Wanted Someone to Coordinate the Westside PLUG Meetings

[Alan Dayley]

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Darrin Chandler wrote:
> 
>>We need someone who has a relationship with the east side presenters so they
>>might be enticed to visit the west side.  And, I am not that person.
> 
> I'm curious as to why you want to entice east siders to visit the west
> side?

The difficulty George expresses here is that presenters for the East
Side Meetings rarely volunteer to go present at the West Side Meeting.

George has been faithfully working to make sure a West Side Meeting
happens.  He is providing the west side with a wonderful service but
can't be expected to present every month (if that is what he is doing).
 The PLUG map[1] shows that the "center" of PLUG membership is biased
toward the east side of the valley.  This may explain the difference in
ability to get presenters.

It is not just George who has a hard time getting presenters to take
their East Side Meeting show on the road to the West Side Meeting.  Hans
and I regularly ask East Side Meeting presenters if they can do the West
Side Meeting too.  Most decline.  With gas prices as high as they are, I
don't expect this problem to change.  I have attended the West Side
Meeting and presented a few times but the approximately 60 miles round
trip from my home is not something I do very often.

West side Linux users need to step up to present and keep the meeting
going.  If you don't have enough attendees perhaps you should change
activities to attract more active members[2].  It could be argued that
we on the east side should do more to bolster the west.  But, the west
side needs to stand up for what they want to have happen.  Then, the
rest of us will help where we can.

Alan

[1]http://plug.phoenix.az.us/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=36
[2]http://tldp.org/HOWTO/User-Group-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.3
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