Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 12:49:31 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org> To: "Glen Barber" <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-user-groups@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Information on starting a BSD User Group Message-ID: <200805211049.m4LAnVJX028338@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310805202007m2863b2ack9e54b8a5ddbb23e4@mail.gmail.com> References: <4ad871310805202007m2863b2ack9e54b8a5ddbb23e4@mail.gmail.com>
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"Glen Barber" wrote: > Hello, list. > > I am working with a few others to coordinate a BSD User Group near the > Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area, hopefully including northeast Maryland, > Delaware, and New Jersey. Although I won't be relocating to the area for > approximately a month or so, I was hoping to get information, or a push in > the right direction, to what some BUGs have done to attract attention, gain > members, etc. > > I have already searched for some LUGs in the area mentioned above, and > unfortunately have only found one, which was rather discouraging. Any > information would be greatly appreciated. I & others created one some years back. Still running: http://www.berklix.org/bim/ Like another club too, if you meet once a month, after a while it gets less interesting & less come, then you do a presentation of some tech & more come for a while, etc. That dynamic's probably similar to a Linux, an MS or even an Electronic engineers club. Here we vary the location each time, so its not so boring, ( a previous BSD group in this city died long ago after always meeting at the same place) Some disliked varying etc & formed a splinter group. We still vote where we meet. In Berkeley Calif. they dont vote, but have a simple rule of whoever announces first & assertively. Some clubs in USA cover several towns, so they use a different town each time. One in UK uses same pub every month. Quiet bright venues suit us: Listening to a soft spoken tech. 3 seats along who is maybe speaking or listening in a foreign language, we don't appreciate music & candle dark places - we need to read the sketch on back of an envelope. Julian -- Julian Stacey: BSDUnixLinux C Prog Admin SysEng Consult Munich www.berklix.com Mail just Ascii plain text. HTML & Base64 text are spam.
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