Well - that's all good then, from an off the cuff remark I also find that the hants lug meeting is during the day - so I might manage it after all, if I can work out how to get my name on the door list :)
piskie Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/1/16 David King <[email protected]>: >> I know what you mean about the beard and sandals. Just look at a picture >> of Richard Stallman -- would you trust a man who looks like that to >> create your OS? >> > > Danger Will Robinson! That way prejudice lies.. > >> There is no reason why a person who is friendly with barbers should not >> also be good with Ubuntu or running a LUG. I have never been to a LUG, >> but mostly because I do not have the time, and their meetings take place >> in the evening, when I am working. >> > > Ours take place on Saturdays. We very rarely have meetings during the > evening because Hampshire is such a large county that it's difficult > to get there and back in an evening and still have time to get stuff > done. We run it from 10AM till about 5PM which gives plenty of time > for chat, demos, fixing, some talks and even a beer and/or curry after > if you're that way inclined. > >> Hopefully most people who want to use Ubuntu will see it and its users >> in a positive light (regardless of facial hair and footwear). >> > > I'd suspect it's more about what you do than what you look like. I > mean take the people flaming the poor woman with the Dell laptop. They > might all be devastatingly good looking and visit the barber every > week. This doesn't seem to stop them being obnoxious! > > Cheers, > Al. > -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
