Newbies at the GUMs (Re: [wplug] LUG Ignorance)

[David Ostroske]

From: "Jonathan S. Billings" <jsbillings at mac.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 15:54:02 -0500
To: wplug at wplug.org
Subject: Re: [wplug] LUG Ignorance

> One of the things that really bothers me about the 
comments is how many 
> of the people attended one meeting, just to be 
scared off by the 
> regulars, who are either unfriendly to newbies, or 
just scary in their 
> geekiness.  I think that our LUG suffers from this 
at times.

(Whoops, I forgot to copy the link to the poll. 
Sorry, Billings!)

Most of the new people I've seen at the LUGs have 
complained that they don't know who to talk to. It 
can be a bit intimidating, I guess.

I think we should try to make the newbies at the 
GUMs and Installfest feel more welcome. I often just 
walk up to them and talk with them a bit. If there's 
something they have a question about, I either try 
to answer it myself, or direct them to someone else 
in our group who has had more experience with their 
situation.

I don't think any of us are rude or inhospitable, 
but we can be self-absorbed. I remember when I 
started attending the GUMs that I didn't know whose 
conversation I should listen in on.

"Breaking the ice" isn't too difficult, but it does 
take a little effort. If we kept that in mind, we'd 
get a lot more folks interested in Linux and WPLUG.

--- Dave Ostroske
    eksortso at linuxmail.org

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