[wplug-erie] Welcome all!

[Just Bill]

I wrote this in the new forums as well.  I would like to thank Brint
for that.  Thank y ou.

Hello everybody, 

I have finally got back to paying attention to ErieLUG. I have been
busy with work and other matters. (Mostly summer family style stuff).
For those who don't remember me, I was Chris' sergeant at arms guy. I
really enjoy seeing someone take this much effort for the Erie LUG.

As for a meeting place, I'm still one who leans towards library for
one reason: location, location, location. While the facilities at
Mercyhurst are nice, its harder to get to for out of towners. Also,
after reading Lukasz response, all busses go to the library. There are
some of us, myself included who are more than willing to give rides.
When it comes to install fests, the Erie Library is just not an
option. That's when full facilities come in real handy. I would
suggest what Beth Lynn said. Rotate the meeting sites. Keep other
sites open. I remember someone at some point who was interested in the
group who was from the Meadville Library, could we possibly meet there
for people who come from the south.

In the end, I just don't think we should lock into one site. From my
understanding, it's hard for some people to get one site, better yet
multiple offers.

Just Bill 
www.justbill.org


On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 19:51:28 -0700 (PDT), T Johnson <trj at linuxwaves.com> wrote:
> Brint, We found Mercyhurst and the library to both be excellent locations.
> Now that school is back in it may be better to lean that direction vs the
> library. Example: the library is very central, but there could be a
> considerable group of students who would go to a LUG meeting and check it
> out if it was within walking distance. I was a founder of the group, and the
> last attempt (long forgotten) of ErieLUG, but work and other diaper-wearing
> commitments prevent me from getting too involved. Good luck, I'm sure we'll
> be meeting soon. Tom
>  
> Tom's AutoQuote: "You have moved your Mouse, Windows will now Reboot"
> 
> 
> 
> --- <erielug at bekit.net> wrote:
> 
> From: <erielug at bekit.net>
> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 17:56:02 +0200
> 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.
> 
> 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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