Damn I really wish I could have made the meeting now. My wife was just too ill. I'm interested in what your discussing. It looks like the school is just off the 91 close to the 15. So its less then 25 miles form my home. I'm still getting used to this commuting thing. After 29 years in Vegas its still a little hard to imagine going more then 10-15 miles to get somewhere.
It has been frustrating to find a decent place to meet. The school sounds ideal. I have been considering moving the SRCLE to my house. I'll have FIOS after this week and I have space for about 20 people. Theres plenty of parking in my Cul-de-sac. Although I probably don't have enough chairs. However that does not seem ideal for a group seeking professional affiliation or even to get guest speakers. I wouldn't mind people bringing their PCs but its not a place for an installfest. In any case I would like to speak with you further on this. Would anyone from LUGIE be interested? On 11/12/06, Roger Rustad <[email protected]> wrote:
Hey 909/951 *nix dudes: Tonight David and I kicked around the idea of pushing the 909 Linux club in a couple of directions: (1) uniting/networking with other clubs (Murrietta, Chico, Redlands) (2) establishing some sort of permanence (regular meets, affiliations, etc) Goals (1) and (2) might be possible with some sort of affiliation with a university, like La Sierra University. Regarding goal (1), La Sierra would also be an acceptable driving distance for the Murrietta group, and one of the computer labs on campus would provide is (2). (I'm currently helping the dean of the School of Business [Johnny Thomas] connect their NT domain and IT's LDAP system, so that lab is a good possibility.) A campus would give us a few things: 1. high speed internet access 2. professional affiliation (which would help us get cool speakers) 3. new blood (engineering/math/CS/MIS majors, teachers, etc) 4. good location for install fests 5. potential access to investors (who often come to the dean there for seed capital) I also like the idea of arranging with the dean an "open source for managers" seminar class. There are lots of MBA students there, many of which are going to be IT decision makers. Something like this gives the School of Business a vested interest in giving us a place to meet. There is a lot of talent in our group, and I'm hoping to make this more than something where we just get together and talk about stuff we've read on digg or play Stratego (what the heck is up with that new numbering system, anyway? 1 is still a Marshall, in my book). Rog P.S. Still looking for good Linux support solutions. P.P.S. Maybe if we ask nicely, we can get Brian to let us shove a 1U pizza box in his new rack. _______________________________________________ 909linux mailing list [email protected] http://909linux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/909linux
