Re: [MLUG] mlug website stale?

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Fri, 7 Mar 2008, George Robb wrote:

> hhahah!  See everyone then! heheh

2005?  I'd love to go there!

Seriously, one of the problems for meetings is that a lot of people on 
this list have moved out of Columbia, out of Missouri, out of the midwest 
and even out of the country.  (I'm in Minnesota.)  That's probably good 
for the list (more people), but not so good for the meetings.  People in 
Columbia will have to take action.  If people on the list aren't 
interested, it might be because they are in California or Maryland and not 
because MLUG meetings are a bad idea.

When was the last time that anyone put up MLUG flyers on campus?  That was 
how I found out about MLUG back in 1999.  As people move away, others have 
to be brought in to replace us.  The list can survive with little 
maintenance (until we get so old that we start to die off!), but the local 
face-to-face MLUG requires a constant flow of new members and that 
requires someone taking initiative.

As a long-distance member, I have no complaint about the MLUG President 
(is it Adam?), but honestly, for you local folks, it's probably time to 
have an election and put someone in charge who really wants to do things 
locally.  An active President can make an enormous difference -- he could 
bring in speakers, arrange installfests, organize regular meetings, work 
on recruiting, etc.

Mike

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