Re: [ALACPP] poll

["Jon Stewart" <stew1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I'm officially announcing my frustration with the meeting system on the
> list. And, in keeping with my theme of "you get out of a user group what
> you put into it", I'm asking you all what would increase attendance at
> meetings, and therefore likelihood of stimulating intellectual
> conversation.


The weekly meetings are certainly free-form, and conversation quickly goes
"off-topic". However, most of the meetings have also had conversations
pertinent to the then-present chapter; I've certainly gained insight into
the readings from these conversations -- I also try to contribute by
thinking of a couple of points to bring up myself. Having a weekly reading
at least gives each meeting a specific raison d'etre, something I've found
lacking in most of the XP SoCal meetings I've attended (not that I dislike
XP SoCal).

Nevertheless, given the current setting (lunch, some restaurant), I'm not
sure whether a stricter format could be imposed.

As to the scheduling of meetings, I'd be happy having a regular place and 
time and then never having to wonder where to have a meeting next week 
and on which day; I'm equally happy without such a schedule, however.


> A) Different time of day (default is noon)
> B) Different day (default is Wednesday)
> C) Different location (default is restaurant in Pasadena)
> D) Different book (default is Alexandrescu)
> E) other (please elaborate)

Perhaps:

E) Frequency (default is weekly)

Which of these variables, if any, would you like to see changed, Sarah? Is 
there anything else causing you frustration?

 ---

To be sure, I'm happy that the group consists of high-powered programmers 
doing interesting things, and that the list signal-to-noise ratio is 
fairly high. I'm also happy that a number of people are getting through 
the book.



Jon
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