[ON Topic] How 'bout them Linux? Ain't they somethin?!

[paul.cour1 at verizon.net]

>> If so, do you have any activities that you would especially like to do?
B Scott said:
>I've offered (on this list) to give presentations on a couple >different subjects. Nobody's actually taken me up on it yet.

Gosh! That sounds like a great idea, we need presenters who
can present a "Front running topic"

-pc

> 
> From: bscott at ntisys.com
> Date: 2004/02/03 Tue PM 08:51:21 EST
> To: Greater NH Linux User Group <discuss at gnhlug.org>
> Subject: Re: [ON Topic] How 'bout them Linux?  Ain't they somethin?!
> 
> 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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