[SLUG] Next Slug meeting

[bob]

Hi 

There were four members at Monday's Slug meeting.  Not too bad for August.  We 
talked about David's live CD for the partially sighted, other topics inluded 
the price of flash memory - I got a 512Mb flash stick in Tesco's for £5.99 on 
Monday, only to discover on Tuesday that you can get a Gb in Smith's for 
£8.74.

We all agreed that some new blood would be a good idea, so at the next meeting 
of Slug, due on Monday 3rd September at the Valley, some time will be devoted 
to discussing future organisation and plans.  Here are some of the topics we 
thought would be worth talking about.

                     THE FUTURE OF SLUG MEETINGS - Points for discussion.

(Input on the mailing list is welcome from everyone and is not a commitment to 
come to meetings) 

We should fix the day of the week when meetings take place.  This makes it 
easier for people to organise their lives so that they can come.  The first 
Monday of each month was suggested.

The meetings could be at the Blind Club in Dean Road, where there is internet 
access and more equipment.

The meetings could have a more varied format.  Three half 
hour sessions on: a beginners topic -examples "KOffice vs OpenOffice" 
and "command line vs GUI": a more advanced topic - example ADRIAN, a system 
for the blind built by the same guy who invented Knoppix: and a session on 
any other business in which anyone could talk on anything.

We could do a poster for the library to emphasise the non-commercial side of 
Linux, giving contact addresses, with a screenshot of, say, KDE4.

We could change the name.  SLUG is not sexy.  I came up with SOLOS, which is 
an acronym for Scarborough Organisation for Linux and Open Software.  Someone 
can probably do better.

Bob