[penguicon-general] Wrangling LUGs

[Neal Probert]

Vaguely, but I think so.

Aaron Thul wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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