[GLLUG] Re: More Penguicon Thoughts

[Chick Tower]

I'm sorry that happened, Dan.  I don't know of any such policy, and I 
was the one recruiting volunteers to staff the lounge, and fitting 
together the puzzle pieces to allow everyone to attend the presentations 
they wanted to.  In fact, we have used friends of GLLUG members this 
year and last, so I'm not trying to preserve the purity or sanctity of 
the computer lounge.  I will keep in mind next year that people from 
other LUGs might want to pitch in, and give them the opportunity to do so.

Last year, someone from UHACC stopped by in the wee hours of the morning 
and said they would be willing to help out with the computer lounge. 
When I contacted him this year about his offer, he said they now had a 
project that would keep them busy at Penguicon, so all they could have 
helped with was packing it away at the end.  I state this just to show 
that I did look to "outside" help in staffing the lounge, not to 
embarrass anyone.  It just didn't occur to me to solicit help from other 
LUGs, and I figured Penguicon would be looking for more volunteers and 
therefore wouldn't be able to "loan" us any of them.

                                Chick


Dan DeSloover wrote:
> I agree. Ron and I (from MonroeLUG) went to sign up to help out and 
> were told that it wasn't open to people outside of GLLUG. While I 
> completely understood the need to not want random con-people watching
> your hardware, recruiting from within other area LUGs can ensure a 
> minimum amount of Linux knowledge, and a certain level of 
> responsibility (which can be verified by the individual LUG 
> leaderships.) Just something to think about.

> Caleb Cushing wrote:
>> I think we should petition for help for computer lounge volunteers
>>  from outside of gllug (maybe the other LUGS and UHACC). We have a
>>  sizeable group but it make it difficult. especially if your like
>> me and the weekend was your vacation, and you don't care about the
>>  refund for serving 6 hours.