On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Jeffrey Taylor <jefe78 [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> wrote: > Frankly, this much confusion over setting up something as simple as a > meeting seems silly. People have enough hassle in their lives without > having to fight over a meeting location for a volunteer group. Best of luck > folks. > Now this is just sad. What is going on is a proper debate, with pros and cons being discussed. There has been no name-calling, insults or any other impropriety that would suggest that this is a fight. And personally, I would much rather see this than an imposition of a location. If discussion scares you, please feel free to not participate, but I am loving it. I don't see any reason not to continue to the discussion to its logical conclusion - and as has been stated before, not everybody will ever be happy with any decision, but it is good to see opinions being publicly aired. Even if we don't come to a conclusion, thats okay by me - debates of this caliber in any group are rare and I think it speaks volumes about the maturity of OCLUG as a group. --Raj. > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Jean-Francois Messier <jf [ at ] messier [ dot ] ca > >wrote: > > > As it was stated previously in this thread, there is no single location > > that will please everyone. Ottawa-Gatineau is a large area. I think that > > the closer we are from downtown, the less likely we are to loose > > participants because of a long distance to travel. > > > > At this point,, and it is *my* opinion, I think we should pick something > > that will: > > 1- not have expensive costs to OCLUG > > 2- be *as available as possible* to a larger number of users > > > > Another idea, is that we pick locations in different places, sometime > > more on the west, sometime more on the east of Ottawa. But I realize > > this requires more time and efforts from the board, managing each > > meeting location individually. > > > > JF > > --- > > Linux: Le droit de choisir > > Linux: The right to choose > > > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] OCLUG AGM - discussing change > > From: Jeffrey Taylor <jefe78 [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> > > Date: Fri, March 23, 2012 2:09 pm > > To: Jon <je_oclug [ at ] kronos [ dot ] honk [ dot ] org> > > Cc: linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > > > > Then you alienate people in the east end and centretown. Travelling to > > Algonquin from Gatineau is going to take me ~1 hour, each way, IF I > > catch > > my connections. Heading downtown is 25 minutes at most. That's what not > > to > > like. > > > > (...) > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >