Re: [PLUG] more meetings ?

[Adam Turoff <ziggy@panix.com>]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 11:25:04AM -0700, multiple seriousity wrote:
> > I think maybe having a plug meeting at netaxs every month or two (in
> > addition to meetings at USP) might be good.  What do you think ?

I think it's a great idea.  At one point in time, the Philly Perl Mongers
group was meeting weekly.  But that was because there were three different
*types* of meetings going on.  Not everyone showed up at every meeting,
and that was intentional.  Some people would show up occasionally at the
tech meeting, others would just do the social meeting, etc.

The only things I'd point out are:
	- having one big meeting a month helps people network
	  (it's something *everyone* can plan on); that meeting has
	  been in downtown Philly, which will probably remain the most
	  central location for all involved

	- having multiple meetings in multiple locations (CCPHL, Netaxs)
	  is a good way to draw more people into the group who wouldn't
	  otherwise attend

	- moving the second meeting to another day of the week helps
	  work around standing schedule conflicts

There's a lot of knowledge and experience in the Philly area; you
could probably book topics until March 2002 at 2x/month without trying
too hard.  :-)  If the two venues were differently themed (1st week
is about more general Linuxy topics, 2nd week is about more programmerly
topics, etc.) then that might help cut down on the clash between the
two meeting tracks.

> you mentioned pads.. did you mention perl mongers?

The Philly Perl Mongers meet almost exclusively on Mondays so as
not to conflict with PLUG, etc.  Occasionally that's moved to a tuesday
for holidays and other such scheduling conflicts.

> aiiiiighhhh how many meetings can one person go to? :)

How many nights are in a month?  Probably something less than twice that
number.  :-)  :-)

Z.


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