[wplug-erie] Re: wplug-erie Digest, Vol 8, Issue 3

Sun Oct 10 09:56:38 EDT 2004

The online forum sounds like a good idea.  Should also keep the list for things like meeting announcements/invites...

Informal meetings are a good suggestion, it will help develop the community as well as allow newbies like me to address some of our most recent difficulties.

Meeting locations that have been suggested all sound good, there are some bars that allow underaged patrons as long as they are accompanied by an adult and the hour is not too late.

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Today's Topics:

1. Welcome all! (erielug at bekit.net)
2. RE: Welcome all! (Teodorski, Chris)
3. Re: ErieLUG Resurrection (Ben Bullock)
4. Re: Welcome all! (James O'Kane)
5. Re: Welcome all! (Chris Teodorski)

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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 17:56:02 +0200
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Subject: [wplug-erie] Welcome all!
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Wow - i exected one or two responses, I'm really glad to see this many
people still interested! Looks like I will have to move things forward
a little faster than I had originally planned (I thought I might need
to take some time to recruit people).

A couple of questions for the group. I have heard that some of these are
controversial, but we will try to work things out the best we can.

1. Would anyone object to moving the mode of communication from this
current mailing list to an online forum format? I know that there are
quite a few forum apps available that could be fully configurable.
Personally, I think mailing lists are great for announcements and
one-way communication, but gets to be a pain when there are a lot of
responses. The mailing list would still exist for anouncements, but
regular communication could be done through a web-based forum.

2. Would people still consider attending a LUG meeting with no formal
presentation? I think that the best thing for our first meeting would
be to just get together, introduce ourselves and have a discussion
about the LUG, where we would like to see it go, Linux, and other
general geeky things. From here I can begin to plan more regular
meetings with presentations and the like, but I think an informal
get-together would be helpful.

3. And the question that I'm sure will raise some debate: when/where
should meetings be held? I can pretty much work with anything, but
would you prefer saturday, sunday, or an evening during weekdays? If
there is dissagreement on this, we can try to work out a way rotate the
meeting days/times to try to accomidate the most people. As for
location, we have heard Mercyhurst, the Library and a bar. The library
is more of a central location (and easy to find), Mercyhurst has a good
link of technology, and a bar has the happy juice. If there is no
overwhelming opinion on this, I will assume to go for the library for
now.

Thank you all for your support - please bare with me as I sort out my
schedule to make some extra time for this. Keep spreading the news,
ErieLUG is on its way back :)

-Brint

Brint E. Kriebel
http://bekit.net

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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 12:10:18 -0400
From: "Teodorski, Chris" 
Subject: RE: [wplug-erie] Welcome all!
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Just my 2 cents -- inline. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
> wplug-erie-bounces+cteodorski=mahoningcountyoh.gov at wplug.org 
> [mailto:wplug-erie-bounces+cteodorski=mahoningcountyoh.gov at wpl
> ug.org] On Behalf Of erielug at bekit.net
> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 11:56 AM
> To: wplug-erie at wplug.org
> Subject: [wplug-erie] Welcome all!
> 
> 
> Wow - i exected one or two responses, I'm really glad to see 
> this many people still interested! Looks like I will have to 
> move things forward a little faster than I had originally 
> planned (I thought I might need to take some time to recruit people).
> 
> A couple of questions for the group. I have heard that some 
> of these are controversial, but we will try to work things 
> out the best we can.
> 
> 1. Would anyone object to moving the mode of communication 
> from this current mailing list to an online forum format? I 
> know that there are quite a few forum apps available that 
> could be fully configurable.
> Personally, I think mailing lists are great for announcements 
> and one-way communication, but gets to be a pain when there 
> are a lot of responses. The mailing list would still exist 
> for anouncements, but regular communication could be done 
> through a web-based forum.

I think this is a cool idea, I'm an IRC junky so I also like the idea of
an IRC channel. 

> 2. Would people still consider attending a LUG meeting with 
> no formal presentation? I think that the best thing for our 
> first meeting would be to just get together, introduce 
> ourselves and have a discussion about the LUG, where we would 
> like to see it go, Linux, and other general geeky things. 
> From here I can begin to plan more regular meetings with 
> presentations and the like, but I think an informal 
> get-together would be helpful.

This was exactly how we got things rolling in the beginning, a few
planning meetings are good idea. It's a good way to develop a core.

> 3. And the question that I'm sure will raise some debate: 
> when/where should meetings be held? I can pretty much work 
> with anything, but would you prefer saturday, sunday, or an 
> evening during weekdays? If there is dissagreement on this, 
> we can try to work out a way rotate the meeting days/times to 
> try to accomidate the most people. As for location, we have 
> heard Mercyhurst, the Library and a bar. The library is more 
> of a central location (and easy to find), Mercyhurst has a 
> good link of technology, and a bar has the happy juice. If 
> there is no overwhelming opinion on this, I will assume to go 
> for the library for now.

