As previously mentioned, the Nov 8th (Election Day) NLUG meeting is currently a go. I will be unable to attend, as I will be working at my precinct's polling station. So who is going to volunteer to run the meeting? Anyone? Any ideas or suggestions for talk topics? Michael suggested jobseekers & jobseeking in a previous message.
Speaking of talk topics... What do we want to see going forward? What types of talks and demos? What subjects? Stuff related to the 2017 eclipse was suggested by a couple of attendees. What else? Installfest: We've had an offer. Per Curt Lundgren: "I'll go through the formalities, but I believe I can offer a room at Watkins for a December Installfest. Our last day of classes is the 9th, so Saturday the 10th suggests itself. An earlier date in December is likely to fit more people's schedules, but the following Saturday the 17th the college is closed and shut down (annual 2-week shutdown.) December 3rd can probably work, as well." Dec 3rd, 10th and 17th are Saturdays. I've emailed Curt, asking if I (and any other interested NLUG folks) could do a walkthrough sometime this weekend & check out the site. ALE (Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts) has an installfest website & checklist I've been referencing for notes & ideas: http://if.jdpfu.com/index.html Thoughts? I've downloaded member lists from the NLUG mailing list/google group and Meetup; I'm sorting through them, removing duplicate addresses, etc. I've got a list of bouncing addresses to prune from the google group. Re: the google group: There is a message from 2008.07.25, subj: Making the list spam-free, pinned to the top of the list. Is it there for any particular reason? Also, google likes to remind me that "This group does not have a welcome message." every time I log in. We should probably add one. Suggestions? Vincent mentioned VMUG USercon, Nov 10th (Thursday): https://www.vmug.com/nashvmug Vincent also posted details re: the tech recruiter event (with free beer) earlier this evening; did anyone attend? If so, impressions? When's the next one (or something similar, since I think "Geektoberfest" is a once a year thing) so we've got more time to steer people towards it? Art mentioned Design-2-Part, Nov 9-10 (Wednesday & Thursday): http://www.d2p.com/2016-nashville-manufacturing-trade-show Usercon & D2P are both at Music City Center, btw. Art has also suggested Tequila's Mexican Restaurant as a possible backup site or even replacement for the current meeting location at Vanderbilt. The Vandy site has its disadvantages (finding the room is usually a pain for new attendees), but the facilities are nice and at the moment I see no reason to drop the location, plus I imagine there would be objections from many long-time members. I've suggested *adding* meetings in other locations and at different times, so maybe we should check Tequila's out & see what type of meeting or event would work there (that was actually something I wanted to do *last* month but had to drop when some out-of-town contract work popped up). So, anyone want to check out the restaurant this weekend or sometime next week? Tequila's Mexican Restaurant Charlotte Center, 3736 Annex Ave. Nashville, TN 37209 (615) 354-0047 http://tequilasmex.com/ I think that's all I have for now. No updates on items #5-#8 in the pre-meeting notes. I'll edit this message for Meetup & post it and a few other updates there tomorrow. With any luck, we'll get a number of new Meetup folks subscribed to the mailing list over the next few days. ~~Dru PS - One last thing: One of our new attendees (Benjamin the Vandy Student) had a really excellent question last night, and I think this is something we should keep in mind especially at the installfest(s), as well as planning a relevant section for the new website. "Where in the world do I start?" Assume a few years of tech experience, say A+ cert equivalent, from someone who isn't sure what distro to try & who hasn't installed Linux on anything yet. What would you tell someone like Benjamin? -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
