Re: Installfest matters

2014-08-23 Thread Kaoru Wilbur
Nope. Meetings are not on the same day as PLUG (currently). However, this is not necessarily for PLUG members, anyway. We are further east in the Technology Corridor near the Polytechnic Campus, GT Advanced, and EVIT. And as Hans mentioned many times... competition is great. So anyway, the

Re: Installfest matters

2014-08-23 Thread techlists
Sorry, did you already post the day and time? On 2014-08-23 10:57, Kaoru Wilbur wrote: Nope. Meetings are not on the same day as PLUG (currently). However, this is not necessarily for PLUG members, anyway. We are further east in the Technology Corridor near the Polytechnic Campus, GT

Re: Installfest matters

2014-08-23 Thread techlists
Sorry I see it is the 3rd Wednesdays. What is the time? On 2014-08-23 11:12, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: Sorry, did you already post the day and time? On 2014-08-23 10:57, Kaoru Wilbur wrote: Nope. Meetings are not on the same day as PLUG (currently). However, this is not necessarily

Re: Installfest matters

2014-08-23 Thread Kaoru Wilbur
Yeah. Sorry, I forgot the link. We just closed on the date and time yesterday. http://www.meetup.com/Maricopa-Pinal-GN/ September 17 6-8 Queen Creek Library http://www.meetup.com/Maricopa-Pinal-GN/events/202614482/ 21802 S. Ellsworth Rd , Queen Creek, AZErma Bombeck roomParking on the north side

Re: Installfest matters

2014-08-23 Thread Jerry Snitselaar
On Sat Aug 23 14, Kaoru Wilbur wrote: Nope. Meetings are not on the same day as PLUG (currently). However, this is not necessarily for PLUG members, anyway. We are further east in the Technology Corridor near the Polytechnic Campus, GT Advanced, and EVIT. And as Hans mentioned

Re: Installfest matters

2014-08-22 Thread Jerry Snitselaar
On Thu Aug 21 14, Kaoru Wilbur wrote: [1]http://www.mpglug.org Meetings to be held in the Town of Queen Creek Annex. Is that a typo on the website, or are the meetings going to be on the same night as the PLUG east valley meetings? Regards, Jerry

Re: Installfest matters

2014-08-22 Thread Alan Dayley
Great question, Jerry. Kaoru, I am a supporter of the idea of user groups proliferating in Arizona. Sometimes one group seems to have a maximum size and grows no farther, with additional opportunities for contribution stymied by this amorphous maximum. Additional groups can create space and place

Re: Installfest matters

2014-08-21 Thread techlists
Are both of the pages the same group? https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=565460910248711id=556228454505290 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=556228454505290story_fbid=565462070248595 On 2014-08-20 00:46, Kaoru Wilbur wrote: Great info Mark. I am sure the new

Re: Installfest matters

2014-08-21 Thread Stephen Partington
they both ultimately go to the same place https://www.facebook.com/pages/Maricopa-Pinal-GNU-Linux-Users-Group/556228454505290?fref=nf On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 11:48 AM, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: Are both of the pages the same group?

Re: Installfest matters

2014-08-21 Thread Kaoru Wilbur
http://www.mpglug.org Meetings to be held in the Town of Queen Creek Annex. On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Stephen Partington cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: they both ultimately go to the same place https://www.facebook.com/pages/Maricopa-Pinal-GNU-Linux-Users-Group/556228454505290?fref=nf

Re: Installfest matters

2014-08-19 Thread Lisa Kachold
conversation in PLUG IRC yesterday regarding installfest matters, I noticed that a lot of the items discussed are actually guidelines already presented in the Linux Installfest HOWTO. Many improvements to the PLUG Installfest can be made by following these guidelines. Why are we beating a dead

Re: Installfest matters

2014-08-19 Thread JD Austin
, after the installfest conversation in PLUG IRC yesterday regarding installfest matters, I noticed that a lot of the items discussed are actually guidelines already presented in the Linux Installfest HOWTO. Many improvements to the PLUG Installfest can be made by following these guidelines

Re: Installfest matters

2014-08-19 Thread techlists
yesterday regarding installfest matters, I noticed that a lot of the items discussed are actually guidelines already presented in the Linux Installfest HOWTO.    Many improvements to the PLUG Installfest can be made by following these guidelines. Why are we beating a dead horse... Many of these items

