Who cares about the food really?!!! :)
The company was great! I really enjoyed talking geek with a new bunch of
people.
Thanks to Andrew for providing the 'life' ('ride' or 'lift' for those who
missed the joke caused by my sad ass typing last week :)
As for the cost aspect...
I think it's good to have a few events that cost a few more dollars.
If you can't afford to come then say so! Don't be shy about it... I know I
wouldn't have minded chipping in a few extra dollars to cover the costs of a
regular contributor on the list who is a bit more stretched at home than I
am.
As a community we have to look after each other! I know I've been very
guilty of not speaking up in the past when I most needed help - in some
cases it's cost me friends who would have gone out of their way to help :)
HTH
Cheers Don
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 12:51 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Dinner was great
>
>
>
> On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 12:40:28 +1300
> Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 18:26, Michael wrote:
> > > Yes, I agree Jim, having Linux meetings "over dinner" is
> hardly cheap and I
> > > would doubt its value.
> > It all depends what one perceives as 'value', I throughly
> enjoyed the evening
> > even if the cost was well into the 'luxury' price bracket for us.
> >
> > > I wouldn't bother going myself.
> > I probably won't go to that particular restaurant again.
> Bar the fish dish,
> > their almost tasteless fare is not 'Indian' by any sense of
> the word.
> > Culturally disappointing, especially when you consider the cost.
> >
>
> yes i agree about the food, a bit disappointing. pity we didn't manage
> to get Raj Mahal to take us, their food is IMHO superior. However we
> wouldn't have had the room to ourselves as we did at two fat indians.
>
>
> > > I like my meetings with a $2 doorcharge and the option to
> get your broken PC
> > > fixed up! There's the value.
> > Unfortunately it's just too good.
> > Door takings have not covered expenses for about the last 3
> months. We are
> > eating into the pot of earnings from the Installfest.
>
> not worth it to fix two or three machines, we could do it in someones
> garage if that is all the need out there.
>
> There have been a number of people saying they want things foxed, or
> mail servers set up . or whatever. but they don't bring their machines
> along. so it doesn't get done.
>
>
> >
> > Therefore I'd like to suggest that we limit the number of
> hall meetings to 4
> > to 6 at the most during the coming year.
>
> yes back to every second month.
>
> >
> > At our end of the table we formed a consensus that an
> Installfest at the end
> > of March would probably be a good idea. Followed perhaps by
> a Fix-it-up
> > evening during April or May?
>
> I think we decided that the end of march was too close, Leo feels we
> need two clear months for publicity.
>
>
> >
> > For hardy souls, a repeat Gentoo Installfest using a distcc
> compile farm is a
> > possibility?
>
> yes, lets make it work this time! (although we may have saturated the
> gentoo market on this list?)
>
>
> >
> > imho, we _DO_ need to have an AGM to attempt to decide
> whether we want the
> > CLUG to become a formal entity, or revert to a strictly
> mailing-list affair,
> > or indeed something in between, i.e. carry on as we are.
> >
>
> carry on as before, with some committment from members to
> actually give
> some interesting talks (talk subjects will interest some of the people
> all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but not...ahh
> well you know the quote i am paraphrasing).
>
> > Personally I don't want to be involved at the committee
> level for the former,
> > but would like to feel that I was a member of something a
> bit more concrete
> > than just an e-mail list.
> >
> > --
> > Sincerely etc.
> > Christopher Sawtell
> >
> > NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me,
> > it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine.
> > Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
>
> --
> Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
