[GRLUG] Proposal for regular meetup.

[Steve Romanow]

On 3/18/2010 4:02 PM, mikemol at gmail.com wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Steve Romanow <slestak989 at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> On 3/18/2010 2:48 PM, mikemol at gmail.com wrote:
>>> I'm not sure what you mean; it seems decently healthy to me.
>>>
>>>
>> I like both groups, so I am not attempting to create drama.  I just
>> noted the lack of meetings and had not talked to Casey in ages.  I have
>> talked with him this afternoon, and want to continue to meet.
>> The only thing I was throwing out there is if we werent meeting for
>> burnout/overcommitment/loss of interest maybe pulling together to share
>> the load.
>>
>> I am full time in grpug, and will likely hop between wmlug and grlug as
>> schedule permits.
>
> AFAIK, there are two reasons we don't tend to meet up.  The first is 
> that nobody tends to be able to host regularly. Casey was the last 
> person to be able to do it with any regularity, first at nVint, then 
> in his garage/warehouse.  The second is that we tend to have 
> structured meetings, where we do presentations. That's pretty much the 
> only type of GRLUG meeting I remember ever attending, with the 
> exception of the most recent one that happened a couple days after 
> Thanksgiving. (That was some good, food, too; I particularly liked the 
> white chili, the ramen salad and the stuffed things whose names I've 
> forgotten.)
>
> It's possible that we could have regular meetings without an 
> individual hosting. Rather, we could just meet up at a common 
> location, as roleplay groups do with gaming centers, and some friend 
> groups do at restaurants.  I'm not a real fan of the structured 
> meeting, and if we could forgo the requirement of peace and projector, 
> we could meet at a "fast food" place like Subway.  There's a very good 
> Subway/Biggby's combination restaurant on Chicago Drive in Grandville, 
> if folks are interested. We could shoot for a weekly or biweekly 
> gathering on a Saturday afternoon.  I'd suggest setting a time like 
> 2PM to 6PM, whoever's there is there, and whoever isn't, isn't. It's 
> easier if you don't depend on everyone being there. (And I expect that 
> after the first time or two, we'll have found the power outlets and 
> take advantage of an extension cord and/or power strip. ;) )
>
> I'll make the commitment to be there at least this Saturday, through 
> the entire block, just to ensure that anyone else who shows up will 
> have *someone* to talk to.  After the first couple weeks, we'll have 
> an idea when people tend to be there, and can adjust scheduling 
> empirically.
>
> Sound good?
>
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I _may_ be able to make that.  I dont do the meeting so much for 
education as networking/social.  I asked Casey today about possible 
quarterly social get togethers just to get us out of the basement and 
away from the terminal a bit.  I get a lot of tech content from the web 
and or manuals, so the presentations are nice, they are the main driver 
for me attending.

I'm up for anything.  I am sure my schedule will not support any more 
than biweekly, and then I will need to make some choices so I dont 
neglect other duties.
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