[Charlug] first things first

[McCaffrey, Ennis]

Ken:
 
Great ideas, every one; especially about the parking!
 
Ennis

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From: charlug-bounces at charlug.org [mailto:charlug-bounces at charlug.org]
On Behalf Of Ken
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 5:50 PM
To: charlug at charlug.org
Subject: [Charlug] first things first


Hi Don,
 
Before we go inviting big shots to meetings, we really ought to get
membership up. Maybe a Linux CD/DVD giveaway, publicized on the website,
which seems to be getting good traffic. 
 
A big name might get inactive members to the meeting, but maybe not.
And that would be embarassing. Might be advisable to get a "commit" from
members before you solidify arrangements with a speaker. What is the
minimum number of attendees that would still be acceptable for a
big-name speaker? If you cant get a "commit" from that number of
members, then can the plan.
 
So, my suggestion is a membership drive. Use the website to get people
to join. You got a mailing list of members, you have 100 or so visitors
to the CharLUG website. Gotta start somewhere. Every member brings a
guest to the meeting, some kind of reward for that. I thought the CPCC
contact was gonna steer a few tech students in our direction. Need to
post a sign for meetings on school bulletin boards. Ask Joe how many
unique IP addresses visit the site regularly, get an idea of how many
interested parties there are. Howdy, stranger.
 
Comment:  Most people know that parking at CPCC is tricky, or at least
it was in the past...one-way access roads and multilevel parking lots.
You might wanna allay those fears, and put up a nice diagram on the
website, showing roads, parking lots and pathways.
 
Just suggesting, not volunteering,
Ken

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