[Njlinux-discussion] *** NJ Linux User Group - 2o11 round off ***

Nick at NJLinux.org Nick at NJLinux.org
Thu Dec 29 18:17:08 EST 2011


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    Hi All, (for 'this' eMail, I won't say LUGers)
     and for those who weren't there last night, Merriest Xmas.

             Last night was nice but disappointing as so few of
     our original LUGers bothered to come or even respond - and
     what a HUGE opportunity lost by most of those members as we
     had a contact in the professional music biz looking for
     tech help (I mean $BIG bucks potential.) Your loss..
     Thanx Murph for your presentation - hope you got useful
     feedback from we few...

         2o11 has been, to say the least, a tough haul to keep
     our band of merry men and women together.

         We tried with Converge in Union (nice offer from Steve,
     but he went out of business-the way of so many small
     businesses these past two years) and since then we've been
     trying out different places - but had little feedback from
     members as to likes or dislikes of places or locations.
     ( we can't read minds )

My findings:      Pros                 Cons
  Houlihans - easy to get to         a bit noisy
(last night) plenty of parking      need to buy food
              nice big room          must have 12 minimum
                 with long table       to reserve room for us

     Panara - easy to get to         need to buy minimum food
              plenty of parking      may get double bookings
              fair sized quiet room  out by 10ish
              good coffee/food

  CoolBeans - cozy place             bit small & limited parking
              good coffee/food       can't be reserved, out by 10ish
                                     need to buy minimum food
                                     tougher to get to
                                           (except for Larry) :)

    Let me know your findings or, in the majority of cases,
    preferences..

         It's a BIG pity so few of you appear to be interested in
    coming to our meetings or supporting our group any more. After
    being to many over the past 23-24 years NJ Linux has been in
    existence (started out as an Os2 group), I've seen a lot of
    great/helpful people that have appeared to just disappear - -
    probably lost interest - but how are we to know why (unless you
    just don't want us to know)!?!?! What happened to that friendly
    and helpful spirit. Was it something I said, did, or didn't do
                                        ??????????????????????????

         I'll continue to try to find us a new home and, due to the
    interest in our http://MeetUp.com/NJLinux side, may start a 2nd
    monthly meeting towards the south and west of northern NJ.
    I also think we will start to remove those LUG members from our
    mailing list that have nothing to say. We've had some members
    that don't come to meetings but let us know they appreciate that
    we are 'hanging in there' - it only took 'them' a few minutes,
    is 'that' too much to ask from you (U no hoo u r) ??
    Let us know if you DON't want removing from the list.

         If I owned the venue, like our last two hosts did/do, it
    would be much easier, but running around looking for places and
    meeting with owners of possible locations (visited 4 last month)
    takes a lot of time and effort (not ALL by me,) so a little
    feedback would make life so much easier - -
                        Is that too much to ask ????????????????????

                     Hope you all have a GrEaT 2o12,
                                                       Nick. . . . .
                                                   (and our LUG team)
                                                       1(973)614-8385
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