On Sun, 25 Aug 2013, "Lev Lafayette" <lev@levlafayette.com> wrote:
Because as far as I'm concerned the meetings are a Melbourne thing, not Victorian.
We're always been prepared to organised regional conferences and meetings to kickstart regional groups.
That is why there are several regional chapters; perhaps not as active as they could be, but ultimately it depends on active locals.
I'd like to see more regional meetings. I think it would be good to use some of the money we save from duplicate insurance and some LA funds to arrange more mini-confs in regional areas. We have a bunch of LUV members who do some interesting things with Linux that can be the subject of a presentation. If LUV was to cover part of the travel costs of members who give talks as well as subsidising BBQ food then I think we could run some effective Saturday mini-confs in regional areas and inspire interest and ongoing activity among the locals. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/