Re: Who's going to the Summer Summit?

2005-08-10 Thread Bill Sconce
On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 09:35:23 -0400 Bruce Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Fruit would be good. We've got 2 bags of chips that we were saving for the Summit, Oo. FRESH chips. I'll be there. :) -Bill ___

Re: SwaNH Info eXchange: Software Tools of the Future: what would you say?

2005-09-26 Thread Bill Sconce
o large numbers of field testers Just to amplify where maddog's going - the future of writing software is writing as little software as possible. Bill Sconce Also, and not least: o software which, after being developed, you will still be able to run a few years from

Re: SwaNH Info eXchange: Software Tools of the Future: what would you say?

2005-09-26 Thread Bill Sconce
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:37:38 -0400 Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 23, 2005, at 07:00, Jon maddog Hall wrote: I would point out why software development under Open Source is better than closed source techniques: o peer review o rapid turnaround of development

Re: Quarterly Meeting - Nov 3

2005-10-11 Thread Bill Sconce
On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:36:50 -0400 Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Point of protocol: should we plan on NOT holding regular chapter meetings that month? Snap reaction: having a chapter host a quarterly, regional meeting is a great idea. An extension of what happened de facto in

Re: GNHLUG *ONLINE*: Request for a bit of wisdom

2005-10-12 Thread Bill Sconce
You'd have to take ownership of the title 'power-mad despot' to take offense at that. My point was we don't have any. Or are you volunteering? ;) No, I don't have to take ownership of the title 'power-mad despot'. I take offense that someone suggests such a concept, whether under

Re: GNHLUG *ONLINE*: Request for a bit of wisdom

2005-10-14 Thread Bill Sconce
On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:56:26 -0400 Ed Lawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Star wrote: There really is an easy answer to the protection of name point: For less than $100 ($75, I believe) someone can register it as a DBA (Doing Business As.., no relation to Oracle). For reasons that I will

Re: GNHLUG *ONLINE*: Request for a bit of wisdom

2005-10-25 Thread Bill Sconce
On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 23:50:29 -0400 (EDT) Benjamin Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For the record: (1) Personally, I'm actually in favor of formal incorporation, provided we do it right. (2) I don't think anyone here is actually trying to grab power, but I am very worried that others

Re: Linuxworld Booth #1035

2006-03-29 Thread Bill Sconce
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:52:22 -0500 Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If we want to have any demo PC's onsite [insert reason here] we should think about getting power. Apparently it's convention-hall practice to charge extra for power. Power cost us circa $300 last year, if I remember

Re: It's time to talk by-laws again...

2006-04-18 Thread Bill Sconce
On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:12:41 -0400 Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmm... wonder if anyone on this list is familiar with maintaining voter lists. Oh oh. ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org

Re: It's time to talk by-laws again...

2006-04-20 Thread Bill Sconce
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:33:04 -0400 Jon maddog Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: we did not keep minutes at the time. Ar, ar, ar. :) ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org

Re: [Not Jobs] CentralLUG Coordinator, GNHLUG Fearless Leader

2006-08-07 Thread Bill Sconce
On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 19:19:38 -0400 Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 5, 2006, at 4:49 PM, Bruce Dawson wrote: Hmmm. Oh, I remember... TAG - you're it. Ow. I'm told the Hopkinton Library really does have air conditioning. Ceremonial robes for tonight's meeting! -Bill

Re: Incorporation under a different name

2006-08-16 Thread Bill Sconce
On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:34:28 -0400 Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Every time the topic gets brought up, there are always some people that say Why incorporate?. Doesn't it make anyone a little uneasy that one of them happens to be the only person we have on this list who can say IAAL?

Re: Incorporation under a different name

2006-08-16 Thread Bill Sconce
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:30:19 -0400 Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/16/06, Bill Sconce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Every time the topic gets brought up, there are always some people that say Why incorporate?. Doesn't it make anyone a little uneasy that one of them happens

Re: Hosstraders planning

2006-09-18 Thread Bill Sconce
I also have a stack of Fedora DVDs that I'll bring along. Unfortunately, FC6 is scheduled for release about a week after Hosstraders. :( Isn't that, er... fortunate? If FC6 came out BEFORE Hosstraders we wouldn't be able to GIVE away Heather's FC5 DVDs... :) -Bill

Re: GNHLUG NH registration

2006-10-15 Thread Bill Sconce
On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 22:13:02 -0400 Ed Lawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jerry was a doer and wanted to get things on a solid foundation, so he may have had something signed and formed. Jerry was President of GNHLUG, in fact, and it was on his watch that we first began to see the merits of the

Re: GNHLUG, Non-profit organization since 2000 (!!)

