Re: This years format.

2010-02-17 Thread Solor Vox
Ok guys, I was there at 7:20 last night. Asked around, and everyone looked at me like a crazy man when I asked about Linux. Unless I missed it, at least one person was going to be early having a bite to eat. You guys met at the Twisted Hop, on Poplar St, right? sV

Re: This years format.

2010-02-17 Thread Dan Wallis
Roy Britten wrote: Maybe we need a secret handshake or something to identify ourselves. The Kent LUG (in the UK) has a stuffed penguin on the table; which makes them easy to spot.

Re: This years format.

2010-02-17 Thread Roy Britten
On 18 February 2010 09:41, Solor Vox solor...@gmail.com wrote: I was there at 7:20 last night.  Asked around, and everyone looked at me like a crazy man when I asked about Linux.  Unless I missed it, at least one person was going to be early having a bite to eat. You guys met at the Twisted

Re: This years format.

2010-02-17 Thread Peter Glassenbury (CSSE)
Dan Wallis wrote: Roy Britten wrote: Maybe we need a secret handshake or something to identify ourselves. The Kent LUG (in the UK) has a stuffed penguin on the table; which makes them easy to spot. Club purchase :-) ? http://www.antarcticshop.com/shop1.asp?Category=31SubCategory=48 or

Re: This years format.

2010-02-16 Thread Roy Britten
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 08:25:23PM +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote: Unfortunately illness at home is going to stop me from coming into town tomorrow evening. Sorry to hear that. All the best to the patient for a quick recovery. Could someone have a pint of twisted ankle on my behalf?? Will do.

Re: This years format.

2010-02-16 Thread Tom Smith
On Wed, 2010-02-17 at 00:45 +1300, Roy Britten wrote: On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 08:25:23PM +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote: Unfortunately illness at home is going to stop me from coming into town tomorrow evening. Sorry to hear that. All the best to the patient for a quick recovery. +1 All the

Re: This years format.

2010-02-16 Thread Christopher Sawtell
About 7.30 is it? I am hoping to have a bite to eat, and will be there a bit earlier than that. -- Sincerely etc., Christopher. On 17/02/2010, Tom Smith snake...@xtra.co.nz wrote: On Wed, 2010-02-17 at 00:45 +1300, Roy Britten wrote: On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 08:25:23PM +1300, Steve Holdoway

Re: This years format.

2010-02-16 Thread dave lilley
- Original Message Follows - On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 12:24 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: [snip] Unfortunately illness at home is going to stop me from coming into town tomorrow evening. Could someone have a pint of twisted ankle on my behalf?? Cheers, Steve +1 Hope patient gets

Re: This years format.

2010-02-16 Thread Brett Davidson
I shall not be eating but will pop in briefly and say hello. About 7.30 is it? I am hoping to have a bite to eat, and will be there a bit earlier than that. -- Sincerely etc., Christopher. On 17/02/2010, Tom Smithsnake...@xtra.co.nz wrote: On Wed, 2010-02-17 at 00:45 +1300, Roy

Re: This years format.

2010-02-16 Thread Nick Rout
Well for god's sake can someone nominate a time?? On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Brett Davidson br...@net24.co.nz wrote: I shall not be eating but will pop in briefly and say hello. About 7.30 is it? I am hoping to have a bite to eat, and will be there a bit earlier than that. --

Re: This years format.

2010-02-16 Thread Brett Davidson
Someone did. 7:30pm from Tom and a bit earlier from Chris. ;-) Well for god's sake can someone nominate a time?? On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Brett Davidsonbr...@net24.co.nz wrote: I shall not be eating but will pop in briefly and say hello. About 7.30 is it? I am

Re: This years format.

2010-02-16 Thread Brett Davidson
My wife has been purchasing and I have just been instructed to pick up said item so my arrival timing will be very fluid. :-) I would imagine I could get there by 7pm however. That sound like a good time? On 17/02/2010 3:31 p.m., Nick Rout wrote: Well for god's sake can someone nominate a

Re: This years format.

2010-02-16 Thread Robert Fisher
Well for god's sake can someone nominate a time?? I am going to start now but I am currently in Hamilton. Rob

Re: This years format.

2010-02-16 Thread Tom Smith
Hi People. Sorry due to one thing and another will not be their after all tonight. I hope to make an appearance at the next engagement. Have Fun. Tom

Re: This years format.

2010-02-15 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 12:24 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: [snip] Unfortunately illness at home is going to stop me from coming into town tomorrow evening. Could someone have a pint of twisted ankle on my behalf?? Cheers, Steve

Re: This years format.

2010-02-11 Thread Don Robertson
St Patrick's Day? I'll have to think about that. The 17th would 10001, which has a certain symmetry. Or , the product of 11 and 101. 11 would of course be a secret meeting we'd all have on our own, and you'd need to go to the public 101 meeting to understand the meeting. I feel a bit

Re: This years format.

