I'd show up to that, as long as it wasn't on Monday or Wednesday
night, the trip would be less than an hour from here. Also, it seems
that maintaining the current FOSS/Unix focus would require a larger
group if it's to become as active as it used to be. Perhaps there needs
to be a greater emphasis on FOSS or open hardware, but I'm not sure if
anyone has anything to bring to the table in that case.
On 9/15/2010 5:52 PM, Rubin Bennett wrote:
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
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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.
