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==== Patrick Barron ====
 
==== Patrick Barron ====
  
My primary concern about WPLUG, at this point in it's evolution, is that I still don't think it's sure what it wants to be, and who it is looking to to be it's audience.  I think we should make a concerted effort to determine what demographic we wish to serve - be it experienced Linux users, system administrators, software developers, novice users, or some defined combination of these - and press forward on that basis.  My concern is that even when we provide an activity that engages someone's interest, they may not be confident that the next activity (or any future activity) will be relevant to their interests, since we don't necessarily have a "theme" (for lack of a better word).  I believe we should determine a demographic we wish to serve, and proceed in a way where everyone in that demographic can have some confidence that each WPLUG event may potentially be of interest to them.
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I would also very much like to see us be in the habit of planning events and activities well in advance.  For example, if it is November (as it is right now...), we should not be starting the planning process for activities that we'd like to organize in December.  Rather, we should be beginning the planning for activities we'd like to pursue in February or March. By the time November comes around, activities for December and January (and possibly even as far forward as February) should already be completely planned out, speakers booked, venue lined up, etc.  This is particularly important if we need to secure a venue.  If we're in November starting the planning for a December activity and assume that WSCC (or some other venue) will be available to us - and then we later discover that the venue we were counting on is not available, and we're then a couple of weeks out from an event that we're basically committed to, already booked a presenter for, etc., and find that we do not have a meeting venue.  This is never a good situation, and we should strive to avoid it going forward.
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==== Vance Kochenderfer ====
 
==== Vance Kochenderfer ====

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