[aclug-L] Re: Change of Location and Change of Direction

[Tom Hull <thull2@xxxxxxx>]

Dale W Hodge wrote:
> (Also posted on Aclug.org website)
> 
> At last night's (March) meeting we discussed whether Aclug should remain
> as a presentation group with occasional social events or whether to
> become a social club with occational presentations. While discussing
> this, we had an interesting tentative offer from Eric Dexter of the
> Wichita Eagle - that of a new meeting location.
> 
> Assuming approval from The Eagle's management, we could use their
> conference room which has network connections and a LCD projector. This
> would hopefully solve one of our problems with our presentations, that
> of not being able to see the material. It won't solve the problem of
> lack of good topics.
> 
> Personally, I think we should become a social group with presentations.
> That way we could always plan on there being a meeting where we could
> discuss whatever problems people might be having. Presentations could be
> shorter and more diverse, since they wouldn't be the driving point of
> the meeting.
> 
> What do you think?

This sounds good to me. Actually, I recall complaining both about the
unsuitability of the WSU rooms for presentations and the desirability
of a LCD projector; also for ganging up short presentations, and for
preparing them ahead of time in a format that we can reuse. I think
that the appropriate technology and space will make it more rewarding
to put some time into presentations.

BTW, what are the Linux alternatives to Powerpoint?

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