CLUG meeting: epic fail!

[Mark Roberts]

Hi All,

> Fine by me - should we do this democractically? Or use what lug.org.uk 
> says?  They say Mark Roberts (mark <at> taurine <dot> demon <dot> co 
> <dot> uk) but I don't even know if he is even still on this list? If he 
> isn't should we look at updating the lug list, if you are Mark do you 
> have enough time to be the "leader of the group"?

I am still on the list :)

I'm not and have never been "leader of the group", indeed there hasn't 
been such a position for a long time - Richard Smith possibly was the 
leader when I first joined the mailing list sometime in 2000 and I 
inherited the user/pass to the web server for no reason other than 
enthusiasm when he moved away from Cambridge.

I'm only listed there with lug.org.uk because someone ought to be. Does 
it really say leader? It ought to say contact. I do lurk on lug.org.uk 
mailing lists just to be sure nothing really important crops up that we 
ought to know about. You can tell from how often I post that this is a 
rare occurance!

Is anyone else lurking on the lug.org.uk mailing lists?

And I used to come to meetings regularly but the Sunday afternoon timing 
always caused tension with family. I would like to come along to 
meetings again, and I support the idea of an alternative time. The 
Sunday meets and venue are great if you can make it, but weekday 
evenings do seem more justifiable to family.

Also considering timing, it would be a great idea to try to avoid 
clashing with related local groups. Recently I've begun to go to other 
events, such as Software East and BCS-SPA - both typically on a 
Wednesday. I'm intending to go to CHASE events too, typically on a 
Monday I think. Of course I always try to mention CLUG to people at 
these things if the opportunity crops up. (Hi to the chap I mentioned 
CLUG to at BCS-SPA on Wednesday if you are now on the list?)

Writing this email is giving me a number of other ideas around CLUG. 
These are in the areas of meetings, website, marketing, and group 
history/philosophy/identity. I'll stop rambling, develop those some more 
and post a bit more in the very near future :)

Best regards,
Mark Roberts.