Well, with roughly equal numbers expressing an interest in Lynn and Ely, I've booked a meeting room at the North Lynn Discovery Centre for 2pm-6pm on Sunday 14th July. I'll post more details later (like a proper announcement and how to get there), but there's car parking, wheelchair access (I'm fairly sure) and the fast food cafe should be open. So, who else is coming and what are we looking at this time?
On Tuesday 25 Jun 2002 1:37 pm, MJ Ray wrote:
Well, with roughly equal numbers expressing an interest in Lynn and Ely, I've booked a meeting room at the North Lynn Discovery Centre for 2pm-6pm on Sunday 14th July. I'll post more details later (like a proper announcement and how to get there), but there's car parking, wheelchair access (I'm fairly sure) and the fast food cafe should be open. So, who else is coming and what are we looking at this time?
I'll do my best to make the trip.
The round table thing sounds intertesting.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 03:46:06PM +0100, John Woodard said:
The round table thing sounds intertesting.
And we introduce women dressing up very nicely with tons of food in the centre while discussing life in general ;)
I'll try and get along this time and finally get to meet some of you. The last couple (incl. the installfest) clashed with holiday's etc.
Unfortunately that's why I missed the Installfest. It occurs to me that June, July and August (and possibly September) are probably bad times for InstallFests as people are either taking exams (or have kids who are) etc or thinking about going on holiday. I suspect October/November or Febrary/March are probably better. But then what do I know? (and that's a rhetorical question if you hadn't guessed :o) )
wrt ideas for the meetings, how about starting a round robin topic list of things we'd like to know more about? for example I'd like someone to spend 1/2 hour going over the whole ./configure, make, make install thing (nothing heavy, you know words of one syllable or less) so I'd have some idea of what I'm doing. And I'd also like some more detail on kernel modules and how they work. Yes, I know there's lots of stuff on the web but I'm going crosseyed with all the reading I've been doing lately, it'd be nice to have someone talk me through these things.
Unfortunately I'm too new to GNU/Linux to offer much in return. I'm wading through a complete system build from source but I'm only up to installing X and Gnome at the moment. I'd be happy to talk about my experiences of that some time in the future (2,3,4,5 years! :o) ). I've got a fair bit of background in relational d/b's if that's of any interest but nothing on any Linux ones.
If there the was a list of potential topics of interest maybe we could pick off those we felt able to say something useful about and also vote for those we'd like to know more about.
Something else that might be of interest. Back when I lived in Reading I was involved with the local BCS branch (I dropped out when I moved to Norfolk), they used to run themed workshop events e.g a series of 4/5/6 meetings on a specific topic, say project management or web page design or whatever. It takes a bit of organising but I remember them being quite a lot of fun. The trick was to get other computing groups involved e.g BCS, local universities, firms, etc. If it's of interest I can go into a bit more detail at the meeting.
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On Tuesday 02 Jul 2002 10:41 pm, Keith Watson wrote:
wrt ideas for the meetings, how about starting a round robin topic list of things we'd like to know more about? for example I'd like someone to spend 1/2 hour going over the whole ./configure, make, make install thing (nothing heavy, you know words of one syllable or less) so I'd have some idea of what I'm doing. And I'd also like some more detail on kernel modules and how they work. Yes, I know there's lots of stuff on the web but I'm going crosseyed with all the reading I've been doing lately, it'd be nice to have someone talk me through these things.
I've added a list to the wiki page for the next meeting for members who are attending to announce they are coming and request demos or help. You can add your name and mention the compile from source demo there.
http://www.alug.org.uk/contrib/?July%2014th
Keith Watson kpwatson@luna.co.uk wrote:
[...] It occurs to me that June, July and August (and possibly September)
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Quite possibly. Up until now, we've just slotted in with the national days, which have been May/June time, I think. Of course, we're always able to do installs if people give us a bit of warning to bring the right disks.
wrt ideas for the meetings, how about starting a round robin topic list of things we'd like to know more about? [...]
Nice idea, but we already accept suggestions on the list and can add them to the meeting page as soon as someone agrees to them. That reminds me: I should update the meeting page with the things people have agreed to do (eg the Linux handheld).
for example I'd like someone to spend 1/2 hour going over the whole ./configure, make, make install thing (nothing heavy, you know words of one syllable or less) so I'd have some idea of what I'm doing. [...]
Should we try to schedule the meeting? Some 1/2 hour slots for people to present different topics at the round table and those uninterested can go play with the boxes?
Unfortunately I'm too new to GNU/Linux to offer much in return. [...]
Oh, you're already offering, don't worry.
[...] I've got a fair bit of background in relational d/b's if that's of any interest but nothing on any Linux ones.
I was just at quite a good talk about PostgreSQL at Peterboro' LUG not too long ago. It's always interesting for us relatively new database users to hear from those with long experience of real-world problems.
If there the was a list of potential topics of interest maybe we could pick off those we felt able to say something useful about and also vote for those we'd like to know more about.
Well, voting is a bit, well, organised, isn't it? If you have something to say or a preference to express, then speak up on-list. Same goes for all you lurkers out there!
used to run themed workshop events e.g a series of 4/5/6 meetings on a specific topic, say project management or web page design or whatever. It takes a bit of
Trouble is you run the danger of people skipping the meetings if they don't think that the topic interests them. With ALUG getting together relatively infrequently in each location, I feel that a mix of topics at each place is likely to work better.
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MJR
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