[KLUG Members] KLUG lack of donations, volunteers, members

[Tim Gray]

On Wednesday 06 August 2003 4:43 pm, Adam Williams wrote:

I like KLUG's mailing list because of it's very high signal to noise ratio.  
Welcome messages IMO are noise because they can just as easily be sent 
off-list and achieve the same result without requiring everyone on the list 
to see a message intended for just one person.  However, some people like 
them as it promotes a sense of community, so my opinion is worth what you 
paid for it.

+++SNIP+++

> My frustration would almost be the exact opposite of yours.  As program
> director for several years now I've been surprised by two things.
>
> 1.) The lack of feedback.  Do people find the KLUG meetings useful?  Are
> they interested in the plate of topics we present?  How much of the
> stuff on our schedule interests them?  What would they like to see
> presented?  How could the meetings be improved?  Every *three* times I
> ask I receive *maybe* one response.  Now I know that geeks are a
> savagely opinionated bunch, so where are all the opinions?

FEEDBACK:  
I went to one meeting and though I got a lot out of it (it was about strace 
and lsof) the drive wasn't worth it for me.  That's not a hit on KLUG, more a 
result of my preference for not-driving.

There are lots of interesting topics at KLUG meetings. 

As I am unlikely to attend, I won't request something to be presented...

Perhaps the lack of opinions is because the overall opinion is that you're all 
doing a fine job, which honestly it hadn't occured to me to express that.  
See below.

> 2.) Failure to appreciate.  Part of KLUG's success (and I think we are
> an unequivicable success) is due to the genuine caliber of its
> early/founding members.  KLUG had the rare opportunity to begin life
> with a pre-installed brain trust, some of our founding members are true
> masters of their craft.  People like Bob Brown, Bruce Smith, Stu Gillis,
> John Bridleman, Dirk Bartley, Magoo and others who are now gone - they
> deserve alot of the credit for what KLUG is - in my opinion, they
> deserve a standing ovation for creating one of the most active LUG's in
> North America.

To KLUG's officers, volunteers and Joe Average members:  Thank you for 
running, contributing and participating in KLUG.  Just by lurking I read 
about topics that make me recognize and appreciate the technical virtues of 
Linux.  The expertise and depth of knowledge on this list quite simply rocks.  
Thank you.  KLUG rules.

--Tim