2006-10-17 Thread Bill Sconce
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:42:19 -0400 Rob Lembree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peter Wells, who we suspect is the president of the snowmobile club, Monadnock Snow Snoopers evidently filed his organization's 5-year report under GNHLUG's business ID. Clever, those money launderers... :)

Re: Board meeting notes last night

2006-12-22 Thread Bill Sconce
On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:45:12 -0500 mike ledoux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 11:28:50AM -0500, Ben Scott wrote: On 12/22/06, Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But we might get away with the great logo we have ([1]) and wwmdd? on the back. wwmd (maddog is one word)

Re: Is it announced or not announced, that is the question...

2007-01-06 Thread Bill Sconce
sapient_person = gnhlug[gnhlug.find('someone noticing a special program')] if not announced_already: sapient_person.send('Hey! Special Announcement!) if announced_already: sapient_person.send('Hey! Special RE-announcement!) # someone should send an announce message -- right on if

Re: NH Seacoast Ruby/Rails as a GNHLUG affiliate?

2007-01-10 Thread Bill Sconce
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:24:25 -0500 Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would it be reasonable to offer the mailing list and wiki capabilities of the GNHLUG server to the Ruby group? I don't want to delete the Linux focus of the group too much. And I really don't want to volunteer our

Re: MythTV install fest

2007-01-23 Thread Bill Sconce
On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:37:43 -0500 Shawn K. O'Shea [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This made me wonder about TV stations in NH. I have a (technical) contact at Channel 9... -Bill ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org

Re: MythTV install fest

2007-01-25 Thread Bill Sconce
On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:57:48 -0500 Bruce Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe Sterling Hough was also a student in our LAMP classes that Bill, Ted, David Berube and (to some degree) myself taught. (Was it last year or year before?) He was. Year before... how time flies! Professor Hough

Re: MythTV installfest notes, 3-March-2007

2007-03-05 Thread Bill Sconce
Two comments. at the end... ___ On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 08:47:59 -0500 Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thirteen folks attended the alpha MythTV installfest. A good time was had by all. Pizza was eaten. Pictures were taken (http:// www.flickr.com,

Re: MythTV InstallFest 31 Mar postmortem

2007-04-04 Thread Bill Sconce
A pilot is an experiment. The purpose of an experiment is to provide evidence. Evidence of what doesn't work is as important as evidence of what does, in a case like this. So far, so good. What we don't know, and what no one can know until the necessary passes at the experiment have been run,

Re: Notes for 31 May GNHLUG Board Meeting?

2007-08-08 Thread Bill Sconce
On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 23:57:38 -0400 Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PDF uploaded to TWiki. http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Organizational/SpringSummit2007Notes Once the final version is released, I'll take the time to translate the PDF text into TWiki text. There may be an

Re: Legal entity types

2007-08-22 Thread Bill Sconce
On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:59:44 -0400 Ed lawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Talking to state executive officials, to administrative people at all levels of state and local government, Selectmen, and School Boards about the advantages of Linux and FOSS is not lobbying. Presenting views on

Re: Board minutes for November 3rd board meeting

2007-10-18 Thread Bill Sconce
On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:04:24 -0400 Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bill: I'm sorry to hear that you won't be able to join us on November 3rd for the board meeting. Me too. I havn't been out of New Hampshire in almost three years. That's the week for a vacation with Janet; Raleigh is a

Re: Gaming SIG

2009-04-08 Thread Bill Sconce
On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 12:16:38 -0400 Ben Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote: Organization: Gaming SIG Stated Purpose: To foster community around Free Software games and game development in New Hampshire Aye. -Bill ___ gnhlug-org mailing list

Aye. - Re: CALL FOR VOTE: Manchester GNHLUG chapter

2010-08-06 Thread Bill Sconce
): * Heather Brodeur * Jon 'maddog' Hall * Michael Kazin * Shawn K. O'Shea * Ted Roche * Bill Sconce * Ben Scott (IIRC, there was discussion about changing of the guard, and even some volunteers, but I don't think we got around to it.) Thanks... -- Ben