keith smith wrote: > I would have never thought: > > /"Linux User Groups dying out? LUG leaders report that attendance is > down — but mailing list traffic is still good. Do we still need LUGs > , given the ease of installation > and ubiquitousness of online information about Linux? Lots of people > say, yes, we still need LUGs (and some disagree)." > > /I'm hoping PLUG is viable for years to come! PLUG is as viable and useful as we PLUGgers make it. PLUG meeting attendance, in my view, has been at a plateau for several years now. There is a core group that "mostly always" attends a given meeting with a few new people each month that usually don't come again. I wish there was a way to make the meetings more attended. I always find them valuable and even occasionally "seminar" quality in their content and presentation. Others obviously don't feel that way. Think about it. Here we have a metro-area of millions with easily tens of thousands working with or using Linux/FS/OSS every day. And total monthly attendance to all PLUG meetings (just add up the number of people at each meeting) is about 60-70? Does anyone else think that is low? But, then, many are not "meeting people" so, we do what the group wants to do. And we will continue to have meetings, if I have any say in the matter. If for no other reason than my own selfish enjoyment of them. Our email lists are the very best! They are active, helpful and 99.999% free of flames or other rudeness. A superb asset to the Linux/FS/OSS/computer community at large. Don't take my post as a downer. Recently we have had some new people come to meetings and keep coming back. We have a Stammticsh in Avondale now. The tech community overall is growing more vibrant which can only be good news for PLUG. I am very optimistic that things certainly will not slow down for PLUG and probably will get busier! (Just my opinion not to be taken as an official Steering Committee statement.) Alan