[wplug-plan] Trying to reserve HackPittsburgh for WPLUG

[John Lewis]

That is what we usually do when there is no presentation, and then I
extend the event by an hour to compensate.


Speaking about general users groups, I am working on getting the
Pittsburgh area computer club to join forces with us.

On 07/29/2015 01:39 PM, Charles Butler wrote:
> Even if we don't have a presentation aligned for the meeting, 
> we have a pretty sweet maker space available to us at  
> HackPGH - and could feesably do an open project hacking session.
>
> I've been kicking around the idea of bringing down the clementine 
> box (a self-contained armhf v7 powered compute cluster) down and 
> seeing if anyone has interesting workloads to toss on it. It's also
> a nice tool for learning about distributed systems architecture on
> limited hardware. (it's like trying to run Hadoop on a pocket watch...)
>
> Part of maintaining a community is also around being flexible, and
> staying relevant with their interests. Linux has evolved a lot in the last
> decade, as has the user/contributor base. Seeing Linux in the wild is
> becoming more common place than it ever was before, which I think
> contributes to the divergence of LUG's and specific development groups
> (like PGHRB) a larger spike in general interest groups (like C&S)
>
> /my 2 cents
>
>
> Charles Butler <charles.butler at canonical.com
> <mailto:charles.butler at canonical.com>> - Juju Charmer
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> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Brian Sammon
> <wplug-plan-list at brisammon.fastmail.fm
> <mailto:wplug-plan-list at brisammon.fastmail.fm>> wrote:
>
>     On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 11:33:37 -0400
>     Pat Barron <pat at lectroid.com <mailto:pat at lectroid.com>> wrote:
>
>     > Second Saturdays are fine with me too.  And I second that emotion,
>     > regarding advance notice...  But to get advance notice, we need
>     to more
>     > aggressively plan in advance.  Some folks may recall that I've been
>     > agitating for a long time (i.e., you're probably sick of hearing
>     this
>     > from me...  ;-) ) to have firm event plans at least one event cycle
>
>     Keep in mind though, (while it is nice) you don't need to have
>     everything 100% nailed down to send out advanced notice.  The only
>     things that are really necessary are a room reservation and
>     someone to open the door/welcome people.
>
>     If you decide that 2 weeks advance notice is the goal, and not
>     everything is nailed down by the 2 week deadline, I think it would
>     be acceptable to send out a 2-weeks-advance announcement saying
>     something like "There will be a WPLUG meeting on xxx 00, 2015. 
>     Details of the presentation are still being worked out" or
>     whatever details you have confirmed by that point.
>
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