[wplug] LUG Interest Waning?

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 15:23 -0400, Teodorski, Chris wrote:
> This is just plain wrong. Conclusions like this could lead to
> inadvertent exclusion, which has already been mentioned in this
> thread. I have been working in IT in Pittsburgh since 2001.  Outside
> of WPLUG, I've never had a single affiliation with CMU.

Agreed.  In fact, it goes to the long difference between engineering,
[engineering] technology and technicians -- a gap people don't always
see (or attempt to bridge).

> To others comments, I do agree the original (from my perspective the
> real long timers probably won't consider this the "original" spot)
> meeting location was very difficult to locate.  In fact, my first
> attempt at attendance ended with me giving up because I couldn't find
> the room.  So I agree with Terry that the location is less that
> stellar.  I was however quite fond of the room and facility itself.

I had to ask two (2) people my first time.  A sign outside the front
building would be very, very helpful.

> As for the CMU/Pitt bias, I call Bravo Sierra on that.  If you are too
> lazy or too stuck up or too unmotivated to haul your carcass a mere
> mile, odds are if we located the meeting in your bedroom you'd come up
> with an excuse why that wasn't adequate. 

I'm glad I'm not the only one.

> Here's an interesting tidbit.  Talked to a recent hire to my team.
> He's a big Gentoo fanboy.  I asked him why he doesn't come to WPLUG
> meetings.  He was under the impression that installs and installfests
> was what WPLUG was all about.  He didn't think we handled topics of
> interest to "experienced" users.  Based on this and other things said
> in this thread, I thing WPLUG has an image problem.  

I'd love to chat with him, being a Gentoo fanboy myself (even if I use
Red Hat-based installs on notebooks/desktops/servers).

LUGs are of all levels, although I've long argued about the need for
separate mailing lists between "home consumers/end users" and "IT
professionals/techies."  It's not so much because the two need to be
separated, but some of the former always complain about the latter and
vice-versa.


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