[Discuss] Results from VLUG's AGM

[Patrick]

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:47:49 -0800
David Lee wrote:

> > If I understand correctly, money for VLUG isn't an issue right
> > now; there's a bit more coming in than getting spent, basically.
> > That could change if we start having meetings at the Big Blue &
> > Cousins clubhouse though, because they'd probably have to charge
> > a little to cover expenses.  I don't know how those numbers
> > crunch though.
> >
[...]
> 
> I'm finding this rather ironic :)
> 
> Years ago, we started as a(n) SIG at BB&C in the back room. The numbers 
> started getting bigger and bigger. It was amazing how many we packed in that 
> little room!
> Then we finally ended up at Uvic.
> Now the numbers are dwindling and dwindling and we're going back to a room 
> at BB&C.

Or maybe not, and certainly not yet.  It's all hypothetical.

> 
> There's a story in there somewhere. :)

Probably.  :-)  VLUG's humble beginnings [and not-so-humble peak]
were before my time, so I couldn't think of anything relevant to
say about that.  Didn't mean to ignore it or anything, just that
I'm in no position to comment on it.

> 
> Maybe we should find out why the numbers are going down.

Yeah, I've wondered about that myself.  It seems totally
backward, now that Linux is really taking off.  The responses
make sense though [and thanks for those], along with the fact
that just about every distro has their own web forum.

That's not a bad thing at all.  Although the basic, underlying
system and utilities are quite similar all across the board, the
specifics vary, and you're more likely to get a specific answer
to a specific question, pertaining to a specific distro, on that
distro's forum.

But these are all web based, not geographically based, and as
you've probably noticed, online forums leave something to be
desired.  That's why I joined a club, in person.

By the way, I really liked what Yves Bajard said about that.  No
can of worms at all, there.


> 
> David

Patrick.

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