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@scottalanmiller said:
@JaredBusch said:
@scottalanmiller said:
There are already two of these fighting over the city, why is someone proposing yet another one instead of attending the ones that are already there!!!
http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1344974-spicecorps-for-the-buffalo-area
Someone started a new group based in the adjoining country to St. Louis. Like our attendance numbers are ever that high to being with? .. seriously people get over yourselves and travel just a little. You know, get out and meet people outside of your own office.
We've seen that issue everywhere. NYC split into several groups. DFW is always trying to split. Lots and lots of groups get this "but that's twenty minutes away" mentality and don't realize that half the group is travelling an hour or more to get the small attendance that they have and that the organizers are probably doing that too!
The problem is, everyone wants their own group rather than supporting the ones that exist.
I drive 3 hours to attend (when I can). Maybe it is because I am from a very rural area.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@JaredBusch said:
@scottalanmiller said:
There are already two of these fighting over the city, why is someone proposing yet another one instead of attending the ones that are already there!!!
http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1344974-spicecorps-for-the-buffalo-area
Someone started a new group based in the adjoining country to St. Louis. Like our attendance numbers are ever that high to being with? .. seriously people get over yourselves and travel just a little. You know, get out and meet people outside of your own office.
We've seen that issue everywhere. NYC split into several groups. DFW is always trying to split. Lots and lots of groups get this "but that's twenty minutes away" mentality and don't realize that half the group is travelling an hour or more to get the small attendance that they have and that the organizers are probably doing that too!
The problem is, everyone wants their own group rather than supporting the ones that exist.
Ha I'd be happy to support the one we have that exists if anyone did anything
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Realistically, how much work is it to setup a Spicecorp/MangoBunch meeting? I don't know the amount of work that goes into, any ideas @Minion-Queen or @scottalanmiller ?
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@coliver It's really not a ton. The biggest issues is always a place to have it. The rest is easy.
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@coliver said:
Realistically, how much work is it to setup a Spicecorp/MangoBunch meeting? I don't know the amount of work that goes into, any ideas @Minion-Queen or @scottalanmiller ?
It's only easy because @Minion-Queen has unlimited access to sponsors and speakers. For people without those resources, it becomes a bit more difficult. It's easier now because many of us have been running them for years and know the processes.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
Realistically, how much work is it to setup a Spicecorp/MangoBunch meeting? I don't know the amount of work that goes into, any ideas @Minion-Queen or @scottalanmiller ?
It's only easy because @Minion-Queen has unlimited access to sponsors and speakers. For people without those resources, it becomes a bit more difficult. It's easier now because many of us have been running them for years and know the processes.
This is a case where it might be wise to do somehting like what SW is now doing, where you can request assistance from HQ to get sponsors lined up for presenting at a local meeting.
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@art_of_shred said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
Realistically, how much work is it to setup a Spicecorp/MangoBunch meeting? I don't know the amount of work that goes into, any ideas @Minion-Queen or @scottalanmiller ?
It's only easy because @Minion-Queen has unlimited access to sponsors and speakers. For people without those resources, it becomes a bit more difficult. It's easier now because many of us have been running them for years and know the processes.
This is a case where it might be wise to do somehting like what SW is now doing, where you can request assistance from HQ to get sponsors lined up for presenting at a local meeting.
That's what I was thinking... The venue I thought would be the easiest part, I assumed that getting the vendors to speak with a small group of people would be the most difficult.
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I have a great relationship with all kinds of Vendors so getting them to come out and speak is the easy part. But places to host things is impossible. I don't work in a traditional office and most people refuse to drive outside of the city. So I can't do it at my house.
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@coliver said:
@art_of_shred said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
Realistically, how much work is it to setup a Spicecorp/MangoBunch meeting? I don't know the amount of work that goes into, any ideas @Minion-Queen or @scottalanmiller ?
It's only easy because @Minion-Queen has unlimited access to sponsors and speakers. For people without those resources, it becomes a bit more difficult. It's easier now because many of us have been running them for years and know the processes.
This is a case where it might be wise to do somehting like what SW is now doing, where you can request assistance from HQ to get sponsors lined up for presenting at a local meeting.
That's what I was thinking... The venue I thought would be the easiest part, I assumed that getting the vendors to speak with a small group of people would be the most difficult.
If you are trying to have a few beers with friends and not have an IT meeting, as many SC events are, then it is easy. If you want to be able to talk and have a presentation, it gets really hard really quickly.
