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[Daniel Shaw]

I've never really had the time to be active in LUGM, but two other LUGs
I've been part of have some interesting ways of getting together (in
addition to technical presentations). Perhaps something similar might be
interesting here too..

ILUG the Irish LUG in Dublin have an unwritten custom where any member at
any time can announce a POTD (Pint Of The Day) which specifies a pub and a
date/time and is an open invitation to all other members to join in for
beer.

CLUG the Cape LUG in Cape Town South Africa also have an un-official
tradition that following the monthly presentations at the official
meetings
(which happen on a Tuesday evening, around 6:00pm), most people attending
the meeting go out for dinner after. Usually for pizza. Although it's not
that often that a presentation does not happen, when this is the case
mostly the pizza still does happen..

So the suggestion is that if a) There are a few people that are interested
to get together, but b) there is not enough to make a full technical
presentation worthwhile, then why not just meet for a snack or a beverage?
If the meet-up is in a resto or outdoors or something, there is no need
for
a venue, and if it's mostly social there is no need for presentation
preparations.

I'd think this could be in addition to technical presentations though. It
shouldn't replace them.

Anyway, just a thought..