From NZLUG at etelligence.info Fri Sep 8 05:12:13 2023 From: NZLUG at etelligence.info (DL Neil) Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2023 07:12:13 +1200 Subject: [Flounder] Where are we going with this? In-Reply-To: <6522773.j6PcuT4dK6@xev> References: <6522773.j6PcuT4dK6@xev> Message-ID: <8eef7b0b-7c4c-746a-9305-ee6463a84b83@etelligence.info> On 30/08/2023 23.24, Russell Coker via Flounder wrote: > The number of people attending the meetings have been steadily decreasing. > The last meeting had just me, Yifei, and one guy from a Matrix channel about > Mobian who joined because we mentioned there that we were going to discuss > Mobian. > > Generally the attendance at meetings is just me, Yifei, and Andrew Pam and > maybe one other person. Yifei, Andrew, and I meet up on other occasions > outside of Flounder. > > Is there demand for Flounder meetings? If there is should someone else be > running it? The lack of attendence seems to indicate that either the demand > isn't there or that I have not gone about running it in the best way. > > What do you think? > > > Should we have a meeting on Saturday? Yifei and I have both done some > interesting programming since the last meeting, would there be an audience if > there is a Flounder meeting? Apologies for late-response (not that any other has been noted). Have been ill (for too long). Are meetings well-advertised? Are the group's aims well-articulated, and implemented? Is the group really an attempt to hold a synchronous, but distributed, hack-a-thon? Is there more to FLOunder than Mobian/mobile phones? Is the lack of (perceived) interest a FLOunder problem, or a common-issue for voluntary-organisations in today's new world? (see also original rationale for FLOunder 'rising' from moribund Linux groups) Am happy to continue supporting with infrastructure, but busy-life necessitates planning-ahead, juggling opportunity, ... From russell at coker.com.au Fri Sep 8 20:28:24 2023 From: russell at coker.com.au (Russell Coker) Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2023 20:28:24 +1000 Subject: [Flounder] Where are we going with this? In-Reply-To: <8eef7b0b-7c4c-746a-9305-ee6463a84b83@etelligence.info> References: <6522773.j6PcuT4dK6@xev> <8eef7b0b-7c4c-746a-9305-ee6463a84b83@etelligence.info> Message-ID: <2195375.irdbgypaU6@cupcakke> On Friday, 8 September 2023 05:12:13 AEST DL Neil via Flounder wrote: > Are meetings well-advertised? I don't mention all of them on LUV and Linux Australia, but I've mentioned some of them on those lists and people who are interested can have joined the list. > Are the group's aims well-articulated, and implemented? > > Is the group really an attempt to hold a synchronous, but distributed, > hack-a-thon? That's one of the things I want to do. > Is there more to FLOunder than Mobian/mobile phones? Yes, the stuff we did in all the meetings you attended! > Is the lack of (perceived) interest a FLOunder problem, or a > common-issue for voluntary-organisations in today's new world? > (see also original rationale for FLOunder 'rising' from moribund Linux > groups) Not sure really. > Am happy to continue supporting with infrastructure, but busy-life > necessitates planning-ahead, juggling opportunity, ... Sure. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/