[ON Topic] How 'bout them Linux? Ain't they somethin?!
bscott at ntisys.com
bscott at ntisys.com
Tue Feb 3 20:51:21 EST 2004
On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, at 5:41pm, maddog at li.org wrote:
> What do you look for in GNHLUG?
Everything that you and others have said: Community, camaraderie,
knowledge-sharing with peers, interesting presentations.
> What brings you to a meeting?
My car. ;-)
Seriously, I go to meetings mainly when the topic is of particular
interest to me. As of the past few years, I've been fairly involved, on a
professional level, in many things Linux and FOSS. That means two things:
(1) Pretty much all introductory and many intermediate presentations are
review for me. This probably means I should be giving presentations
instead of listening to them, but see below.
(2) Even intermediate presentations on things I haven't encountered before
are often uninteresting to me personally, because I'm so worn out from
hacking systems professionally that I want to do something non-computer
in my off hours.
The "below" from #1 above:
(1) I often lack the time to do this sort of thing.
(2) Subject matter I am familiar with may not be of interest to the general
GNHLUG population.
(3) While I know I can impart knowledge with a fair degree of success
in written documentation and one-on-one dialog, that does necessarily
translate to good presentation skills. I might suck at it.
> What drives you away from a meeting?
Lack of available time.
> What would it take to get you to bring new members to a meeting?
I would have to encounter potential new members.
> Would you be willing to volunteer for helping to pull off some "activity"?
I am willing to volunteer. When I find I have free time *and* the will to
do so, I try to do things like improve the website and attend more meetings.
If there's something more I can do, let me know.
Note that I'm not volunteering to be a chair or any other piece of
furniture. My schedule is too irregular for me to honor that kind of
commitment. (I know I'm not alone here. This appears to be a problem that
plagues all our members.)
> Would you be willing to spend a Saturday once or twice a year in staffing
> some project?
I'd even be willing to spend a Saturday (or part of one) several times a
year.
> If so, do you have any activities that you would especially like to do?
I've offered (on this list) to give presentations on a couple different
subjects. Nobody's actually taken me up on it yet.
--
Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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