[muglo] Re: Meeting

On 18-Jan-10, at 9:44 AM, Wayne Dobson wrote:

> 'Twas the day before meeting,
> when all through the site
> not a Mugger was stirring,
> not even a byte.
> The seeds of a topic
> were thrown here and there,
> in hopes of some interest
> but, does anyone care?

Oh well, what the hell,
Though 'twere only a few
We'd be greeting at meeting,
'Twere worthwhile to do.

Don't we go 'cause we know
We'll be seeing good friends
Who proclaim the same aim
And pursue the same ends?

Who like us love the Mac
And are eager to learn
And to teach and to preach
The Mac gospel, in turn?

Each time out, there's no doubt
It's a bit unrehearsed.
Never mind, 'cause we find
What stuff's best and what's worst.

We catch up with the latest
And greatest new gear.
There's always some new
Apple rumour to hear.

There's a fat lot of chat,
But that's hardly a bore;
Don't we always head over
To Williams' for more?

Sure, we could do it better. And we have done, and can again if we  
want to work at it just a little bit. But personally, I'm glad the  
meetings exist, even such as they are. I never leave one without  
learning at least something new, and often I've gone away with a whole  
new idea about a program or a way of working that I'd never have come  
up with on my own.

It seems to me that the forum idea is a dead issue; we shopped it  
around for the better part of a year, came up with a couple of good  
practical formats, and practically nobody used them. The bulletin- 
board-style Freelists site seems to suit most of us for day-to-day  
sharing of problems and solutions. The monthly meetings are an ideal  
opportunity to do presentations, if we've got 'em, but they're also  
worthwhile for informal social back-and-forth, and a chance to find  
somebody who can demonstrate the way out of your latest dilemma while  
you're right there able to watch over his shoulder.

I'll be there tomorrow night, in any case, and I hope lot of others  
will too.






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