Re: [Nolug] ideas to help nolug grow

Dustin Puryear <dpuryear@usa.net> writes:

You guys have done some events as well. an installfest or demo day
I believe. Tell the group here, if you would, how that was organized.

Didn't realize you were still lurking here. It's good to see you.
One of these days I want to make it back to a brlug meeting. (it's been
about 3 years since I went to one of those )

> At 11:23 PM 2/23/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>> >Does the group have a mission statement or some other charter-like
>> >document, or is its direction dictated by which direction the linux
>> >winds happen to be blowing? If not, I think it would help provide some
>> >focus on exactly what the group is intended to accomplish regularly.
>>
>>BRLUG is more organized than we are, and if overkill is more your style, the
>>guys in Gulfport/Mobile is definitely that.
>
> The Baton Rouge Linux User Group (http://www.brlug.net) is organized
> using the Benevolent Dictator model, but in general we do things using
> voting. Until we get pretty big I don't see a real advantage to
> creating a President, VP, and Secretary positions. What I would like
> to see in Baton Rouge is a type of steering committee that helps plan
> agendas and focus the group.
>
>>Do we have a charter? Not that I'm aware of. Scott and Hunter set up nolug to
>>be a casual affair. While a little organization certainly couldn't hurt,
>>frankly I'd rather not see officers, committees, elections, and all that.
>
> Just create a nice little mission statement. It helps focus your ideas
> and let's people know what you are trying to do. Here is ours:
>
> The Baton Rouge Linux User Group's (BRLUG) mission is to advocate the
> use of Linux both in the home and the enterprise, to support the
> existing base of Linux users in the city of Baton Rouge, and to have a
> great time. In addition, we encourage our members to use the LUG as a
> platform for forming both non-profit and for-profit organizations to
> better establish Linux within the community. As such, we welcome both
> business and hobbyists discussions at our meetings and on our mailing
> list.
>
>>I've been thinking about this for a little bit before sending this post. I'm
>>not fond of the "Roberts Rules of Order" crowd, and will fight that kind of
>>organization at nolug tooth and nail. What I would like to see, and would be
>>more in keeping with nolug's historically laid-back, casual atmosphere, is
>>the formation of ad-hoc working groups, composed of those who are
>>willing/interested/experienced (pick any of these) to get together to work on
>>whatever projects we can come up with. This could help us get stuff
>>accomplished, while keeping things informal. I'd rather see someone helping
>>out on a project out of an interest in learning more about the technologies
>>needed for a particular project than to have someone on a project because
>>they were appointed to it by some committee.
>
> Good idea.
>
>> >How big is BRLUG? Also, how are they structured?
>
> Not too large. We have around 140 people on our lists, and our
> Clickers/newbie meetings probably have around twenty to twenty-five
> attendees each month. In addition, we meet at Perks once a month, but
> that usually has a low turn-out.
>
>>Perhaps we could work something out. BRLUG has a newbies meeting every week,
>>with the more epxerienced crowd getting together maybe only once per month.
>
> The newbies meeting is only once a month.
>
>
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