[aclug-L] Re: [announce] Next meeting.

[Anne McCadden <amccadden@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Very good idea!  I am interested in MySQL and Python.  I would like to
find other people who are also interested in this also.  Learning about
the files, permissions, etc with go along with the working on a
project.  The hardest part is getting started and how to get out of a
jam.  It helps to have someone to talk to -- to help get me or others
out of a jam -- not just to brag about what we are doing.

Bruce Alderman wrote:
> 
> I want to echo some comments David Wiebe made about ACLUG meetings. I
> have attended two meetings, but I doubt anyone in the club would even
> recognize me if I showed up again.  No one spoke to me from the time I
> entered the door until I left.
> 
> The meetings were loosely organized, which can be great for groups of
> friends, but can be off-putting for new people.
> 
> As it happens, I've just been reading Steven Levy's _Hackers_.  Levy
> describes (among other things) the Homebrew Computer Club, which began
> in the late 1970s in Silicon Valley, and whose members helped launch the
> home computer revolution.  One of the things that made the Homebrew
> Computer Club successful was the structure of its meetings.  Each
> meeting would begin with a "mapping" section, in which the attendees
> would describe the projects they were working on.  At the end there
> would be a "random access" section, to allow members to talk to others
> who were working on similar projects.  These were wrapped around a short
> talk or a demonstration of a new project.
> 
> Maybe this could be adapted into something that might work for ACLUG
> meetings.
> 
> --
> Bruce Alderman                                baa@xxxxxxxxxx
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> "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle."
>                                        - Philo of Alexandria
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