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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Afternoon Mark/Everyone,<br>
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Sorry I've been off the list been a hectic week, I'll see you at
Caffe Nero on Saturday (it's my usual haunt anyway for doing work
of a weekend).<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<br>
Olly<br>
<br>
On 13/07/16 20:27, Mark Walton via Preston wrote:<br>
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<div>Really good to hear from you both (I'm sure we have exchanged
emails some while ago).</div>
<div>I'm more than comfortable with organising the meet ups, but
keen to get input from the wider group as to what they are
looking for from the community.</div>
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<div>I will pitch up at the Cafe Nero on Fishergate from 2pm
onward on Saturday so people can drop in/out as per their
availability and other commitments. I'll hang around until 5pm
although people need not feel obliged to drink quite that much
coffee if they have other things to squeeze into their day.</div>
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<div>If we could start to attract some members of the education
community to come along and get acquainted with Linux, then it
may make sense to try and secure the use of the UCLAN
facilities, as Alan O'D does for the Raspberry Pi sessions each
month. </div>
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<div>I've just seen Mike Hewitt's note from the Blackpool LUG
regarding the annual Linux Presentation Day, planned for
October. Not sure how much interest we could stir up in a couple
of months, but it may make a good focal point to try and do
something for that; I'll drop a note back to Mike and have a
chat with them before I get too ambitious!</div>
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<div>Mark<br>
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On Wed, 13 Jul, 2016 at 4:34 PM, Billie Cowie via Preston
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<div>I would be interested in meeting up in Cafe
Nero on a Saturday though I will be on Holiday
till end of July. <br>
I am free to meet up most days as I work at night.<br>
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I would add though that while I have been using
Linux for a few years now , my technical knowledge
is limited to the command-line.<br>
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If that's not a problem though I would be like to help
out where I could.<br>
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I also like the idea of promoting linux via the
education option .<br>
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Anyway , let me know how things develop.<br>
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Good Luck with relaunching PLUG.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 13 July 2016 at 08:40, Phil
Robinson via Preston <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<p dir="ltr">Ahhhh my eyes, my eyes! I've been under
that rock for a long time now. Hope you are well Guy
and others.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The domain was indeed as dormant as the
group, consider it reactivated. We did have a very
good turn out in the glory days, the envy of many
other LUGs. Didn't we used to meet on Wednesdays
though? I never could do Tuesdays.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Anyway, I'm glad to see some potential
activity again and maybe a new lease of life for PLUG.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Phil Robinson.</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 13 Jul 2016 1:50 am,
"Guy via Preston" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Mark (and others),<br>
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PLUG was originally founded in 2001 by Phil
Robinson. (He had the<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://prestonlinux.com"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">prestonlinux.com</a>
domain registered, but it seems to have lapsed
now.)<br>
<br>
I used to organize the meetings in the mid
noughties as I worked in IT<br>
at UCLan (and still do) and could get a room
booked at Uni (and still<br>
could).<br>
<br>
I stopped organizing meetings in 2008 as my wife
gave birth to twins and<br>
I didn't have the time. I seem to have a lot
less free time nowadays<br>
than I used to.<br>
<br>
The group has been dormant since then, pretty
much.<br>
<br>
I think to run a PLUG as anything other than a
drinking society (not<br>
that there is anything wrong with that!) takes
effort and organization.<br>
<br>
I was occasionally disheartened when someone had
freely volunteered to<br>
present on a topic, donating their time and
expertise, and the audience<br>
could be counted on one hand. The effort and
organization requirements<br>
are the same if 5 people or 50 people show up.<br>
<br>
But ... as Richard Stallman says - he fights the
fight expecting to<br>
lose, so any win is glorious. :-)<br>
<br>
We used to meet on the 1st Tuesday of the month,
starting a 19:30 at the<br>
Uni, then at 21:00 go to the Greyfriar pub.<br>
<br>
I would be prepared to attend / contribute to
meetings etc, if they were<br>
to occur, but I would say I have served my time
as a primary PLUG organizer.<br>
<br>
I also know there are a few of the old guard
still reading this list.<br>
Maybe some of them can be prised from under
their rocks, blinking, into<br>
the light of day.<br>
:-)<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Guy Heatley<br>
<br>
Ken Walker via Preston:<br>
> Sorry mate Saturdays not good for me as
I'll be at grasshoppers at the beer<br>
> festival followed by my mates wedding.<br>
> On 12 Jul 2016 20:46, "Daryl Knight via
Preston" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:preston@mailman.lug.org.uk"
target="_blank">preston@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>><br>
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>> Hi Ken,<br>
>><br>
>> The date and venue are fine for me...
but a 3 hour window is a bit vague<br>
>> (guess I like precision a tad too
much).<br>
>> If someone could let me know what time
they'd be arriving then I'll pop<br>
>> along at the same time, to avoid
sitting for up to 2-3 hours waiting for<br>
>> people.<br>
>><br>
>> - Daryl<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
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>> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 19:19:15 +0100<br>
>> To: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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target="_blank">bob.mclellan@gmail.com</a>; <a
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target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:preston@mailman.lug.org.uk">preston@mailman.lug.org.uk</a></a>;<br>
>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:keneawalker@gmail.com"
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>> Subject: Re: [Preston] A LUG needs a
purpose<br>
>> From: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:preston@mailman.lug.org.uk"
target="_blank">preston@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>
>><br>
>> Bob, Ken, Daryl, Nick and Olly,<br>
>> Thanks for the responses, its good to
see that there is life out there on<br>
>> the old mailing list.<br>
>> All your points are valid and very
topical. Im especially interested in<br>
>> Nicks views from inside the edtech
sector and the opportunity this<br>
>> presents. There could be a very
beneficial relationship to be forged by the<br>
>> LUGs with the schools now having more
direct control over their IT, but<br>
>> having limited insight into
alternatives beyond MS, Apple and Google; or<br>
>> the downsides to these options that the
marketing materials tactfully avoid.<br>
>> I also had a thought about coding, but
using Sonic-pi, Scratch and<br>
>> possibly Squeek or Turtle.<br>
>><br>
>> It feels like there may be some
interest in a meet up.<br>
>><br>
>> If I suggested somewhere like Cafe Nero
opposite the train station in<br>
>> Preston on Saturday afternoon, dropping
in/out say 2pm to 5pm would that be<br>
>> possible for anyone, or would an
alternate date/venue be easier for the<br>
>> majority?<br>
>><br>
>> Mark<br>
>><br>
>> Sent from my ASUS<br>
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