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<p>Thanks for this Olly, much appreciated.</p>
<p>Mark<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 07/08/16 13:06, Olly Clark via
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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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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href="http://www.meetup.com/Preston-Computer-Programmers-Meetup/">http://www.meetup.com/Preston-Computer-Programmers-Meetup/</a>.
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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>
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<b>Olly Clark<br>
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