[NTLUG:Discuss] NTLUG

[Brian Koontz]

On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 11:01:01AM -0400, Chris Cox wrote:
> Can we do something to help attendance wise?  Sure... we need to be more
> active in our communities, especially in the school systems and with
> younger people.  I think we could easily double our attendance, which
> right now is in the low 20's.  It's not unusual for there to be less than
> 20 at the main meeting in fact.

I routinely encourage my Computer Science students to attend NTLUG
meetings for participation points.  Problem here is that these
students don't necessarily want to attend a meeting where the crowd is
40+ (sort of the same problem ham radio has).  So the secret is to
somehow make it cool for these kids.  

There are a lot of high schools in the area with Computer Science
programs.  As much as it hurts me to say this, it's almost a
requirement that NTLUG has a Facebook presence, because these kids
live and breathe social media.  If you want the young people to come,
you need to play by their rules.

Just saying...

  --Brian