In case you are wanting to use IRC. The server is: 909linux.org, and the channel is #909linux
Thanks, David. Chris Louden wrote: > The 'Show and Tell' is exactly what I had in mind for the SRCLE > meetings. It turned more into a social gathering more like your second > idea. I would love to have a more presentation friendly environment > for the gathering. That is hard to locate in combination with Internet > access. David said something that I hadn't really realized at the last > meeting. With the growth of the Internet a LUG is not as necessary as > it once was. Its quite easy for many to try Linux on their own and > have access to help they need with their favorite search engine. LUGs > seem to be migrating to a more social thing. > > IRC is nice but I honestly haven't used it since my warez days using > windows 98. If there is a formal time to gather and chat I will try > and make it but off hand I am not that enthusiastic about it. However > I will definitely try and make a meeting if you find a location for > the weekend of the 12th. The SRCLE meeting is the following weekend. > > > > On 11/6/06, David Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey Roger, >> >> These are great ideas. If you want to use IRC... I've been idling in >> #909linux for, oh about 2 years now. I don't think a single person has >> ever joined since at least 2004. ( and I put the server up when the >> domain was regged... ) :) >> >> You know, I kind of liked the way the guys in Murietta met up. They >> just meet at a coffee house that has free wi-fi, and it's very >> bring-yourself only kind of thing. Kind of a social gathering, but we >> all had a great conversation. I think we should at least get together >> and tell war-stories... or examine the whole M$ thing. Show & Tell >> would be cool too. Last week in Murrieta, I guess I informally showed >> making VOIP calls on the Nokia 770 handheld, I could bring that if >> anyone up here wanted to play with it. >> >> I had a mental note to stop by the Fox coffee house on Barton, or else >> find one in Grant Terrace that had wi-fi and see if they had 2 large-ish >> tables where people could gather on a Sunday evening. Anyone know of >> another place we could gather a group of 5 or more and use free >> wireless? :) >> >> What about next Sunday, the 12th? 6-ish pm? >> >> --David >> >> >> Roger Rustad wrote: >> > What do other 909/951'ers think about these ideas? >> > >> > (1) Show and Tell: At the next meet, each of us brings something >> > interesting to share with the other members. You name it -- a hack >> > tool, a new distro, some cool *nix implementation at work, how you got >> > out of some recent s(h)ituation, etc. When it's your turn, you spend >> > time telling the rest of the group about your cool shiznit. >> > >> > (2) Weekly / Biweekly / Monthly Conference Call: Using something like >> > Skype, FreeConferenceCall.com, or a SIP-based phone, we could have >> > virtual meetings. We could tie this into some IRC channel for sensory >> > overload. If we did (1), then some of us could perhaps figure out how >> > to temporarily share our screen with the others. >> > >> > Rog >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 909linux mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://909linux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/909linux >> _______________________________________________ >> 909linux mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://909linux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/909linux >>
