[SLUG] Next Slug meeting

[John Allsopp]

Good work, go Bob go :-)

J

bob wrote:
> 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
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