Hi Nick and Others :)
Remember also.... Attendance is the *MOST* important part of any
conference... We had Nick Earle speak at ORERUG and only had 15 people show
up... 21 if you count the Board of Director's :)
What RUG was this?
Art "Still hoping to hear from a few ORERUG members wanting a conference" Bahrs
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>From: Nick Demos <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: The closing of a RUG
>Date: Thu, 13 May, 1999, 14:16
>
> RON HORNER wrote:
>>
>> <venting>
>> During our committee meeting this morning, it was decided to close the RUG.
>> Now I understand that I'm new in getting involved, and that the other
>> committee members have been in it for awhile. But it just feels so wrong to
>> give in and pack it up. There has got to be a way to get the local HP
>> community excited, again.
>>
>> The straw that broke the camels back was the not so good attendance at our
>> vendor day. We got the stats back and they did not look good at all, thus
>> the closing.
>>
>> Now here I sit, at my desk, feeling like I want to rip someone's head off.
>> It's like now what to do. I've worked on the platform for 13 years and love
>> it. All of those who say that box is dead, "their full of it". Start
>> working with my RUG in trying to get the word out; and, now the loss, like
>> "what do you mean it's over. I just got started working with you on this."
>> Where did we go wrong? Were we not aggressive enough? Did we not know what
>> our users want?
>>
> Ron, you did not say WHAT RUG or where. What is/was the
> financial condition of
> the RUG?
>
> Because there is so much info. elsewhere, e. g. this list, etc.,
> many do not see
> the need for a RUG. For a meeting to be successful you HAVE to
> have the
> right topic and a knowledgeable good speaker. I am a RUG
> chairman and
> maybe I can help, but I must say our RUG (BWRUG) has problems,
> too.
> It is very hard to get volunteers and attendance at meetings is
> NOWHERE
> near what it used to be.
>
> Nick Demos [log in to unmask]
>
> BWRUG Chair
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