[nflug] Meeting on October 20

[Joshua Ronne Altemoos]

I was unable to attend many meetings because they were out at ITT and I did
not have a way to get there. I no longer live in Buffalo, so that is damn
impossible now :P I recently moved to Southern New Hampshire. That's quite a
drive. (If I even drove in the first place)

Josh

-----Original Message-----
From: nflug-bounces at nflug.org [mailto:nflug-bounces at nflug.org] On Behalf Of
Mark Musone
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 3:12 PM
To: nflug at nflug.org
Subject: RE: [nflug] Meeting on October 20

I'm happy to offer our downtown office/NOC space for the linux meetings. 
Pizza/wings..etc will be provided by my company. Parking is free on
weekends.

Regarding the dues, please don't take what I suggested as anything but a
very small probability. (probably like 10% chance).
Even if there were dues, they won't start until at least a year from now.
Please take any ideas about dues out of your mind..

Mark



-bounces at nflug.org] On Behalf Of Richard Hubbard
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 2:08 PM
To: nflug at nflug.org
Subject: Re: [nflug] Meeting on October 20

We hadn't got that far yet, and even farther, what to do with them...Of
course, I wouldn't be opposed to dues going to the purchase of fortification
(pizza/wings/etc) during the meetings, but that would be step 3 or 4, and
we're currently on step 0 (I'm a C coder, dammit!)

eric wrote:
> Yes Yes Downtown would be best, more central ...how much were you 
> thinking for dues?  can you through a number out there?
>
> Franklin Kumro Jr wrote:
>> downtown buffalo would be better for me as the last meetings that 
>> were held downtown I actually attended :)
>>
>> On 10/5/07, Richard Hubbard <hubbardr at adelphia.net> wrote:
>>  
>>> There will be an NFLUG meeting on October 20, 2007.  Location is at 
>>> ITT Technical Institute, 2295 Millersport Hwy Getzville NY 14068. Go 
>>> in the "Student Entrance" Turn Right, and it is in Lab 7.
>>>
>>>
>>> There is no topic yet for this meeting.  Last time Mark had an 
>>> excellent presentation on Home automation.
>>>
>>> There were some points brought up that may be of interest.
>>>
>>> The first is that we initially held the meetings at 1:30 because ITT 
>>> classes got out at 1:00.  Now ITT classes are finishing at 12:30 or 
>>> earlier, and we can probably hold the meeting at 1:00 pm or earlier.  
>>> So the first question, would 1:00 pm be a better time?
>>>
>>> Second (and Mark can fill in more details here) there is an idea in 
>>> affiliating the NFLUG with InfoTech Niagara.  This will potentially 
>>> do a couple of things.  First is boost membership, as people dealing 
>>> with Linux will learn about the LUG.  Plus, Some ITN members will be 
>>> inclined to look at membership in a more career enhancing manner. 
>>> More membership, especially from the professional world can get 
>>> better meetings, more varied presentations, better networking 
>>> opportunities for those people looking to break into the industry 
>>> (students, pay
>>> attention!)
>>>
>>> Now the bad news, we will probably need to set up some kind of dues 
>>> schedule, at least for those attending meetings. No, this won't be 
>>> excessive, and there should be things like student memberships, etc.
>>> That said, there are good things that can come from that, too. Does 
>>> anyone have any comments on this ..
>>> (Note, if you've never attended a meeting, and never have any plans 
>>> on attending a meeting, because you live in Kansas or something, 
>>> please don't flame the list.  Since it won't affect you one way or 
>>> another, there is nothing to be gained except a reputation as an 
>>> Internet Tough Guy)
>>>
>>> Mark was also mentioning holding meetings at his new digs.  Would 
>>> downtown Buffalo be more convenient for people? ITT has been good to 
>>> us, but some people have expressed problems with getting there, 
>>> especially on public transportation.  We won't do this move without 
>>> plenty of warning, and of course, if Mark has changed his mind, that 
>>> will be another issue...:-)
>>>
>>> As always, if there is anyone with something new and cool to show, 
>>> please let me know, and we'll revolve the meeting around you.
>>>
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