[GRLUG] Proposal for regular meetup.

[mikemol at gmail.com]

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Steve Romanow <slestak989 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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:
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> On 3/18/2010 2:48 PM, mikemol at gmail.com wrote:
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> 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.

Given the size of the group, it's not necessary that one be there every week. I've been in a couple large weekly gatherings before where some people would only show up once every two weeks, once every six, or, sometimes, once every couple of week (but only when their conflicting event is out of season). The GRLUG seems plenty large to handle that kind of amorphous meeting roster; anyone can come or not come, with no required expectation that they'll be there regularly. (Yes, I'm looking at you, list-lurker. Yes, you, not the next guy on the list.)

So...anyone else? I don't want to spend the whole day with just Steve, here. ;P


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