Re: KLUG Meeting Minutes 26-MAY-1998

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> PERSONAL GRIPE
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> I realize these are the minutes and I shouldn't put personal comments in,
> but when you write them, I won't complain if you do too. 

Hey, go for it!  We might as well get this kind of thing out in the open
so we can (hopefully) resolve it!

> This was the first
> time I'd heard about this project.  I would like it if in the future,
> projects such as these were announced prior to their starting.  It wouldn't
> take too long if in the first few minutes of the meeting, those of you who
> are administrators would announce what you are working on and how it's
> progressing.  This project which Scott is doing just kind of "came out in
> the discussion".  That didn't seem right to me.

I agree, we should announce these things sooner, and will try to do
better
in the future.  Sorry, and thanks for pointing that out.

I appreciate Scott stepping forward so quickly and accepting
responsibility,
but it is really myself and Bob who should accept the responsibility for
this.
It was our idea, and we enlisted Scott's help _later_ to write the
program.
(since he has done all the other work on our mail server)


Now, I'd like to move on and change the subject slightly.

The reason for this program in the first place, was to help increase 
attendance at KLUG meetings.  We thought better worded reminders might
help.

The fact is, attendance has been rather poor lately.  As of yesterday,
we
have 45 people on our mailing list.  We usually get about a half-dozen 
people at meetings (give or take).  That's not very good, in my opinion.

I have a question for the group:  What are we doing wrong ??????
Please tell us what we can do to convince YOU to come to a meeting?
Don't be afraid to be blunt, you won't offend us.  We tried changing
the meeting day and time, but that didn't seem to help very much.

Our best meeting of late was the one where everyone chipped in for
pizza.
Is that the answer?  I'm running out of ideas here.  If you don't come
to meetings, please reply to this and tell us why.  We would greatly
appreciate the input!  Thank you very much in advance.

 ... and we look forward to seeing you at a meeting very soon!  ...  
:-)

Sincerely,

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
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