Larry Price wrote,
>It's going to be cold and dreary, with nasty weather.
>
>How about we have a virtual meeting, start with
>
>#euglug
>on irc.freenode.net

Winter is Eugene is ALWAYS cold and dreary.  That's never stopped us before.

I don't like the virtual meeting idea...IRC is no substitute for
face-to-face sociabilitiy, and if somebody brings their computer problem
to a virtual meeting, you can't look over their shoulder while they show
you the problem happening.

>and maybe we could add a conference call with something like
>http://www.foonz.com/index.php
>or
>skype for linux
>or
>set up a SIP conference call (we've got enough brainpower in the group
>that a bunch of us could tiger team the asterisk set up) and a SIP
>phone is fairly easy to set up.

SIP only makes sense for people with broadband access--those of us still
on dialup are out of luck.  And it makes no sense at all in the context of
the original question--no matter how easy it is to set up, we can't get us
all wired up for it by tomorrow evening.

So let me reiterate the question:  Where and when are we meeting this
Thursday?

If we don't have an answer on official meeting places by Thursday morning,
and if the roads aren't icy, I vote for an informal meeting at some
restaurant.  If the roads ARE icy, we should probably postpone until next
week.

               - Neil (Mr. Nag strikes again) Parker

(P.S.  I apologize for pooping your SIP phone party, but our group has an
exceptionally poor record on projects like that...if history is any
indication, a few people will sound highly interested for a couple of
weeks, and that's the last anybody will ever hear of it.)
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