[nzlug] North Shore LUG

[Guy K. Kloss]

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:07:57 am Mark Foster wrote:
> 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...

Well, including the parking hunt at the destination 30 minutes from e. g. 
Albany just doesn't do it. And I've had VERY bad experiences with parking 
hunts around UoA and AUT in CBD in the past. And that's what I keep hearing 
from people here at Massey, that those are the reasons they rather not go ...

> 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...

You've got a point there. Maybe an interleaving cycle between the "central" 
and regional ones would be an alternative. Especially, as I guess that a 
local platform (especially @ uni) would be rather beneficial for "the 
purpose".

> 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...

Just saying, mostly I've failed at that. Just looking for alternatives to get 
a broader involvement of people that I could definitely see as being 
potential participants. But I'm pretty sure, that the ones who've been active 
so far would try to "make it" wherever it is, at least as long as it'll be 
roughly along the lines of convenience as it currently is.

Guy

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Guy K. Kloss
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