[wplug] Is there an Erie LUG?

[Tony Azevedo]

Well I have signed up for the meeting but I see there is only a total of 4
people and we need five.  If anyone that has signed up wants to contact me
via email for an informal get together anyway feel free to email me at
tazevedo at ma.rr.com

Thanks
Tony
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Beth Lynn" <bethlynn at wplug.org>
To: <wplug at wplug.org>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 12:41 PM
Subject: [wplug] Is there an Erie LUG?


> Hello,
>
> As a personal effort, I've done alot of detective work regarding
> if there is an Erie LUG and I still haven't found the answer.
> I sent email to anyone I could find that seemed to express interest
> in Erie and Linux publicly. If this doesn't get attention, I don't
> know what will.
>
> Does anyone out there have the answer?
>
> Hello? (echoes...) Is there anybody out there? (echoes..)
>
> Thanks,
> Beth Lynn
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 12:22:23 -0500 (EST)
> From: Beth Lynn <bethlynn at penguin.wplug.org>
> Subject: Erie Lug, help from Pittsburgh
>
> Hello,
>
> Over the past 2 years there has been alot of talk over the Internet
> about the formation of an Erie Linux Users Group. I am emailing all
> of you since you did at least one of the following
> 1. Posted to Western PA Linux Users' Group (WPLUG) mailing list
> looking for an Erie Lug.
> 2. Posted to Usenet looking for or looking to form an Erie Lug
> 3. Listed your email address on the Linux Counter
>
> I hope you do not resent my harvesting your emails for this
> reason. From my prospective, it appears as though there is an
> Erie LUG that isn't very well advertised or there isn't an Erie
> LUG because you guys do not know about each other. Either way
> the possibility of an Erie LUG suffers due to a severe lack of
> communication! This email is a small attempt to get communications
> going between all of you and between Erie and Pittsburgh. If
> you are interested in solving the mystery regarding if there
> is an Erie LUG, please respond. A good LUG is formed out of
> Linux newbies and Linux gurus so if you want to see an Erie
> LUG happen, I'd like to hear from you so we can facilitate
> conversation. I have sent this email bcc to protect your privacy.
> If you do not care, I'm very sorry to bother you and I will not
> send you email again.
>
> There are 15 email addresses in total, but some of which might be
> instances of the same person. You definitely have enough people to
> have a lug if you want it.
>
> I am interested in helping you guys get started for two reasons.
> 1. I am one of the leaders of Western PA Linux Users Group (WPLUG)
> which meets two Saturdays a month in Pittsburgh on Carnegie Mellon
> University campus. Although folks do haul from a county or two away
> to visit us, Erie may be too much of a drive. You guys are welcome at
> any time, but it seems like you have enough interest and energy at
> this time to do *something* in Erie.
> 2. Erie is my mother's hometown so I do make frequent trips to the area.
> With the population and the colleges in the area, you'd think you'd have
> enough Linux geeks in North Western PA to sustain a LUG. In fact I know
> of smaller towns in Ohio that have thriving LUGs. So why not Erie?
>
> From what I can tell from my Internet research, there are two
> gentlemen, together or independently (I'm not sure), attempted to
> make a go of an Erie Lug. Their names are Nick and Keith. Both have
> been copied on this email I'm not sure what the current status is.
> If things are going well, please respond so that WPLUG can let folks
> know about you since people come to WPLUG to ask if an Erie Lug exists.
>
> Also, it looks like someone is trying to organize Erie Linux
> gatherings via meetup.com. That's where folks vote for a public
> location (bar, coffee house, or restaurant), RSVP, and meet up
> to talk about Linux. We do this in Pittsburgh and it works out
> well when enough people RSVP. (the event is canceled if <5 people
> RSVP) You folks may want to look into attending, please look
> at this link to sign up to vote for location and RSVP
> http://linux.meetup.com/members/131
>
> WPLUG welcomes an Erie LUG and would like to help you guys.
>
> As a first step, I would like to propose that we all get together
> and do lunch. It would be a chance for me to get to know you and
> you to get to know each other. I will be in town on December 27th.
> If December 27 works for no one else, yet there is interest, we
> shall pick another date.
>
> Please express interest in attending if you would like to participate
> in any of the following agendas
> 1. Meet other Linux geeks in North Western PA
> 2. Learn more about how to get a LUG started and thriving
> 3. Solve the mystery once and for all if there is indeed an Erie LUG.
> (Who knows? A real Erie LUG could be born out of this lunch)
>
> Feel free to forward this invitation to any interested parties.
>
> In order to make this a more public call for all those interested
> in participating in an Erie LUG, I will forward this mail to the WPLUG
> mailing list. A copy of this post will be found on the web.
>
> Please send mail to bethlynn at wplug.org if any of this sparks your
> curiosity and we can continue on in this conversation.
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Beth Lynn Eicher
> WPLUG Board Chair
> bethlynn at wplug.org
>
>
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