LUG meetings and topics

[Joshua Judson Rosen]

Benjamin Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> writes:
> On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile)
> <greg at freephile.com> wrote:
> >
> > Just curious if there will be a meeting on Monday at SLUG?  If so, is there
> > a topic or is it more of a round-table meeting?
> 
>   One thing I've been wondering about lately is if the focus on "topic
> of the month" is actually hurting GNHLUG in the long run.
> 
>   The implicit modus operandi seems to be that we have to have a fancy
> topic in order to have a meeting.  Why should Linux fans have to have
> a pre-arranged topic to meet?  I know nobody thinks we actually *have*
> to, but nonetheless, meetings without a topic tend to have hugely
> lower attendance.  It seems reasonable to suppose that since "no
> topic" is unusual, that's treated as reason to skip the meeting, since
> if the meeting was good it would have a topic.
> 
>   I'm told that in some other LUGs, it's the norm to just gather to
> help each other and network (people networking, not computer
> networking).
> 
>   What do others think?

I, for one, welcome the revival of MELBA with a regularly-scheduled
`topic' of `Linux and Beer--Hooray Linux and Beer'.

Anyone know any good Linux drinking songs?

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