This will be a debate, in the past the debate was mostly about days of
the week to meet. Facilities provided by Mercyhurst for the installfest
were excellent. I dig the bar idea with one exception, under-age
people. I for one hated when I couldn't participate in something
because it wasn't "all ages" and bars might get cagey about the presence
of youngins'. Having said that, to date, I don't believe many youngins'
have participated.

> Thank you all for your support - please bare with me as I 
> sort out my schedule to make some extra time for this. Keep 
> spreading the news, ErieLUG is on its way back :)
> 
> -Brint
> 
> Brint E. Kriebel
> http://bekit.net

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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 13:52:33 -0400
From: Ben Bullock 

Subject: Re: [wplug-erie] ErieLUG Resurrection
To: wplug-erie at wplug.org
Message-ID: <1097171555.84770.TMDA at foo.bar.ccfls.org>
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On Thursday 07 October 2004 01:14 pm, erielug at bekit.net wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> I recently stumbled upon the ErieLUG site. I was sad to see that
> activity had faded in the recent months before I had a chance to
> participate. After seeing Chris' email about his relocation and need
> to release control of the ErieLUG, I decided to contact him for more
> information. After talking with Chris and Beth Lynn of WPLUG, I have
> decided to take Chris' place as the chair of ErieLUG and attempt to
> revive it.
> ...
> ...

Brint:

I'm glad that you have accepted the challenge to keep the ErieLUG going. 
I'm interested in attending future meetings and want wish you the best 
of luck getting the LUG going again.

Regards,
Ben Bullock

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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 19:19:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: "James O'Kane" 
Subject: Re: [wplug-erie] Welcome all!
To: wplug-erie at wplug.org
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I guess I should say, don't count these opinions as those of a erielug
member. I'm only subscribed to the list because I manage the wplug mailman
setup and I usually subscribe myself to all lists I create.
More responses in-line.

On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 erielug at bekit.net wrote:
> 1. Would anyone object to moving the mode of communication from this
> current mailing list to an online forum format? I know that there are
> quite a few forum apps available that could be fully configurable.
> Personally, I think mailing lists are great for announcements and
> one-way communication, but gets to be a pain when there are a lot of
> responses. The mailing list would still exist for anouncements, but
> regular communication could be done through a web-based forum.

I personally find web forums more of a pain. I forget to check them for
months at a time. At one point I wanted to setup something in conjunction
with mailman that would allow both methods to work, but as time goes on,
my free time approaches 0.

On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, Teodorski, Chris wrote:
> I think this is a cool idea, I'm an IRC junky so I also like the idea of
> an IRC channel.

I'm not opposed to a erielug IRC channel, I just think it fits a different
niche than a mailing list or web forum, and should be used in conjunction,
not as a mailing list alternative.

-james

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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 16:06:13 -0400
From: Chris Teodorski 
Subject: Re: [wplug-erie] Welcome all!
To: wplug-erie at wplug.org
Message-ID: <1097265972.30936.1.camel at debian>
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I agree with James on the IRC channel, I didn't mean to suggest it as an
alternative to mailing lists or forums. I think it should be used in
conjunction with a mailing list/forum.

On Fri, 2004-10-08 at 19:19, James O'Kane wrote:
> I guess I should say, don't count these opinions as those of a erielug
> member. I'm only subscribed to the list because I manage the wplug mailman
> setup and I usually subscribe myself to all lists I create.
> More responses in-line.
> 
> On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 erielug at bekit.net wrote:
> > 1. Would anyone object to moving the mode of communication from this
> > current mailing list to an online forum format? I know that there are
> > quite a few forum apps available that could be fully configurable.
> > Personally, I think mailing lists are great for announcements and
> > one-way communication, but gets to be a pain when there are a lot of
> > responses. The mailing list would still exist for anouncements, but
> > regular communication could be done through a web-based forum.
> 
> I personally find web forums more of a pain. I forget to check them for
> months at a time. At one point I wanted to setup something in conjunction
> with mailman that would allow both methods to work, but as time goes on,
> my free time approaches 0.
> 
> On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, Teodorski, Chris wrote:
> > I think this is a cool idea, I'm an IRC junky so I also like the idea of
> > an IRC channel.
> 
> I'm not opposed to a erielug IRC channel, I just think it fits a different
> niche than a mailing list or web forum, and should be used in conjunction,
> not as a mailing list alternative.
> 
> 
> -james
> 
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