I don't really have an opinion on the proposed merger, but I for one can say that unfortunately I've never been to a LUV meeting, despite being on the list of many years, because I simply can't make Tuesdays (I have a very long standing prior engagement every Tuesday). I guess the fact that I'm no where near the city doesn't help either, but that would be no such an impediment (perhaps not every month though). Having said all of that, I've been following these news lists for many years now (as I said earlier) and would really miss the lively discussions that go on here (even if mostly voyeuristic on my behalf). I'd be interested to know how many others on these lists are in a similar situation. Peter. On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 11:58:08 PM Russell Coker wrote:
On Sat, 24 Aug 2013, "Lev Lafayette" <lev@levlafayette.com> wrote:
LUV is one of the the oldest (since 1993), most active (three speakers per month), and largest (c1500 members) Linux organisations in the world. We
If LUV is one of the greatest LUGs in the world then I don't think that LUGs are going so well.
Does anyone keep stats on how LUV attendance has changed over the years? I get the impression that we aren't doing nearly as well as we used to. Some people claim that it's the availability of support on the Internet that has decreased the attendance, but the number of people using Linux has significantly increased too.
We are now using Meetup to advertise LUV meetings which has apparently done some good.
What else can we do to get more members and better attendance at the meetings?
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