[wellylug] Wellylug Venue

[Jethro Carr]

On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 14:00 +1300, Rob Giltrap wrote:
> FYI,
> 
> The Newlands community centre is being built this year (hopefully). I 
> have spoken with the project manager and he has confirmed the place will 
> have Internet access and have networking in each space.
> 
> The draft plans are due out shortly but it may be a place to use in the 
> future as it has good parking is reasonably accessible from central 
> Wellington.
> 
> As for the need to have meetings I'm not sure a monthly meeting is 
> necessary in these days of Internet access of information but I do think 
> that assisting others to embark on the journey is valid.
> 
> Maybe we should look harder at the website and how best to provide 
> information for the newbie on accessing useful information and assistance.

the website needs improving...

/me hangs his head in shame.


I need to make it easier for new users to follow and get an
understanding of Linux. I'll try and make some time to do improvements.



> I personally would be keen on having a bigger quarterly or probably six 
> monthly get together where more systems are brought in and you can get 
> to see what people are using. Maybe having an area with different 
> distros and another showing off multimedia apps. My 2c.

A yearly/biyearly/quadyearly get together is actually quite a good idea
- it would be useful for when more complex problems need to be looked
at, to show off new stuff, and allows people who might not be able to
come to meetings, a chance to attend.

The events could cover:
- Presentations
- Technical Assistance
- Chat
- Show & Tell. ;-)



Monthly meetings are still nice, but attendance has been getting low in
the past year or so, and it appears (to me anyway) that most of the
people showing up are the same people to hang out with other luggies 
(not that this is a bad thing, it's just that the meetings don't seem to
attract that many new users).

Still, if we can, it would be good to keep the meetings going for these
people.

I'll chuck up a poll to get a rough idea of what people think about the
expo-style event idea, so I know what the general opinion is.



-- 
Jethro Carr

www.jethrocarr.com
www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?page=cv/cv.php
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