[wplug-board] Fwd: Ohio Midwest Regional Conference

[Michael Semcheski]

I will see one more thing on this topic:  If they're looking for
someone to go and give a presentation titled "Intro to Linux and Why
it Beats the Pants Off of Windows", I'd be happy to.  I didn't see it
at first, but they are looking for volunteers and presentations.



On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Michael Semcheski
<mhsemcheski at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm pretty so-so about the APCUG (Association of Personal Computer
> Users Groups).  They seem like they have an ambitious agenda for their
> conference, but it seems to be geared toward novices, and its spread
> over two full days.  And its nature seems to be about generally using
> computers, not user's groups and how they work.  I don't want to sit
> through a workshop on dual-booting my computer.
>
> To me, I don't see our number one problem as "we don't communicate
> with general user's groups enough".  All that said, if someone wants
> to go representing WPLUG, more power to you.  I probably wouldn't vote
> to fund someone's registration and lodging, based on what I've seen so
> far.
>
> On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Vance Kochenderfer <vkochend at nyx.net> wrote:
>> This may be worthwhile to attend - it's August 28-30, so it
>> doesn't conflict with any of our other events.  Newark is about
>> 30 miles east of Columbus.  Registration is $100, with a $20
>> discount if you register before May 31.
>>
>> I don't know anything about APCUG; will need to look into them
>> a bit to see what they're all about.
>>
>> Forwarded message:
>>> Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 10:07:38 -0400
>>> Message-ID: <610e76b0905100707g6e1810ar90fe8851d9ca3b6e at mail.gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Fwd: Ohio Midwest Regional Conference
>>> From: Beth Lynn Eicher <bethlynneicher at gmail.com>
>>> To: info at wplug.org, Vance Kochenderfer <vkochend at nyx.net>
>>>
>>> This mail was sent to my bethlynn at wplug.org email list.  It looks like
>>> someone in central ohio is putting together a conference for computer
>>> user group organizers.  I think that it would be worth wplug's while
>>> to send someone so that we can understand how to better communicate
>>> with general computer user groups.
>>>
>>> Someone from the Ohio Linuxfest team is looking into if this is
>>> worthwhile for OLF.
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Robert L. Vance <rleevance.apcug at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Sun, May 10, 2009 at 1:04 AM
>>> Subject: Ohio Midwest Regional Conference
>>> To:
>>>
>>>
>>> As you may already know  APCUG is no longer having an Annual
>>> Conference in Las Vegas.  They have gone to having 4-5 regional
>>> conferences in different areas of the country.  This year APCUG will
>>> have their Annual Conference in conjunction with a  Ohio Midwest
>>> Regional Conference http://ohiomidwest.apcug.org/ which is being held
>>> in Newark, Ohio.  The Licking County Computer Society www.lccsohio.org
>>> will be the co host of this event.
>>> The location of the conference will be the Cherry Valley Lodge in
>>> Newark, Ohio: http://www.cherryvalleylodge.com/ The lodge is located
>>> at: ?2299 Cherry Valley Rd SE, Newark, OH 43055, (740) 788-1200 or
>>> (800)-788-8008 for reservations use conference reservation code
>>> lccs09.  To register for the conference there is an online
>>> registration engine at: http://apcug.asentus.net/apcug/Ohio
>>
>> Vance Kochenderfer        |  "Get me out of these ropes and into a
>> vkochend at nyx.net          |   good belt of Scotch"    -Nick Danger
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