[Novalug] Meetings and purpose

[greg pryzby]

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Pete Nuwayser <nuwayser at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Nick Danger <nick at hackermonkey.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Meetings are good, they are fun. They are a great way to get to sit
> around
> > with like minded people and share a story or learn about a topic you
> might
> > not want to spend the time doing yourself but are interested in. Are they
> > necessary to make a lists or group survive? No, not really. You can have
> a
> > list that is very active and not have regular meetings. I think some
> people
> > will be missing out on things if you don't have meetings.
>
> Yeah.
>
> I voted for Saturday.  I'm just as interested in the
> meeting-after-the-meeting (lunch) as the meeting itself.  It's more
> for networking and catching up with friends than anything else.  In
> fact I don't recall talking about Linux, Open Source or any such topic
> the last couple of times we went out.  Comedians.... AOL alums....
> music.... the usual.
>

Beer and snacks work in the evening :)

<SNIP>


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