[clue] Meetings?

Thu May 16 11:20:26 MDT 2019

Sure. CLUE used to meet on the 2nd Tuesday evening, each month. Doors at 6:30. Talk at 7PM. How about just resume that? Talk can be Q&A / panel-of-experts / workshop style, instead of talky. 

From: "Gary Romero" <garheade at romerotools.net> 
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Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 11:06:04 AM 
Subject: Re: [clue] Meetings? 

Why don't we just start with scheduling an Installfest. David Willison, could you list a couple of nights that your basement would be available? 

On 2019-05-16 10:28, Account 2 wrote: 

Phillip wrote that the meetings were mostly over the heads of many of the attendee's. This was true for me also. While I was interested in becoming a power user of Linux, my primary reason to switch to Linux was to support open source and for stability. Remember Vista? 

I wasn't one who was drawn to the meetings by a noted speaker every month. While there's nothing wrong with this, I'm guessing from an organization stand point, for the organizers, this must have increased headache's and logistics of needing a meeting room with projector capability, etc, etc ... My thoughts on starting back up are thus: Maybe you don't need to meet every month with a large and capable conference room. It's hard to meet 12 times a year in our fast paced culture. Maybe starting back up small and simple with setting a schedule, maybe a winter schedule if everybody is to busy in the summer, or vice versa, and posting it well in advance could generate much interest. 

Pick some topics. Install fest's are great, but after install fest the needs of the users might be: 

LOGS: 
Where are logs, why do I need to monitor them. How do I monitor and what do I look for when reviewing my logs? 

SECURITY: 
How do I secure my new Debian install? Is it just like Windows where I install a good anti-virus and obliviously go about my way? 

COMPILING: 
As a noob, I would have liked to have someone show me how to compile any small and simple open source program, just as an example of how to do it. Who know's where this could lead me to in the future. 

VERIFYING DOWNLOADS: 
What's all this SHA256 stuff? Why is it important and how do I verify what I've downloaded? 

Sure I can find many articles online that cover these topics, but I never have someone to turn to when the (sometimes outdated) step by step instructions I find online don't work. Having someone to look over your shoulder while doing this at a meeting would be much better. 

Turning noobs into power users can build comradery and make new connections and just as importantly, give us a good reason to get out of the house. It doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to work. 

I like checking in on the CLUE posting from time to time and would like to help but I have recently moved out of state so I'm not able to help. I'm in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area and I have looked for linux groups up here but cant find anything other than specialized groups on Meetup. Who know's maybe I start a Linux noobs meetup up here! 

Best of luck to you all and thanks for the help I received when I did come to the meetings. 

- Scott 

On 5/16/19 10:33 AM, Philipp Giddings wrote: 

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That is great new. Are there any others on the list with interest in attending? So far, not much in way of replies to this thread. 
Anyone? 
Thanks for offering up a space for us David 

On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 8:20 AM David L. Willson < [ mailto:dlwillson at thegeek.nu | dlwillson at thegeek.nu ] > wrote: 

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I have space for up to 16 in the Comfy Room, but someone else needs to chair/MC. 
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From: Dennis J Perkins < [ mailto:djperkins77 at gmail.com | djperkins77 at gmail.com ] > 
Date: 5/15/19 7:30 AM (GMT-07:00) 
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Very few people were coming near the end and it wasn't easy finding speakers. When McAffee closed their office here, we didn't look for a new home. Maybe if we held an occasional meeting when someone wanted to give a talk, but the irregularity might mean that people wouldn't remember when to meet. It might also be hard to find a place that would let us do this. 
There is an Open Source group that meets somewhere near Dry Creek and I25. I haven't gone to any meetings yet. 

On Wed, May 15, 2019, 7:22 AM Philipp Giddings < [ mailto:phil9x at gmail.com | phil9x at gmail.com ] > wrote: 

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I myself have not lost interest. I am sure there are others with interest as well. 
Does anyone on the list have the will to organize and find a space? 
Are others on the list interested in attending such meeting? 
Seemed the most interesting activity was "Installfest", engaging at all levels. 
However the CLUE meetings minus the KISS session was over the heads of many attendees IMHO and sometimes. 
I regret greatly not learning more about Bitcoin when David introduced us to it. Duh! 
I will attend if meetings begin again. 
Amazing how social media killed the meatspace 

On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 8:12 PM Sean LeBlanc < [ mailto:seanleblanc at comcast.net | seanleblanc at comcast.net ] > wrote: 

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Do meetings still happen for CLUE? I have to admit I've checked out 
somewhat after moving to the foothills and getting so busy at a startup 
and with home life, etc., and I have to be very sparing with the meetups 
I do go to. 

Did Linux just become part of the background for the way most people do 
their jobs - to the point where most people don't need to learn about 
Linux in particular? Did "the cloud" cause some to lose interest? 

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