<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> I'd be willing to help. Possibly as contact/leader/organizer. I was contemplating starting a LUG in my area (and still might). Never do I see anything like this at the shore. I'm in Toms River, by Seaside Heights (home of the notorious Jersey Shore MTV show). Dossy makes some good points but I think, as Joe implied, the state group should be straightened out and revived before splitting things into smaller teams. Perhaps some virtual events could be organized for folks for whom travel is difficult? Or physical events with virtual partici... tici... (SAY IT!) ...pation. (for any Rocky Horror fans).  :-) Can we contact current members to verify continued interest and create a new list? Holla back. Tim <div class="moz-signature">Tim Kissane, Timbury Computer Services email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tim@timbury.net">tim@timbury.net</a> phone: 732.604.3817 <a href="http://timbury.com/">timbury.com</a> | <a href="http://timbury.net">timbury.net</a> | <a href="http://timbury.org">timbury.org</a> | <a href="http://timkissane.com">timkissane.com</a> <a href="http://timbury.net"><img src="cid:part1.00000707.05020702@timbury.net" alt="TDN banner"></a> </div> Joe Terranova wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:dde7d16d1001311307k48dc69c1g5d4778519d5bf290@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Do people still want to do this? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Uh, yes? </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Would someone else want to be the team contact/leader/organizer? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Not me. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> That would be the general problem. People show up to events, but no one really wants to organize them. It's always been that way for the team. The problem is I don't want to do it either anymore. </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">A LoCo that covers "New Jersey" is too broad.  Jersey has historically been divided into thirds (North/201, Central/908, South/609). </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> That's the way LoCo teams are made. Yes, there are teams that split up the loco into subteams, but that requires even more leaders; our team hardly has one as it is. I've had people from North Jersey say they wanted to do this (one started out saying he wanted to /start/ a new jersey team!), but they didn't follow through. </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Is there a membership roster?  Does it contain a member's zip code or county?  How many members are there?  On a scale from 1 (newbie) to 5 (expert), what's the skill range of members? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> I have a membership roster, but no idea of the dedication of said members -- ie are they actually going to do stuff, or did they just add the loco team like they'd add a facebook group? Usually, it's been the latter. And no, no idea of the location. </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>