[nzlug] North Shore LUG

[Mark Foster]

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008, Guy K. Kloss wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 4:27:50 pm Mark Foster wrote:
>>> Nice in theory, but not enough people i dont think.
>>
>> I've not been on the shore for a coupla years but  yeah, critical mass is
>> the key.
>
> I have quite often heard by Linux interested people here @ Massey that they
> just don't want to be bothered to head down to CBD during rush hour, go
> through the hassle of parking, etc. So I could imagine that there might be
> some latent potential that could be awakened for a Shore based group.
>

7:30pm is rush-hour?

I know Auckland is getting worse but... !

In my 25 years in Auckland I never had a significant problem travelling 
city bound at 7pm...

The first few LUG's I attended, I travelled from Manurewa.


The problem with making smaller regional LUG's is that the pool of 
expertise you have access to is smaller... they may serve a purpose with 
regards to getting users in your community talk to eachother.. but I 
definately valued getting to know people from different parts of the area, 
different walks of life...

If communities want to set up LUGs (LGUGs? GLUGs?) I'm all for it, but I 
dare say the Auckland LUG would benefit from say, a car pool arrangement. 
Once a month isn't really that hard...

Mark.