[penguicon-general] Wrangling LUGs

[Aaron Thul]

I believe at 2.0 we also had a showing from a Toronto and Chicago LUG.
Neal, do you remember that or am I just dreaming?

On 5/1/07, Neal Probert <nealzilla at probestar.com> wrote:
>
> Since I did it years ago, I can't remember offhand if it was 2.0 or
> 3.0.  I think it was also MDLUG that did the first couple of computer
> rooms as well.
>
> At any rate, I had to search around a find all these LUGs in the first
> place and get on their mailing lists.  I only sent an introductory email
> and a couple of reminder emails.  Past LUG wranglers, including me, paid
> personal visits to most of them in the area over the years.  Not all of
> them were Linux ones either, like MUG and SEMiSLUG.
>
> We might consider expanding into the more programming oriented LUGs in
> the area, such as the Perl, PHP and Java ones.  I never tried the Ann
> Arbor Computer Society back then, as it seemed pretty Windows centric at
> some point back then.
>
> If we want more LUG folks, I would suggest giving LUG members a
> discount.  Base that discount on the number of members from that LUG
> attending.  Perhaps a prize for the winning LUG with the most attending
> members, best party, longest distance traveled, coolest LUG table.  A
> lot of these guys are bringing in loads of their own gear, so they
> should also be rewarded/compensated likewise.
>
> If you want to do some good marketing then we need to market ourselves
> at other conventions, Hamfests, Ohio Linux fest, online, ...
>
> Neal (Robot Wrangler).
>
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Aaron Thul
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