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On 02/04/11 19:50, Paul Sutton wrote:
Hi Looking at the success of the meeting in exeter on saturday got me thinking and I had a discussion with phil on saturday regarding how we market the lug. Perhaps we should / could market any meetings similar to the EICC meetings as SDICC or south devon internet computer club, that way it will appeal to non techy people and may get more people along. I am NOT suggesting we rename the LUG in fact saturday afternoons we can have a few of us lug / open devon people meet up from say 14:00 then SDICC meets can be from 15:00 that gives us tech people time to catch up / set up before other people arrive, Clearly any website on this can say its run by Lug members, who want to help people with computer issues. Getting people through the door is the hard part, once they are through we can talk about issues (probably going to be with windows) Just a thought Any ideas / Comments. Paul
Yep, in a way I think this could be a good thing if it gets folks through the door, on the other hand we could leave ourselves open to questions about all sorts including Windows and MacOS X.
I do wonder if part of the reason that Rick has got folks through the door is because of the mention he got in the Express & Echo. Maybe if we could get a mention in the Herald Express this might help?
Might also help that the Exwick Community Centre is a nice light airy venue with computers and wifi. I know we've been trying to do things at the Lighthouse but it seems like a dark place, possibly off putting to some people with the young people hanging around outside the place. Now don't get me wrong, I know young people tend to get a bad rep, especially the more 'alternative' teens, my eldest step-daughter being one herself).
The Shoreline isn't a bad venue but as found today when someone brought a desktop PC along, if this happened at the Shoreline we'd be a bit stuck (or probably kicked out if someone brought a desktop, keyboard, mouse and monitor).
Maybe we should see about these possible venues you mentioned, possibly they might already have computers or be interested in some and maybe more willing to let us have a meeting and install days?
I keep mentioning the LUG to folks, one of my work colleagues is interested in coming along although he's just moved house so I'm going to mention the Exwick LUG meeting in May to him when he's a bit more settled in and I gather that slowly we're getting more visitors. :-)
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