[activities] Never been to a SLUG Meeting

Just thought I would jump in here and say "Hi".
I have started watching the announce group recently... I have never been 
to a SLUG meetup for two main reasons:
- I personally don't know anyone who is involved.

- For along time, I was watching the website for details about meetings 
and never really knew if I turned up to Google, if anyone would be there.

If I knew when to come and where to be and felt like I wasn't intruding 
on a tight knit group of guru's. (of which I am not), I would be more 
likely have already come to my first meetup.
The recent discussion about enhancing communication about the events and 
the website, are spot-on suggestions as this is EXACTLY why I personally 
have been to 0 meetings.

In the past with other groups I have been involved with, I have found 
the quality of the community and participation to be more important than 
the quantity to successfully meet objectives
(I sound like a performance review, don't I?)

How often do new people come to a meetup?
Is there anyone else out there who has never been to a meeting who feels 
the same or is it just me?

Regards,
mj
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