Sunday meeting

[Ronald Maggio]

I am willing to talk about this and find a way to work out a more "Newbies"
interest group if you or anyone else is interested.

Ron Maggio

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wechter, Ron" <WechterR at cnrc.navy.mil>
To: <nflug at nflug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 12:24 PM
Subject: RE: Sunday meeting


> Depew High School (Near Transit and Broadway) = Shared T1 Access with
other
> high Schools.  Ill call the Principal to see if we can make this happen.
>
> Depew Firehall (Near Transit and Walden) = Will have either DSL from
> ChoiceONE or Adelphia Powerlink VERY SOON!  I am helping them get their
> network up between all of the firehalls and trying to get them organized.
>
> Other locations = probably no Inet connection other than phoneline.
>
>
> Establishing a LUG - I was not sure of the rules and regs of what can be
> done...So long story short, no new lugs (remember Im just bouncin around
> ideas).
>
> Local Meetings - This could just be for people that want to "Quickly meet"
> on a whim.  So technically we could see if there would be any interesting
> parties for a particular location and meet accordingly as a study group.
I
> find it hard to be able to get downtown on a Sunday during the summer
(there
> is always something going on).  So again we could do something as simple
as
> a study group that works on projects -- For example the study groups could
> be the ones to setup a scenario (computers and all) for the MAIN meetings
on
> the Third Sunday.
>
> Virtual Meetings - Even better...we could compile a list of all parties
that
> have a cable line and that would not mind "sharing" a bit of bandwidth and
> open a server up for practice.  My first linux system (other than the
> initial install) was "built" from my old job.  Never worked on it from
home
> (shhhhhh) :)
>
> Hey Dege -- What do you want to "Nominate" me for again?  Did not
> understand...
>
> Anywho,
>
> Just thought I would "Think Outloud"
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Dege [mailto:rdege at cse.Buffalo.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 11:39 AM
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Subject: RE: Sunday meeting
>
>
>
> I believe the leaders of the lug would be John Neff & Bob Meyer.  It
> would seem somewhat odd to form a second lug with this purpose in mind.
> It appears like a nice idea based on the fact, that it would
> conform to people that can't attend the 3rd Sunday meetings.  The only
> down side I immediately forsee would be trying to attend both meetings.
>
> >  Also, the little tweaks and things done to make the multi-player
> > happen will also show networking methods, etc.  Business users want
>
> Most of my computer experience came from the drive to get games to run on
> my computer.... and then to make then run better.  I still remember
> tweaking boot disks to free as much of the 640KB base mem to run Dark
> Forces :)
>
> > > I agree with the below statements -- Here is one solution -- Why cant
> > > the "hardcore" linux people hold an additional meeting either at a
> > > different location or on the Second Sunday of the month at the towers.
> > > I am willing to hold meetings somewhere in my hometown (I have access
> > > to my Firehall, Depew High School, and a few other places for
> > > meetings) more often (Depew), which would be closer for people at
> > > Cheetktowaga, Williamsville, Lancaster, and Depew (obviously) if
> > > needed.
>
> Do they have internet access?  I can live with modem speed :)
>
>
> > >         Also I think that we should start passing out a single sheet
> > >         or
> > > better with information on the topic. Like where to find, how to do,
> > > web sites and so on. Most of this information (if not all) is on the
> > > web, and a cut and paste is all it takes. I think that just a short
> > > presentation does not do justice to the advocating of Linux. We have
> > > to understand that not everybody is at the same level and that we need
> > > to present Linux to the masses better than as we have been doing so
> > > far.
>
> Ron, this sounds cool to me.  Also makes for good references.  Can I
> nominate you? :)
>
> Dege
>
> So Many Things in Life Would Be Really Funny
> .... If They Weren't Happening To Me
>