[wplug-erie] Welcome all!

[Lukasz Karapuda]

I agree that rotating the location for the meetings is a good idea.

Lukasz

Just Bill wrote:

>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:
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>>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:
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>>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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