags. ***EVERYONE*** on the list, please email peter with the
> subject of [nametags], with your preferred name in the message. For
> those of you who don't do this, we will point and laugh at you at the
> next meeting.
> Nice Guy will make sure that we don't point and laugh and genuine new
> people (somehow) :-) - Thanks Peter for the offer.
> 
> list: Brent to organise Ewen to create a mailing list for us guys (the
> organising team). All wellylug list members can view the archive of the
> mailing list for us guys. (hey it's better than doing cc's etc)
> 
> [**anyone** please add anything you want here] Don't post to us guys,
> post it to the list. If you want it - you make it happen (t-shirts?)
> 
> Currently the people doing stuff for Wellylug are:
> Sam Cannell (Presentation Guy)
> Tony Wills (Nice Guy)
> Michael Dittmer (Install Guy)
> Brent Wood (Install Guy)
> Jamie Dobbs (Venue Guy)
> Chris Hodgetts(Install Guy)
> Jamie Baddeley.(Pen Guy)
> Jethro Carr (web guy)
> 
> 
> This approach to helping the wellylug is reviewed in August 2004.
> 
> 
> 
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