[pm-h] Gauging Interesting In A Potential 'Activity' Social Meeting

[Todd Rinaldo]

It's been asked in the past and we've gotten crickets in response. Are
you suggesting we advertise this somewhere else?

On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 12:08 AM, Russell Harris via Houston
<houston at pm.org> wrote:
> On Fri, June 5, 2015 10:26 am, Robert Stone via Houston wrote:
>> How much interest would there be in doing an "activity" social meeting ...
>
>
> Nowadays almost everyone is over-obligated to the extent that attendance
> of even a "regular" PM meeting entails neglect of responsibilities or
> other sacrifice.  And some may be unable to justify the luxury of a purely
> social PM meeting which provides no opportunity for learning Perl
> resources and technique.
>
> But, with a bit of advertising, some PM meetings might be used as a
> platform for both useful service and recruiting.
>
> In the early days of Linux, the task of installing Linux and configuring a
> complement of applications and utilities to work together as a system
> could be difficult and frustrating for the novice.  To address the
> problem, the Linux User Groups at Rice and U. of H. hosted at the
> beginning of each semester an Installfest to which were invited both
> students and the general public.  This was back before everyone had a
> high-speed Internet connection and an LCD monitor.  A novice to Linux
> could bring his system (complete with CRT monitor and printer) to the
> Installfest and walk away with a properly-configured Linux system, with
> whatever applications he desired loaded, configured, and functioning as a
> system.  While providing opportunity for association between members of
> the LUG, the Installfest served to encourage fellow students and members
> of the community to join the LUG.
>
> Perhaps PM could advertise an occasional "bring your problem to PM and let
> the Perl experts get you pointed in the right direction" night.
>
> RH
>
>
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Todd Rinaldo
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