[clug] Re: [SLUG] 2. Re: photo/graphics processing SIG anyone?

[Simon Pascal Klein]

On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 12:08 +1000, Paul Wayper wrote:
> Simon Pascal Klein wrote: 
> >> [...]
> >   
> > I think CLUG should remain what it is now, to be honest. From the
> > perspective of a newcomer to FOSS and Linux who has read on the internet
> > that attending a local LUG is the way to go, CLUG might not be the first
> > alternative and some other group will be better suited to cater for
> > those interests (PCUG?, another different group?). Otherwise however
> > altering CLUG now would upset many people and it wouldn't be worth it.
> > Also, the plus side to having SIGs is that the topics covered will
> > remain the same (which rocks for people with specific interests and
> > limited time).
> >   
> 
> To me, this is a sign that, in fact, CLUG meetings should change. 
> There's obviously a lot of interest in the technical talks that have
> typified CLUG meetings in the past, but there also seems to be a lot of
> interest in more general topics such as the ones Michael and Pascal
> name.  However, SLUG for instance has a format that allows both to
> occur: have a 'general' talk for half an hour or so to begin with, and
> then we split up into a 'technical' talk that retains the format of the
> traditional CLUG talks, and a 'less technical' talk of broader
> interest.  We then meet up again for pizza and sushi.  I'm talking to
> Bob at the moment to see if we can use another nearby room, and my aim
> is to get podcasts together for both streams so that people can at least
> hear what went on in the other talk later if they wanted to be at both.
> 
> This way we don't have yet another meeting somewhere - many people have
> said that they find getting away from their other commitments difficult
> for two meetings per month already - and we broaden the base of people
> coming to CLUG meetings.  The more the merrier, as they say!  This also
> basically encapsulates Steve Jenkin's 'pre-meeting meeting' idea.
> 
> I'd like to give the new meeting format a go, anyway, and if people
> don't like it or we don't get enough interest we can go back to the old
> format.
> 
> Have fun,
> 
> Paul

If this works, I'd prefer that method. Paul, could you write back to the
list any findings between you and Bob re using another room? It would be
cool to get this going this month. :)

-Pascal
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