On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 09:23:33AM -0400, R.G. Mayhue wrote:
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> And on that note...
>
> I think I speak for Paul and all the other meeting hosts here... ANYONE who
> wants to help with any of the meetings. Presentations etc. please step up.
> These meetings are what WE make them and nothing more. Most of us have jobs
> to do and the daily grind keeps us all pretty busy so any help in this area
> is always welcome.
>
> Just remember though... any ideas you have should come with action... we get
> plenty of things like "we should do this" and "we should do that" but not
> much in the way of people willing to do it. The meeting hosts can't do
> everything themselves.
>
I, too, have to admit that my meetings aren't what I'd like them to be
for the same reason. Probably the only differences between Rob's and my
meetings are that I have more people coming, and I usually try to do a
Q&A session. But a lot of my meeting time is taken up by geeks and
newbies jabbering at each other. I suppose they enjoy it, since a lot of
them keep coming, but I'd like it to be more exciting. I commented to
someone at the last Tampa meeting that most of the people at meetings
sit quietly and listen. I can't juggle, or maybe I'd try to entertain
people that way. ;-}
But the truth of the matter is that I'm busy and lazy. I've got a
business to run, and side projects I'm working on. I get 1200-1600
pieces of mail a day, and probably an 2 inches worth of magazines a
month to read. And when it comes to running meetings and lists and
websites, I do the bare minimum.
So I have to echo Rob's sentiments. I've you'd like to help, feel free.
Paul
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