[wellylug] Meetings for 2009

[Lindsay Hunter]

Speaking for myself, as at a lower level than many who attend meetings, 
I would value weekend meets, where hands on stuff can occur.  The 
evening meetings are often valuable, but constrained in terms of timing 
etc.   I would be happy to cooperate by sharing transport to enable a 
more flexible programme.  Having a programme/plan/agenda can be 
helpful.  If we have a bigger venue, there can be more than one centre 
of discussion.  With one of the group with Whoosh, Inet access can be 
available many places.  And there is still a need for newbie stuff.  And 
a need to discuss business opportunities for those seeking a career in 
Linux support.

I live in the Evans Bay area.

Lindsay

Jethro Carr wrote:
> I forgot to add as well:
>
>
> I am very keen to hear from anyone who would like to do a presentation
> at one of the meetings sometime in the next few months.
>
> Presentations are really important for the meetings so I'm really keen
> to get more people doing them.
>
>
> This could be about some cool open source project you're involved with,
> a Linux deployment your company has done, howtos for a particular topic,
> etc,etc.
>
> They don't have to be long or complex - it could be 10min short talk, or
> 2 hour long detailed presentation, anything is fine.
>
>
> If you could do a presentation but are a bit nervous about talking in
> front of others, come along and give it a go - Wellylug is an ideal
> venue to get used to doing presentations in front of others, as it's a
> small, low pressure, relaxed group.
>
>
> So - please send me an email if you would be interested in doing a
> presentation. :-)
>
> regards,
> jethro
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 00:53 +0000, Jethro Carr wrote:
>   
>> hi all,
>>
>> The observant amongst you will have noticed that there have been no
>> meetings organised for 2009.
>>
>> This is my fault for having too many things going on in Jan and
>> forgetting to do it...
>>
>>
>> Before we can hold meetings, there are a few things we need to get
>> sorted:
>>
>>
>> FEEDBACK
>>
>> I would like some feedback regarding what you would like Wellylug
>> meetings to be.
>>
>> In 2008 we were running the meetings once a month in the evening - is
>> this the preferred method, or would a longer maybe less frequent meeting
>> be better?
>>
>> For example, we could potentially hold a meeting on a weekend day for
>> several hours which might appeal to people more - more time to relax, do
>> presentations and the longer time/weekend date would make it easy for
>> those who want to bring a PC with them.
>>
>> Let me know what you think, any ideas you have, comments, feedback,
>> complaints, etc. :-)
>>
>>
>> VENUE
>>
>> We also need to find a new venue - somewhere that has a projector or
>> large TV, since Silverstripe has moved and although we could still use
>> the meeting location thanks to PlanHQ, there is no projector there and
>> building access is a nuisance as the lifts lock after 6pm.
>>
>> The venue requirements will really depend on the answer to my question
>> about what meetings should be, but if you have a space that Wellylug
>> could use with a project/TV for presentations, please send me an
>> email. :-)
>>
>> thanks,
>> jethro
>>
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