[DM-MUG] Meetings...

[Bryan Baker]

Thank you Bill.

I want to say to all of you, I agree we need a topic agenda, but as  
Bill has so eloquently stated, we need input on what people want and  
we need people to step up and volunteer.

Then again, maybe you should just throw the board out and get in some  
fresh blood. I know at this point, I certainly want to cover things,  
but I'm finding less and less time to devote to coming up with this  
stuff.

Also, thank you Alan, (I've read your response but wanted to jump in  
responding to this one). I also think the Apple presentations are  
nicely polished sales talks, but I would prefer some real user-driven  
presentations.

Something I mentioned at the last meeting, was an idea that we've  
been doing in the Linux users group for a couple months now, which  
has worked pretty well when there was no "big" stuff to report:

Lightning talks. People volunteer to do 5 minutes on a subject they  
find interesting. Then a 5 minute Q/A for each.

So, agenda for tonight:

A. Business
	1. Imeachment (or recall if you prefer)
	2. Election of new officer(s)
B. Lightning talks (sign up below).
	1.
C. Cooks choice on the Apple presentations by Alan.


On Jul 25, 2006, at 9:16 AM, Bill Davis wrote:
> That's a good idea.
>
> Also, speaking as one who has run groups like this before....the  
> members also need to not only express what they want, but express  
> what they are willing to DO and PRESENT rather than just leave it  
> to the officers to do all the work.
>
> If not, then you won't get many topical meetings as the officers  
> can't do it all themselves nor are they experts in all areas.   
> Present something you've learned, or a question you had and found  
> out the answer to.  Or go the extra step and present something on  
> which you are knowledgeable or even just interested.  Tell the  
> officers your areas of expertise and interest.  Bring up topics  
> you'd like to hear about and see if anyone knows something.
>
>  - Bill
>
>
> On Jul 25, 2006, at 8:15 AM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:
>
>> I don't want to seem unduly critical, but it's difficult when  
>> lives are so busy to make meetings a priority which have no focus,  
>> no agenda, no reason to be there.  A general meeting occasionally  
>> is fine, but a program is a good idea since it gives people  
>> information that allows them to decide whether to go, or not.
>>
>> It might be a good idea to poll the membership and ask them what  
>> topics, programs etc. they would like to see and then design the  
>> meetings around them.  For instance, if there were a program on  
>> Aperture, then people who wanted help with Word could stay away,  
>> but people who wanted to know more could decide to attend.  But  
>> just holding meetings for the sake of meetings, given all the  
>> work, groups and family responsibilities we have [esp. in summer]  
>> means these meetings take the lowest priority.
>> -- 
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Bryan Baker
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