On Nov 7, 2007 5:38 PM, Chuck Cole <cncole at earthlink.net> wrote: > UMN emphasis is a killer for outside interest and makes it a student group > separate from "the community"... or has historically for the last 20-30 > years. We're not a professional organization. We're a Linux Users Group. Big difference, IMO. > The bus line proximity isn't a big deal or just isn't useful for most folks > "after graduation". Big deal AND useful for any folks without a car, graduated or not. But to this point, Snelling & Larpenteur is nearly as easy to get to from either downtown as the U. Just takes longer on a bus. > Corporate relevance can be very good. That is not "bias", it's a real world > emphasis. Lack of it indicates a student emphasis. Lack of it indicates independence. > Few, if any, installfests have been done at UMN. Again. this is a student > emphasis and not clearly a community function or one emphasizing post > graduation concerns and connections. There have been, but it's been several years. The ones that were held there when I was a Freshman were well run, well advertised around campus, and well attended by students and community members both. > As I said before, mid-week at UMN makes it both inaccessible and > uninteresting for most past graduation. My opinion, but also happens to be > the practice of most of the 20 or so professional associations in town. Midweek is tougher than weekends at the U, agreed.