2010-02-11 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Don Robertson d...@robertson.net.nz wrote: St Patrick's Day? I'll have to think about that. The 17th would 10001, which has a certain symmetry. Or , the product of 11 and 101. 11 would of course be a secret meeting we'd all have on our own, and you'd need

Re: This years format.

2010-02-11 Thread Don Robertson
If their is going to be a fixit up evening, we should make an effort Fixit evenings aren't really compatible with a social evening at a pub. There's too much beer swilling about for a start, and dragging your desktop computer in will get you a lot stranger looks than a small subtle laptop,

Re: This years format.

2010-02-09 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On 9 February 2010 20:21, Ryan McCoskrie ryan.mccosk...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:49:41 Christopher Sawtell wrote: Many Linux user groups have mogrified into geek oriented social clubs which meet informally in licensed premises. Christopher's suggestion is that we follow

Re: This years format.

2010-02-09 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Christopher Sawtell csawt...@gmail.com wrote: On 9 February 2010 20:21, Ryan McCoskrie ryan.mccosk...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:49:41 Christopher Sawtell wrote: Many Linux user groups have mogrified into geek oriented social clubs  which meet

Re: This years format.

2010-02-09 Thread Derek Smithies
On Tue, 9 Feb 2010, Christopher Sawtell wrote: What about settling on the 17 of the month. That's Wednesday next week to start it off. Sigh - - a group of geeks can surely come up with a better number than 17. My first thought was for the 42nd of the month, but it is a bit large. The 24

Re: This years format.

2010-02-09 Thread Ryan McCoskrie
On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:11:47 Derek Smithies wrote: On Tue, 9 Feb 2010, Christopher Sawtell wrote: What about settling on the 17 of the month. That's Wednesday next week to start it off. Sigh - - a group of geeks can surely come up with a better number than 17. My first thought was for

Re: This years format.

2010-02-09 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:11:47 Derek Smithies wrote: My first thought was for the 42nd of the month, but it is a bit large. The 24 would work though. 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 all fit nicely onto the topic. Shame that we can't use 0. 24 is 1 date 24 is

Re: This years format.

2010-02-09 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Derek Smithies de...@indranet.co.nz wrote: Hi, On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:11:47 Derek Smithies wrote: My first thought was for the 42nd of the month, but it is a bit large. The 24 would work though. 1, 2, 4, 8, 16

Re: This years format.

2010-02-09 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Ryan McCoskrie ryan.mccosk...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:11:47 Derek Smithies wrote: On Tue, 9 Feb 2010, Christopher Sawtell wrote: What about settling on the 17 of the month. That's Wednesday next week to start it off. Sigh - - a group of

Re: This years format.

2010-02-09 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On 10 February 2010 12:23, Nick Rout nick.r...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Derek Smithies de...@indranet.co.nz wrote: Hi, On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:11:47 Derek Smithies wrote: My first thought was for the 42nd of the

Re: This years format.

2010-02-09 Thread steve
On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 12:54 +1300, Christopher Sawtell wrote: Sorry to be organising, seems I can't help myself. I'll be at the Twisted Hop on Wednesday next week 17-Feb-2010 and having something to eat during the evening. See folks there then? I'll attempt to make it. If ther's going to

Re: This years format.

2010-02-09 Thread Roy Britten
I'll be at the Twisted Hop on Wednesday next week 17-Feb-2010 and having something to eat during the evening. See folks there then? I'll attempt to make it. I'll attempt to get there likewise. IIRC there's wireless as well as beer. Cheers, Roy.

Re: This years format.

2010-02-09 Thread yuri
I'll be at the Twisted Hop on Wednesday next week 17-Feb-2010 and having something to eat during the evening. See folks there then? Can't do wenzdays but I'll be there on St Paddy's day. Actually, no. That's a wenzday too. I'll see if I can skip my wenzday commitment for my favourite saint.

Re: This years format.

2010-02-08 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On 9 February 2010 17:55, Tom Smith snake...@xtra.co.nz wrote: Hi Guys and gals. Durring the time I have been on the clug list I have been to only one fixit-up evening and I think would like to be more involved. If its been all ready posted or is found on a site, please give link. My

Re: This years format.

2010-02-08 Thread Ryan McCoskrie
On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:49:41 Christopher Sawtell wrote: Many Linux user groups have mogrified into geek oriented social clubs which meet informally in licensed premises. Christopher's suggestion is that we follow that horde. Would it be possible to go in the other direction and do workshops

Re: This years format.

2010-02-08 Thread yuri
Many Linux user groups have mogrified into geek oriented social clubs which meet informally in licensed premises. Christopher's suggestion is that we follow that horde. One LUG with which he had a very brief contact had their meeting on the same day of the month by date. This means that the