[clue] Meetings?

Thu May 16 11:21:02 MDT 2019

Would love to attend more meetings in the Boulder area.

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>    1. Re: Meetings? (Lester Embree)
>    2. Re: Meetings? (Gary Romero)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 10:46:07 -0600
>From: Lester Embree <embree537 at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [clue] Meetings?
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>I would like to attend.
>
>However, it can be a little challenging sometimes.  Between my work
>schedule and coming from Evans!
>
>Lester
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>On Thu, May 16, 2019, 9:49 AM Mike Shoup <mike at shouptech.com> wrote:
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> > I'd attend occasionally.
> >
> > On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 9:47 AM Gary Romero <garheade at romerotools.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I'd attend. I might even be willing to assist in organizing
> >> speakers/topics.
> >>
> >>
> >> -G
> >>
> >>
> >> On 2019-05-16 09:33, Philipp Giddings wrote:
> >>
> >> 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 <dlwillson at thegeek.nu>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have space for up to 16 in the Comfy Room, but someone else needs to
> >>> chair/MC.
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -------- Original message --------
> >>> From: Dennis J Perkins <djperkins77 at gmail.com>
> >>> Date: 5/15/19 7:30 AM (GMT-07:00)
> >>> To: CLUE's mailing list <clue at cluedenver.org>
> >>> Subject: Re: [clue] Meetings?
> >>>
> >>> 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 <phil9x at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> 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 <seanleblanc at comcast.net>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> 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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>Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 11:06:04 -0600
>From: Gary Romero <garheade at romerotools.net>
>Subject: Re: [clue] Meetings?
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>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?
>
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>On 2019-05-16 10:28, Account 2 wrote:
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> > 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:
> >
> > 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 
> <dlwillson at thegeek.nu> wrote:
> >
> > I have space for up to 16 in the Comfy Room, but someone else 
> needs to chair/MC.
> >
> > Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
> >
> > -------- Original message --------
> > From: Dennis J Perkins <djperkins77 at gmail.com>
> > Date: 5/15/19 7:30 AM (GMT-07:00)
> > To: CLUE's mailing list <clue at cluedenver.org>
> > Subject: Re: [clue] Meetings?
> >
> > 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 <phil9x at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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 
> <seanleblanc at comcast.net> wrote: 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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