On 30-Aug-07, at 6:19 PM, Guillaume Germain wrote:
I'd like to thanks the presenters and the organizers for last night's meeting. I really enjoyed the formula with short presentations.
It was clearly one of my favorite MSLUG meeting. I hope we'll have other meetings like this in the future.
I too enjoyed our last meeting because there was lots of enthusiasm and community participation. We should strive to continue with this model, with at least 2 presentations per meeting. Given that there are over 70 MSLUG members, we could achieve this goal if each member gave a presentation once every 3 years. Cerainly doable.
Some may feel they don't have enough to say to give a presentation. I would really like to hear from everyone to know at least why they are interested in Lisp/Scheme, if they use it in your work or hobby, etc. Moreover, people not able to participate as a presenter could perhaps help in other areas. How about:
1) Prepare a MSLUG picnic/hike/apple picking in a nice place this fall.
2) Advertise our meetings to reach out to other developers/academics in the Montreal area.
3) Find prestigious presenters to invite.
4) Maintain and improve the MSLUG web site.
5) Organize special events (such as the DLS workshop).
I see a bright future for the MSLUG if we get more community involvement.
Marc