DACS Review of Last Month's Meeting Review of SIG Night at DACS At our August DACS General Meeting each of our SIG (Special Interest Group) leaders presented a brief overview of their SIGs for the audience. DACS has 16 different SIGs meeting at various times during the month. These SIGs are free to all paid members and one of the major benefits of joining DACS. While many members have belonged to one of the SIGs for years, many did not know a lot of details about what the other ones did. Now they do. DACS has SIGs on the following topics:
Each leader answered the following questions during their brief presentations:
Most of the groups meet at the DACS Resource Center on Main Street in Danbury one weekday evening a month. They tend to have between 6 and twelve members attending. The most surprising thing about the SIGs is how they encourage novices in their particular area to attend meetings. This author used to think that these groups were only populated by the super technical people and attendance by a newbie would be intimidating. It’s a great way to get problems solved and questions answered in depth that would not be covered in the Random Access part of the General Meeting. Make use of it. It was amazing to see how the number of speakers all kept to their time limits and the meeting was interesting, informative and enjoyable. The accomplishments of these groups, over the years, certainly is a key factor in giving DACS the excellent reputation it has. Judging from the comments made from the audience this was a very worthwhile meeting to have attended. Over the years our SIGs have accomplished many things for their attendees and added to their knowledge. Look at the variety of topics available and join one yourself or if you already belong to one join another one. |
