[clue-tech] Additional study groups and/or topics?

[Chuck Downing]

Collins Richey wrote:
> I'm just curious to know if there are others who might be interested
> in get-togethers outside of the CLUE once-a-month meeting and
> Installfests for the purpose of establishing / extending one or more
> study groups for Linux and Linux-related topics? What I don't have in
> mind is another venue where presentations are made, but rather a
> sharing of ideas and interests and (potentially) food and booze. In
> general, the term Birds of a Feather comes to mind.
> 
> Some current interests that I have (in no particular order)  - I'm
> sure you can think about many more:
> 
> Ubuntu - particularly Xubuntu - and Debian topics in general
Yes
> CentOS and other Red Hat related topics
> Web development - especially PHP and MySQL/PostgreSQL
> The free version of Oracle
> SQL - beyond the basics
> Gimp - how to make it really work
Yes
> Inkscape
> OpenOffice
Yes, here I might be able to contribute ideas.
> Networking and Security for the home user
Emphatically, yes
> Linux advocacy and winning new users
Yes
> <fill-in-your-favorite-topic>
> 
> Such a group or groups wouldn't necessarily need a forever fixed
> topic, but rather could plough through any number of topics as
> interests ebb and flow.
> 
> Potentially the topics from such meetings could deveop into KISS or
> other presentations for the main CLUE group. If you can't find
> presenters or event coordinators, grow your own <grin>.
> 
> I'm pretty much a South and East person, but nothing would prevent
> this type of meetings in the North area as well.
> 
> Just my $.02.
> 
> --
> Collins Richey
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>       the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not
>       smart enough to debug it.
>              -Brian Kernighan
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You guys seem to have gotten way off topic in the last 12 hours.

Colin, your idea sounds great to me.  Something like this is why I've 
been lurking here for two or three years.  The problem I have is 
two-fold.  First, as you see, we live in Leadville, over 100 miles from 
anywhere, but do have a townhouse near University and C-470.  Second, 
although I am retired, I have gotten into too many Masonic activities to 
count, so I would have to be picky about meeting days.  I am, however, 
open to pizza and beer or the clean smell of a library.  Please keep 
pushing your idea.

Thanks for your time.


-- 
Chuck Downing
Leadville, Colorado


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