[GLLUG] What To Do About Low Meeting Attendance?

[Dave Crampton]

A bar wouldn’t be half-bad.  IIRC, Zoobie’s has pretty good wifi.

I don’t make it out to many meetings because I’ve got four kids, a full-time job, and a second career that I’m trying to get off of the ground.

I don’t know that I’d be interested in presentations, but having an opportunity for people to get together and make with the Linux would be fun. Perhaps advertising as a meting to help with personal projects would attract more attendees?

On Sep 5, 2014, at 12:41 PM, Chick Tower <c.e.tower at gmail.com> wrote:

> Last night, and the Thursday before, I was at Schuler Books for our weekly meeting.  I didn't see anybody else looking for a Linux meeting.  Granted, last week I was almost half an hour late, and it was just before the long weekend, but last night I was fifteen minutes early.
> 
> Attendance has been falling off for years now.  What can we do to increase attendance?  I'm specifically asking you who would be interested in attending meetings, but I want to encourage anyone with an idea to reply.
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> Do we need to emphasize presentations again?  Should we have some grand project to work on, whether that be software, hardware, community service, classes, something for Penguicon?
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> Do we need fewer meetings, such as twice a month?  Once a month?
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> Do we need to publicize our meetings more widely, and try to recruit new members?
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> Do we need to have meetings on another night of the week?  Saturday meetings?  We've tried Saturdays in the past without much luck, but if that's what people would like now....
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> Do we need a different venue?  If so, is it just because of the geographic location, or do we need someplace more quiet or somehow better able to conduct presentations?  Or do we need to go to a bar occasionally?
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> Please let's have some ideas to increase attendance.  I don't want the group to die out.  Where else am I going to wear all my Linux and FOSS t-shirts?
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>                               Chick
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