[Charlug] first things first

[nkr1ptd]

Guys,

I agree as someone who has been around the group for quite some time.
Participating periodically at best.  Somehow we need to drive people to the
meetings.  I think it would be beneficial to try to tie into things like the
Charlotte Chamber and let them know about our meetings.  Many small business
owners want to know about Linux as tey are tired of paying money to the man
(Bill Gates).  Can we get press in the Business Journal, Charlotte Observer,
other local/regional magazines.  Also I think we need to work with the
surrounding LUGS to work on scheduling high profile speakers.  Lets work
together with them.  Also has anyone been in touch with the TriLUG guys as
they have one of the largest LUGS in the world last time I checked...course
it does help that they are located on NCSU's campus.  Can we get any of the
folks from say Bank of America/Wachovia/Cisco/etc to help sponsor our event
by supplying food or old systems (old to them not us).  Lets think out of
the box and really try to attack the area as we can.

Our website looks great but let the community help us, and then we can turn
around and help them by using Linux.  See if the Chamber can help us promote
our events, training, speakers, etc.  In return we could put a link to their
website on ours.

Do we have anyone in charge of PR?...This person would probably need to
understand a little about Marketing.

Just my comments, nothing to remember here :)

-brandon

On 1/9/07, McCaffrey, Ennis <ennis.mccaffrey at twcable.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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 memb=
ers
> before you solidify arrangements with a speaker. What is the minimum numb=
er
> 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 t=
he
> 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 gon=
na
> steer a few tech students in our direction. Need to post a sign for meeti=
ngs
> 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. How=
dy,
> 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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