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Dan Flett wrote:
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* How should we announce the meetings? We are going to start sending out an
automatic monthly reminder email to all registered site users (that haven't
opted out), to give notice of meetings. Should we send this email a month,
a week, a day before? Currently we've been averaging a mailing-list-only
announcement a week before, and a mass email on the morning of the meeting.
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As early as possible would be best (2 weeks prior?), with last minute
reminders being sent the day before.<br>
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<pre wrap="">* Anything else we should be or not be doing at our meetings/events?
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Letting people get in touch with people in their own area. Some good
things to promote this include:<br>
<ul>
<li>Having members from each regional group speak about happenings in
their area to the entire meeting, making sure that when a name is
mentioned that person is identified if at the meeting. This is also
allows us to congratulate members who have worked hard for the group.</li>
<li>Have members from each region gather together at a set time
during the evening, to discuss what they are going to do in the coming
month. New members can be introduced to the region at this time,
having heard them speak already (see previous point). Perhaps some
resources need to be put into these regional group "mini-meetings":</li>
<ul>
<li>Something to draw/write on, especially a map showing node
locations.</li>
<li>Pencil + pad to write down contact details of older members for
the new members to take with them. Also for the new members to take
notes on interesting things they have seen.</li>
<li>A laptop with access to the node database, to help new members
enter their nodes correctly. It is currently possible for website
admins to login and edit other peoples nodes, this might be useful.<br>
</li>
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Check the following for some other general hints on running Linux user
groups, the information should be largely applicable:<br>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Linux_PR/newlug.html">Recipe
for a Successful Linux User Group</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/User-Group-HOWTO.html">Linux User
Group HOWTO</a></li>
</ul>
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<pre wrap="">The next meeting / info night is on Friday 11th May, 7pm, Hawthorn Scout
Hall
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2nd Friday of the month, as always... right?<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Tyson.<br>
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