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The hardest is getting a venue that is both useful for people to hold a meeting but still allows the flexibility for things like alcohol to make the meeting things that people want to attend. The average venue is either a bar and useless for the first or an office that forbids the latter.
That's why in the DFW we finally settled on just using my house since I had a projection system and a full bar in it and we could handle 45 people pretty easily for a meeting and were centrally located. Every other venue either couldn't have alcohol, was expensive or could not have people hear each other or be in a group.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
@art_of_shred said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
Realistically, how much work is it to setup a Spicecorp/MangoBunch meeting? I don't know the amount of work that goes into, any ideas @Minion-Queen or @scottalanmiller ?
It's only easy because @Minion-Queen has unlimited access to sponsors and speakers. For people without those resources, it becomes a bit more difficult. It's easier now because many of us have been running them for years and know the processes.
This is a case where it might be wise to do somehting like what SW is now doing, where you can request assistance from HQ to get sponsors lined up for presenting at a local meeting.
That's what I was thinking... The venue I thought would be the easiest part, I assumed that getting the vendors to speak with a small group of people would be the most difficult.
If you are trying to have a few beers with friends and not have an IT meeting, as many SC events are, then it is easy. If you want to be able to talk and have a presentation, it gets really hard really quickly.
Ah maybe that is where my disconnect is. I probably wouldn't go to these meetings to hang out and drink. I would go to talk with other IT people and vendors about how they do things or what they have to offer.
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@coliver said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
@art_of_shred said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
Realistically, how much work is it to setup a Spicecorp/MangoBunch meeting? I don't know the amount of work that goes into, any ideas @Minion-Queen or @scottalanmiller ?
It's only easy because @Minion-Queen has unlimited access to sponsors and speakers. For people without those resources, it becomes a bit more difficult. It's easier now because many of us have been running them for years and know the processes.
This is a case where it might be wise to do somehting like what SW is now doing, where you can request assistance from HQ to get sponsors lined up for presenting at a local meeting.
That's what I was thinking... The venue I thought would be the easiest part, I assumed that getting the vendors to speak with a small group of people would be the most difficult.
If you are trying to have a few beers with friends and not have an IT meeting, as many SC events are, then it is easy. If you want to be able to talk and have a presentation, it gets really hard really quickly.
Ah maybe that is where my disconnect is. I probably wouldn't go to these meetings to hang out and drink. I would go to talk with other IT people and vendors about how they do things or what they have to offer.
Which would make finding a venue pretty hard. You need a company to sponsor to do that.
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@coliver said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
@art_of_shred said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
Realistically, how much work is it to setup a Spicecorp/MangoBunch meeting? I don't know the amount of work that goes into, any ideas @Minion-Queen or @scottalanmiller ?
It's only easy because @Minion-Queen has unlimited access to sponsors and speakers. For people without those resources, it becomes a bit more difficult. It's easier now because many of us have been running them for years and know the processes.
This is a case where it might be wise to do somehting like what SW is now doing, where you can request assistance from HQ to get sponsors lined up for presenting at a local meeting.
That's what I was thinking... The venue I thought would be the easiest part, I assumed that getting the vendors to speak with a small group of people would be the most difficult.
If you are trying to have a few beers with friends and not have an IT meeting, as many SC events are, then it is easy. If you want to be able to talk and have a presentation, it gets really hard really quickly.
Ah maybe that is where my disconnect is. I probably wouldn't go to these meetings to hang out and drink. I would go to talk with other IT people and vendors about how they do things or what they have to offer.
@scottalanmiller
In St. Louis, we have enough members with office space where beer is allowed that we handle holding our meetings in those places.@coliver
I am going to chill out and talk with fellow IT people. I am not going to some boring meeting to listen to a spiel. Yes, we (St. Louis) still have a vendor sponsor for all of our meetings and they generally cover food and drinks and give a short presentation. But the entire point of a SpiceCorp is that it is a user group. Not a vendor marketing group. -
Getting a new Linux Mint jump box set up in the lab. Hopefully going to have users in the lab by later today.
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@scottalanmiller You gotta stop inviting ppl to my house without asking first...
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@art_of_shred said:
@scottalanmiller You gotta stop inviting ppl to my house without asking first...
Haha, oh man that's good.
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Too late, we know where the party is now!
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Lots of emails today.... will they ever end?
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@Minion-Queen said:
Lots of emails today.... will they ever end?
Yes, at precisely 12:00 tonight.*
*this is not a guarantee that there will not also be emails tomorrow.
