> Steven Black wrote:
> > On a similar note to talk about changing the meeting time, I think we
> > should discuss what we want to talk about at the meetings.
> >
> For a group like BLUG, it seems to me that the topics are going to have
> to depend very much on what people are willing to talk about. Having
> said that, it seems like that some effort should be made to alternate
> really basic talks that would be of interest to new members with more
> advanced talks that would be of interest to people who would themselves
> be interested and able to give talks.
Regular presentations on generally common areas of interest could help
ease the line between "advanced topics on FOOBAR" and "basic topics on
FOOBAR". If new folks are going to be interested in it, and we want
new folks to arrive regularly, it makes sense to revisit these things
regularly. This makes the basic half of the presentation an easy revisit
of the previous presentation, (with research to see if any basic task
has changed in recent versions), and the "advanced" segment of the
presentation can cover particular fancy/useful techniques, or even
changes coming up in future versions.
> It might also be a good idea to start each meeting by asking whether
> people have topics that they would hope someone would give a talk on.
> There is a basic problem there, what we want may not match what anyone
> can talk on. For example, I want a talk on setting up GIS (geographic
> information systems), and probably do a few more people, but we don't
> seem to have anyone to give the talk.
I also think that having a small group which does a research
presentation may also work. People want to learn about FOOBAR, but no
one knows enough to do a presentation. Two or more people get together
to do some research, take notes, make some things happen for themselves,
then do a presentation on their research in a meeting.
Cheers,
Steven Black
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