[Charlug] first things first

[Joe Josey]

We should have a much better parking/meeting locationmap/diagram along with
written parking instructions up on the website by Thursday.
Joe

Don Parris wrote:
> On 1/9/07, Ken <nuxnog at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>
> It seems to me like a bit of a chicken and egg situation.  Who wants
> to come
> if nothing is going on?  By the same token, we're pushing for the
> class in
> March, so hopefully, will be able to build up our membership by
> April.  I'm
> kind of hoping that pulling some big names in to speak will help draw a
> crowd.  Besides, some of us surely know some corporate types that we
> could
> invite to a discussion on Enterprise Open Source Adoption?
>
> BTW, you bring up an interesting point about the old members.  We seem to
> have lost an awful lot of people when we changed the list over.  Did
> we just
> drop dead weight, or did we lose real members?
>
>
> 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.
>>
>
>
> It _would_ be good if we made it a little more clear about how to park at
> CPCC, especially since they have changed the parking entrance on
> Elizabeth
> Ave. to an Exit only.  You can enter and exit on Independence Blvd, or on
> 4th Street, but you can only Exit on Elizabeth Ave.
>
> I agree with the Bring a Friend idea - everyone bring a friend on
> February
> 3rd!  I am also looking into how we can advertise in various local media.
>
> Regards,
> Don
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