Hi all! We had a very good LUG meeting earlier tonight at the Second Life Training Centre in Ntinda. Thank You to Robert-Jan for the hospitality!
About 30-40 people attended - more than last time - including 2 or 3 ladies (not counting the 2nd life staff). Why is it important for me to mention this? We need more ladies simply because they are half of the population and - more importantly - often have the largest influence on our children. Someone once said 'educate a woman - educate a nation' Simon Vass (of Etech U) and Kelly Spencer (of Kampala International Hospital) had good talks on '15 (ish) command line command you should know' and 'rsync/rdiff-backup' as well as a quick intro on IRC. The talks were less 'geeky' than last time which I think will promote the LUG and the knowledge about and of Linux and other OSS. Again ISOs and CDs were handed out. I noticed that several people grabbed the Second Life Pamphlets on the desks. Also I was explaining to several people about this list. Maybe we should think about making a pamphlet of our own? Including pointers to our web site, the list and the IRC channel. Lastly it was nice that there was beverages at the site. I dont know where we are going to be next time but if we get a site where it is possible, maybe we should buy a few crates at a depot and sell the sodas/beers at standard prices using the profits to promote the LUG & Linux/FOSS e.g. By buying empty CDs to hand out. Again thanks to everybody at the meet! Jan PS Sending this from my Smart Phone powered by ... Windows Mobile 5 - sorry! ;-) Jan Rasmussen email: [email protected] web: http://www.kaddu.dk blogs: http://janholbo.blogspot.com http://janholbodk.blogspot.com http://kaddulinux.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
