Closed Membership? Huh? Re: [RHCE] Group business 9/17/03

[Frye, Matthew]

Jeremy, et al,
	This decision was made by the group so that we wouldn't have to
backtrack or review for someone who comes in at the middle or toward the end
of our study based on progress in the book.  Since most of us are paying for
the RHCE test with our own money and since this group creation was well
publicized, we reasoned that anyone who was interested in membership had
ample time to join the group, and obtain the book and directions to Jim's
house.  Further, we felt that having people coming and going from the group
could create a disruption of what we consider serious study and discussion.
As such, we decided to close membership after our review and discussion of
Chapter 1 was complete.  If someone came to us with a compelling reason why
they had been out of the loop for 3 weeks or so, we would likely allow them
to join, but we'd rather not just have people coming and going, especially
given that assignments are now being made for book work for the next
session, and for sections to be taught by group members.  We realize that at
some points in our study, we'll may need to ask an extra-group speaker to
come in and teach a section, but it would be at our discretion.  

Matt

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> From: 	Jeremy Portzer[SMTP:jeremyp at pobox.com]
> Reply To: 	Red Hat Certified Engineer exam study group
> Sent: 	Thursday, September 18, 2003 7:38 AM
> To: 	Red Hat Certified Engineer exam study group
> Subject: 	Closed Membership?  Huh?  Re: [RHCE] Group business 9/17/03
> 
> On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Frye, Matthew wrote:
> 
> > 5) Pre-requites (Chapter 1) is now complete, so membership to the study
> > group is closed.  
> 
> I've seen this mentioned a few times on here, that the study group will be
> 
> "closed" to future membership.  Can someone please explain the rationale 
> for this?  It strikes me as something very surprising.
> 
> In the past, the group has always been open for any TriLUG member to 
> attend any meeting.  Some people have very busy schedules and can't make 
> it to every meeting.  Some folks are only interested in certain topics, as
> 
> they are already familiar with the others.  Why can't people come and go 
> as the group progresses?
> 
> Now, I understand that the meetings have mostly been happenning at Jim 
> Ray's house, so it's his perogative on who can come.  That's fine.  But it
> 
> doesn't seem keeping with the normal spirit of TriLUG.
> 
> --Jeremy
> 
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