[kwlug-disc] Meeting formats

[Paul Nijjar]

This matches my experience. Logistically, finding one person to
present is much more work than finding three or four. So if you
collectively would like shorter presentations (which I believe is the
case) then step forward and present something! As John Kerr said, even
things you know well are probably new material for others.

- Paul 

On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 04:09:23PM -0400, Charles Profitt wrote:
> 
> I noticed this email on the list and wanted to pass along my experience
> organizing LUGOR (Linux User Group of Rochester).
> 
> We were having suggestions of splitting up the presentations with
> smaller ones to facilitate the diverse audience we had. We had Linux
> users, Linux beginners, Linux sys admins and developers. Each group was
> starting to have issues with showing up to a meeting that was aimed at
> another interest group.
> 
> Our meetings were historically two hours long and we ended up with a
> format of two to three presentations. One would be 45-60 minutes and
> the other two would be 15-30 minutes each. At first the format was
> great and well received, but after roughly four months I was having
> issues with finding people to present. At the same time my home and
> work demands increased and it became a burden to plan and organize the
> monthly meetings. Currently, Lugor meets on a non-regular basis for
> meetings.
> 
> I wanted to give you this perspective in case your user group is
> contemplating its meeting format.
>