Re: Installfest matters

2014-08-19 Thread Ed
sized city knows what a healthy LUG is capable of simply by following direction already decreed in various guides. So, after the installfest conversation in PLUG IRC yesterday regarding installfest matters, I noticed that a lot of the items discussed are actually guidelines already presented

Re: Installfest matters

2014-08-19 Thread techlists
the installfest conversation in PLUG IRC yesterday regarding installfest matters, I noticed that a lot of the items discussed are actually guidelines already presented in the Linux Installfest HOWTO.    Many improvements to the PLUG Installfest can be made by following these guidelines. Why are we beating

Re: Installfest matters

2014-08-19 Thread techlists
wrote: So, after the installfest conversation in PLUG IRC yesterday regarding installfest matters, I noticed that a lot of the items discussed are actually guidelines already presented in the Linux Installfest HOWTO.   Many improvements to the PLUG Installfest can be made by following

Re: Installfest matters

2014-08-19 Thread Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr.
There are ongoing costs to being a non-profit. You do have to file taxes every year. I believe in the past that was not so if you were not having a certain amount of funds running through your accounts. Additionally, the board, or officers, are responsible for the accuracy of those taxes and

Re: Installfest matters - I like it just as it is ;)

2014-08-19 Thread joe
Plug is a wonderful group just the way it is, and the installfests are great. Please don't change a thing. It serves no useful purpose to criticize the way the current plug and installfests work. If some folks think a lug could be done differently and/or perhaps better as a non-profit (or in

Re: Installfest matters - I like it just as it is ;)

2014-08-19 Thread Ed
+1 I like it too - I think it can work either way as Sys Admins, I think we can all appreciate how hard it is to get organized - and the many ways to do. On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 2:04 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: Plug is a wonderful group just the way it is, and the installfests are great.

Re: Installfest matters - I like it just as it is ;)

2014-08-19 Thread Kaoru Wilbur
Plug is great for those that like PLUG! I would never discourage current members from attending. Others are seeking another option and will find it: outside PLUG. On Tuesday, August 19, 2014, Ed p...@0x1b.com wrote: +1 I like it too - I think it can work either way as Sys Admins, I think we

Re: Installfest matters - I like it just as it is ;)

2014-08-19 Thread Kaoru Wilbur
Also, dialog with Plug about numerous installfest issues are already tabled and pursuing forward for those not aware! On Tuesday, August 19, 2014, Kaoru Wilbur m.kaoru.wil...@gmail.com wrote: Plug is great for those that like PLUG! I would never discourage current members from attending.

Re: Installfest matters

2014-08-19 Thread Walter Mack
well tempered, but this discussion is getting to me. On 08/18/2014 10:16 PM, Kaoru Wilbur wrote: So, after the installfest conversation in PLUG IRC yesterday regarding installfest matters, I noticed that a lot of the items discussed

Re: Installfest matters - I like it just as it is ;)

2014-08-19 Thread Michael Havens
Isn't AZLOCO a non-profit? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Kaoru Wilbur m.kaoru.wil...@gmail.com wrote: Also, dialog with Plug about numerous installfest issues are already tabled and pursuing forward for those not aware! On Tuesday, August 19, 2014, Kaoru Wilbur

Re: Installfest matters - I like it just as it is ;)

2014-08-19 Thread Kaoru Wilbur
Not sure but that is a separate group from LUG. While Ubuntu or Canonical people might attend LUG meetings and be members of both groups, the LUG is really not usually affiliated with LoCo. I know it is a little confusing because the Phoenix group has let the LoCo be a part of most, if not all,

Re: Installfest matters

2014-08-19 Thread Mark Phillips
Just to add my two cents to the non-profit discussion. I set up a 501c3 corporation over 10 years ago for my daughters' club softball teams. I was the head coach and president of the corporation. I had a lawyer help with the application as probono workI downloaded the application from the IRS,

Re: Installfest matters

2014-08-19 Thread Kaoru Wilbur
Great info Mark. I am sure the new Maricopa Pinal GNU Linux users group will find this useful as they complete their charter. On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote: Just to add my two cents to the non-profit discussion. I set up a 501c3 corporation

Installfest matters

2014-08-18 Thread Kaoru Wilbur
So, after the installfest conversation in PLUG IRC yesterday regarding installfest matters, I noticed that a lot of the items discussed are actually guidelines already presented in the Linux Installfest HOWTO. Many improvements to the PLUG Installfest can be made by following these guidelines