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<p>Sorry this has taken some time for me to get back to you all with
a summary of last Saturday's meeting, unfortunately a few things
at home and work have distracted me of late.</p>
<p> Anyway, so there was John McMullin (I Think, sorry bad with
names, should have said at the time), Guy Heatley (I think) and
me. We discussed Preston LUG becoming dormant, what the LUG used
to get upto when it was active, Guy and John were original members
of the LUG. I introduced myself and how I had come to get
involved in PLUG and my background and Linux usage. I was a
member of Blackpool LUG for several years and when it evolved into
Blackpool Mackerspace. When it relocated I struggled to make the
same kind of commitment for the group (due to work and family
commitments) so I was looking for something new, I own my own
business I provide a one stop shop IT solution for new businesses
and small businesses alike all hosted on Linux. John works for
IBM and is into compilers and has a very keen interest in
developing his own system on a chip he is currently experimenting
with an FPGA board, he thinks it could be an interesting project
for the LUG to take on. Guy is the founder/LUG Master he ins
still working for UCLAN on the infrastructure side of things
supporting the Universities many Databases. <br>
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<p>We had a discussion about the practicalities of making an open
system on a chip, both hardware and software is there any truly
Open hardware we could use for the project. We discussed various
ARM boards which could work.<br>
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<p>The subject of further meets was discussed in detail as well as
some events that might be of interest to the LUG including
Wuthering Bytes which I emailed an itinerary to the group last
Saturday, although I think that might have been updated since I
put it together. DEC Legacy 2016 was also mentioned which is
taking place in Windermere on 15th and 16th October. John also
mentioned the Preston Computer Programmers Monthly meetup which is
held at Cotton Court, attendance and details is through the Meetup
App and can be found here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.meetup.com/Preston-Computer-Programmers-Meetup/">http://www.meetup.com/Preston-Computer-Programmers-Meetup/</a>. <br>
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<p>Weekday meetings were discussed and it was decided to through it
open to the mailing list to get a consensus on a evening which
would be good for everyone. We discussed a venue for the meet, Guy
thought he could probably still book a room at UCLAN however he
wasn't sure about the access arrangements as all of the campuses
now require RFID card entry so he would look into the
practicalities and get back to the group. Judging by the emails
to the list over the last couple of days it would appear that
there maybe other alternatives available. So maybe we should have
a vote on what would be a good meeting time for members, week day
(if so what is the preference for a particular day) or weekend and
also what times?</p>
<p>Well I think that was about the some total of what we discussed,
oh lots of coffee was consumed in the process as well, John, Guy
if there is anything I missed please chip in.</p>
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Regards<br>
<br>
<b>Olly Clark<br>
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