This was CRUG out of Chicago. Ron Horner Operations Manager Administrative Management Group [log in to unmask] (847) 870-2175 -----Original Message----- From: Art Bahrs [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 4:30 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: The closing of a RUG 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 ---------- >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