How many people would register and not show up though? I'm sure lots of people would be all gung ho about it, but then when it comes time to actually show up, many might just decide they would have a better time spending money at the mall. Which I guess is OK, because the ones that do show up will just get more support since we wouldn't have to deal with so many people. > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Tanner [mailto:tanner at real-time.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 2:08 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: [TCLUG] Birds of a Feather (BoF) > > > I'm not sure how many people have been to a Linux Expo, but > one of the really > cool things are the Birds of a Feather (BoF) meetings. While > the presentations > are good, they are just that, presentations. The BoF meetings > are discussion > groups, ie everyone pariticpates. > > Last TCLUG meeting a bunch of us went to Sally's to eat and > an impromptu BoF > broke out. :-) It's was pretty informative. We talked about > everything from a > thorn in idiot Ben's foot to LVM on the S390. > > Where is this all leading? > > I think there is need for more interactive discussion within > TCLUG. Don't get me > wrong, the presentations are great and needed. You can't have > a discussion if > everyone is clueless about what is being talked about. > Presentations impart > knowledge. Discussion solidifies it. > > I also am getting personal email about the length between > installfests and why > it takes so much effort to get one together. > > So, I have been throwing around the idea of having BoF > meetings at Real Time. > These would be something on the order of every other week. > We'd sit in the back > office common room and just talk about technology. It would > be open to all. > > Along side the BoF meeting would be a mini-installfest in the > other back > offices. Again these would be on the order of every other > week, but because > space is scare back there, it would be a registration thing. > > Exact times and days of the week have not been nailed down. > > I'm posting here to see what the level of interest would be like. > > Comments? > > > -- > Minneapolis St. Paul Twin Cities MN | Phone : (952)943-8700 > http://www.mn-linux.org Minnesota Linux | Fax : (952)943-8500 > Key fingerprint = 6C E9 51 4F D5 3E 4C 66 62 A9 10 E5 35 85 39 D9 > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. > Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >