[muglo] Re: Further to MUGLO re WatRMUG demise
- From: Frank <fbirch@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 11:49:03 -0700
The ones who complain the most are usually the ones who do not contribute and
do not attend.
My 2 cents
Keep up your enthusiasm
Cheers frank
🚶
> On Apr 28, 2014, at 9:17 PM, Larry Kryski <larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Further to WatRMUG (Waterloo Region Macintosh User Group):
>
> WatRMUG essentially failed because of an internal squabble and not because
> of the internet. About a year ago, the club was healthy and expanding
> nicely. But a year earlier, attendance at meetings had been dropping and the
> executive was seeking ways to reverse this. A number of ideas were being
> discussed, but none seemed to be the “right” option that would draw people
> out on a regular basis. I thought a bold initiative was required and
> suggested that if the club could afford it, it should have a draw for an
> iPad. After much discussion, the executive agreed and worked out the
> details. Since the idea was to build up club participation, free tickets
> were offered to each member that attended a meeting. Those that wanted to,
> could also purchase tickets at a pre-determined rate. The draw was to be
> held at the final meeting of the year, with the stipulation that you had to
> be at the draw meeting to win. The concept was presented to the membership
> and was enthusiastically received. Attendance numbers started to increase as
> did membership. By the end of the year, it was becoming a challenge to find
> an empty seat at a meeting. Apparently the final meeting of that year had
> the largest attendance according to the president at the time.
>
> The plan appeared to be a phenomenal success, so the following fall, the
> executive opted to proceed with the same plan again. This is where things
> began to go off the rails. Although the plan had been approved by the
> membership the previous year, some new members argued that it wasn’t fair
> that you couldn’t win if you weren’t in attendance at the draw meeting. One
> person had missed the draw because of work and had expressed upset that they
> couldn’t win (their ticket was never drawn). The iPad had been won on the
> first ticket selected by a member in attendance. The risk of not winning due
> to absence was a risk all of us had accepted as part of the incentive to
> increase club membership.
>
> The “NOT FAIR” issue continued to plague the executive at additional
> meetings, and had a less than friendly tone. If you have ever volunteered
> with a computer club (or any club for that matter), you will understand how
> much time it takes to organize a single meeting, and a club with two
> meetings a month takes even more time. The key executive members felt
> insulted and unappreciated as a result. At a short auxiliary meeting, these
> executives decided as a group to withdraw from the club. Together we carry
> 80-100 years of Mac experience between us as well as a history of personal
> contribution toward supporting the local Mac community.
>
> However, although WatRMUG is ending, we continue to meet monthly for dinner
> under the moniker “Mac Talk” or my preference, “Talk Mac”. We are not
> meeting as a club but as a group of Mac aficionados who enjoy each other’s
> companionship and respect.
>
> Unfortunately, self became more important than the club and ultimately led
> to its demise. It’s too bad, because WatRMUG had been an extremely fine club
> with very strong technical support and personal dedication.
>
> Larry Kryski
> Past President with MUGLO
> Executive at Large with WatRMUG
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Barry Takayesu <barryt99@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: MUGL <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 16:34:50 -0400
> To: MUGLO <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [muglo] Re: I'm still here
>
> I guess I should report in also.
>
> Unfortunately, Watrmug (Waterloo MUG) has gone the way of MugLo and has
> announced their closing.
> They had an ambitious schedule with 2 meetings per month...great
> presentations and sharing of information. But alas, the internet provides so
> much of that information. Informative, impersonal.
>
> I worry about the generation that communicates with each other through text
> and tweets Perhaps their voice box will atrophy and they will grow more
> thumbs...but will they still be opposable?
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Eurogarth <eurogarth@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Me too!
>
> On 2014-04-26, at 10:37, pwdobson@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > I also have a bunch of surplus units and a wife obsessed with decluttering.
> > Where are the buyers coming from?
> >
> > Sent from myMail for iOS
> >
> >
> >
> > Saturday, April 26, 2014, 10:30 AM -0400 from Douglas Feick
> > <dejl6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > I’m still here. The meeting night is in conflict with another night.
> > I was having a discussion with my wife about the at least 6 old computers I
> > have in various rooms in the house. Apparently she wants the space for
> > something more important. Ha!. Anyway, by way of compromise she has
> > suggested I get rid of them before summer. My idea was to have an old
> > computer sale, exchange, or giveaway at the library meeting place for our
> > June meeting. Anyone else have a similar problem or is it just me? Any
> > other input?
> >
> > On Apr 26, 2014, at 10:04 AM, Doug Bale < dougbale@xxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
> >
> > > Aye, laddie.
> > > “Here’ tae us!
> > > “Wha’s like us?
> > > “Damned few — an’ they’re a’ deid!”
> > > Nae a’ o’ thaim, mibble, but thir’s nae gey mony o’ us aboun the sod.
> > >
> > >> On Apr 26, 2014, at 6:32 AM, Wayne Dobson rote:
> > >>
> > >> Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that most Mugloites have faded
> > >> away into oblivion?
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