Re: [activities] Re: Introducing... iSLUG 2.0!
Blindraven <[email protected]>
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A pub is exactly what I was going to suggest :P On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Marghanita da Cruz < [email protected]> wrote: > Blindraven wrote: > >> I think the BoF group is an excellent idea, but a BoF at the Google venue >> seems annoying. Something localised would be better, but I guess it's up to >> people as individuals to do that? >> > > IMHO the Friday night SLUG meetings are a bit full on. > Maybe moving onto different venues (ie pizza/pubs/restaurants) for BoFs > could work...or maybe I am suggesting a mobile linux BoF? > > >> >> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Sridhar Dhanapalan < >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> 2009/10/14 Robert Collins <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>: >> >> > On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 09:40 +1100, Scott Finneran wrote: >> >> Perhaps it's consumer backlash against the product name. You >> should deny that you were trying to >> >> stir up controversy, adopt a more conventional branding and post >> again. >> >> >> >> Scott >> >> >> >> Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: >> >> > I haven't had any responses to this offer. We are making an >> attempt to >> >> > increase community participation in SLUG, but if nobody is >> interested >> >> > then we could just scrap the idea. >> > >> > I don't think the activities list is a sufficient forum for this. >> > Consider: >> > - twittering >> > - sending to one of the linux-australia lists >> > - directly contacting some of the SIG's around that are perhaps >> having >> > attendance issues - though finding them will be tricky. Possible >> groups >> > are sypy, smug, ubuntu-* in sydney etc >> > >> > -Rob >> >> I wanted to start by soliciting our more involved supporters. >> Presumably if someone is subscribed to Activities then they're >> interested in how SLUG is run. I have had better luck from approaching >> people and groups directly, so this exercise is far from a failure. >> >> I must admit, though, that I didn't expect the response on SLUG's own >> Activities list to be so subdued. We have some community members who >> do far more than their fair share (Rob is a stellar example), but >> outside of that small group I'm seeing contribution diminish with >> time. Our BoFs idea is an effort to reverse that trend. >> >> >> -- >> Bring choice back to your computer. >> http://www.linux.org.au/linux >> -- >> SLUG Activities >> Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html >> >> >> > > -- > Marghanita da Cruz > http://ramin.com.au > Tel: 0414-869202 > > > -- SLUG Activities Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html