[Lugcomms] Fwd: LC AGM @ LCA

[Paul Wayper]

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Donna Benjamin wrote:
| On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 12:37 +1000, David Tangye wrote:
|> I am not sure why you hold an IRC 'meeting' at all. IRC introduces the
|> problem of people needing to all do it at the same time, which in my
|> opinion is totally pointless.
|
| Thanks for your opinion David.
|
| Here's my view...
|   Attending lugcomms meet is not compulsory - and we don't need everyone
| to be there all of the time.  The point of lugcomms is to foster
| inter-lug communication. Both between lugs, and with Linux Australia.
| The mailing list exists - and has existed for some years.
|
| It would seem that the synchronous IRC meeting has already generated
| greater cross-communication and awareness of other lugs. That is its
| purpose, so I don't agree at all that it is pointless.
|
| The meetings themselves have a loose agenda, and anyone can contribute
| topics towards it. The 'incorporation' topic was originally raised by
| you, and I added it for discussion even though many others have been
| over that ground many times before.
|
| Do others think the IRC meetings are pointless?

No, not at all.  I don't see the #lugcomms IRC meetings as greatly changing
the way I do things in the CLUG, but OTOH it is good to know and communicate
with all those people from the other LUGs in an immediate and conversational
manner.  Email can be formal and a bit stilted.  And being able to get a quick
'show of hands' on some issues is very useful.

JM2cW,

Paul

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