On Friday 10 September 2004 07:51 pm, Mario Lombardo wrote:
>
> Tampa's meetings are quite large compared to others I've seen. A coffee
> shop doesn't sound that big. Also, I'm with Ian about the WiFi deal. In
> the beginning, "before there was fire," :) we met at some high school
> chemistry lab. It didn't have a LAN let alone a WLAN. We collaborated and
> dealt with what we could with CDs, floppy disks, and lots of typing.
>
> In some cases, people surfing the net during meetings and retracting from
> the small community takes away from the social and collaborative qualities
> of a user group. Don't get me wrong, I like WiFi for the LUG, but it's
> certainly not necessary nor should it be the focus. Bottom line, we need a
> free large area to meet--preferrably with chairs.
LOL Whats that matter Mario?
Sitt'en on those cold hard black chemistry counter tops lean'en against a
dripping sink not comfortable enough for ya? Geeze... we had running water
AND a chalk board!
Some people are just never happy... ;-))
> I'm not sure where the member density of Tampa SLUG lies, but I noticed
> there was more attendance when we were at PWC. Then again, HCC wasn't very
> far away either. Hmmm.
>
> /mario
>
- rob
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