On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 01:10:50AM -0600, Rodd Ahrenstorff wrote: > 1. Mail list > 2. Install Fest > 3. A wealth of knowledge given freely by very experienced members. 4. Monthly meetings with presentations on various topics. > The downfalls are (and there may be more): > > 1. No BOD, By-laws, and lacking nonprofit status. Why are these necessarily bad things? > 2. No regularly scheduled discussion group (except beer meetings). This > seems to contribute to little followup learning after the install > fest...kinda like "I got linux installed...now what?" There tends to be a lot of discussion during and after the regular monthly meetings. What are you looking for with this point? > 3. For whatever reason, I don't see much involvement in TCLUG by new Linux > users concerning the direction of our LUG. As Ben L. recently stated, TCLUG tends to be led by whoever comes up with a cool idea first. If new users come up with cool ideas, most of us will be just as quick to jump on the bandwagon as if the ideas were Clay's or Bob's. -- When we reduce our own liberties to stop terrorism, the terrorists have already won. - reverius Innocence is no protection when governments go bad. - Tom Swiss