Dylan William Hardison wrote:
> I've heard rumors lately that Paul / other people want to cut back on the
> number of SLUG meetings we have, due to lack of attendance or something.
>
> I'd like to point out that even without a meeting coordinator present, St. Pete
> has never failed to have a meeting since I joined SLUG, and the fewest
> we've ever had was 4 people.
> Last month we had a good 10-12 people show up, even though the meeting
> was 'canceled'.
>
> Fact of the matter is, the St. Pete meetings would continue indefinitely
> regardless of any outside factors.
>
> I'm also a somewhat-regular at the Tampa meetings, and I don't see a lot
> of overlap between the two. Lots of people that go to Tampa wouldn't go
> to St. Pete, and vice-versa.
>
> I also know, geographically speaking, Tampa and Brandon meetings
> wouldn't merge well.
>
> Thus, it would be unreasonable at least to merge St. Pete, Tampa, and
> Brandon. Sarasota is too far to even consider merging with Tampa.
>
> Of course, this is third-hand information. It was mentioned at the Tampa
> meeting, which I wasn't able to attend, and was relayed to me by Yetr2 /
> William Overstreet (the president of the HCC linux group).
>
> Iff we want to restructure the meetings, the most logical way would
> be having 1-2 meetings per county per month.
>
> Pinellas:
> South (St. Pete, Seminole, Pinellas Park, Largo, etc)
> North (Dunedin, Clearwater, etc)
>
> Hillsborough:
> Tampa
> Brandon
>
> Manatee/Sarasota:
> No idea
>
>
My for my tardiness on this topic I was on my honeymoon.
I agree with Dylan, combining the St. Pete and Tampa meeting wouldn't
really go well. As for the other meeting I am not sure I am sure. I am
willing to bet if they could have been combined at some point they would
have.
As for the St. Pete. meeting we are still without a home. I have been
trying to get a locations that fills 3 requirements: wireless Internet,
an actual room with a door, and the ability to continue the meeting past
9 pm.
The reasons for these 3 requirements are so we can have a speaker or
give talks without interruptions and not have some security guards
sweating us at 8:30 about wrapping it up, not to mention having Internet
to look answers to question or to demo stuff.
If anyone know of anyplace that can provide these requirements PLEASE
let me know.
As for tomorrow it looks like the TBAD and homeless St. Pete meeting
will take place at Globe Coffee Lounge. Sadly again, I will be unable to
attend. I am getting my house tented ( gotta love florida and termintes)
and we have to clean it out.
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