I share the opinion that we should not lose focus - there are plenty of other groups out there. Besides, I always thought VAGUE meant Vermont Area Group of Unix-like (ish?) Enthusiasts!
However, if we as a group feel like we aren't vibrant enough (thus the idea of a moniker change), then I would suggest getting our collective arses in gear and breathe some life into the organization we've got :) I'll stand up and offer to host a November meeting at rbTech if there's interest in a field trip out to EastMont. We could demo our *really damn cool* phone system (the non-FOSS Digium SwitchVOX SMB with the FOSS Asterisk as the base), and/ or talk about our FOSS WANBalancer multi-WAN firewall system that we build (and developed) here. Rubin Rubin Bennett rbTechnologies, LLC 1970 VT Route 14 South East Montpelier, VT 05651 (802)223-4448 x101 http://thatitguy.com "I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all." Leo Rosten 1908-1997 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 4:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: the evolution of VAGUE (meeting Wed Sep 22) What could be more vague than VAGUE? Calling it VAG*E . . . but then it wouldn't be VAGUE anymore. Seriously though, I agree with Tony . . . I'm happy that there's a group here for all that FOSS *nix stuff, even though I've only made it to a few meetings. Asa On Sep 15, 2010 4:10 PM, "Tony Harris" <[email protected]> wrote: I would suggest that changing the focus of the group from Unix (or better: *nix) enthusiasts to essentially technology enthusiasts would produce a totally different group than what we have. I don't often make VAGUE meetings, I confess, but I have tended to see the group as one that is focused on Linux/Unix/BSD/etc.-based FOSS, including a wide range of topics from system administration, programming, and user standpoints. I think there's a real need for having such a group, and I feel it would be a shame if VAGUE became so vaguely defined, so to speak, that it lost its focus on FOSS advocacy. Perhaps if there's enough desire for such a wider group, it might be worth starting another one, and letting VAGUE stay with the more *nix/FOSS hacker focus. My two cents. -- Tony Harris Assistant CTO Community College of Vermont [email protected] (802) 828-2975 Dwirze ski, evarre kolex. (One by one droplets, eventually an ocean.) ------------------------------------------- PRIVACY & CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, confidential, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of an email received in error is prohibited. --On Wednesday, September 15, 2010 04:02:01 PM -0400 Mike Austin <[email protected]> wrote: > As one o...
