[cumbria_lug] CLUG meetings suspended

Tue Dec 13 23:00:34 UTC 2011

@John Patterson

I thoroughly enjoyed reading your missive. Yes, I agree with you on all of
your points, except I started out with the ZX-80....!

Anyway, I really wish The Lodge was available to me at any other time.
However, because it is a 'relatively' active lodge, incorporating many
lodges & side degrees they will only permit me 1 night of the week, this
being sundays, when, for all intents & purposes it is closed - except for
me :)  That being said, my meetings are not THE CLUG, merely, probably, 1
of many such meetings CLUGgers attend...

Damian

On 13 December 2011 15:52, John Patterson <john at johnpatterson.plus.com>wrote:

> **
> Damian,
>
> I have been interested in your CLUG ever since I finally managed to get
> Ubuntu to print something. It only took me 2 years to acheive this.  I live
> in Penrith. Travelling to Carlisle isn't a problem but have not attended
> any meetings because Sunday evenings are inconvenient.  Last Sunday I was
> travelling back from Sunderland, for instance.
>
> Back in the day, I used to attend a computer club in Maidenhead when
> living in Buckinghamshire.  This was in the days of Commodore 64/128,
> Atari, Amiga, etc.  Ostensibly this was a branch of the Independant
> Commodore User Group (IGPUG) but in fact all types of machine were
> welcome.  The success of this branch was due to many things but here are a
> few:
>
> 1) Meetings were monthly and held in the evening of the third Thursday in
> every month.  Come hail or shine, every member was therefore aware of when
> the next meeting was to be.
> 2) A brief seminar/demonstration was arranged for each meeting.  The topic
> for the each meeting was fixed and announced two meetings before (i.e. 3
> months).  Since any form of computing was relatively new at that time,
> everyone wanted to learn about all types of hardware and software so
> attendances were very good. Usually about 20 or so turned up.  I travelled
> about 35 miles to each meeting (and back again). The first IBM 8086 PC (a
> 286) seen by me was demonstated to us at such a meeting.  Soon after that I
> bought an Elonex 386.  With the Elonex was bought a copy of MS DOS and a
> copy of Windows 3.  Windows 3 was brand-new at the time and it needed MS
> DOS for it to run.  Members of the group guided me in several weeks of
> porting my data from my redundant 8 bit format to 16 bit format. Most
> members, except for two who were IT administrators at two different
> colleges, were newbies and were much in need of this type of help.  The
> first (to me) internet and email was seen at this group.
>
> Unless the world of linux welcomes more and more users, then in time, it
> will be battered to death by paid-for and patented O/Ss and software.  This
> should be the purpose and future of LUGS.  They must be centres of help and
> encouragement to Linux wannabees and newbies.  The parallels between
> Maidenhead ICPUG with CLUG are many.  Since Linux users are such a small
> proportion of PC users then almost whole world of PC users are potential
> linux wannabees and newbies.  I am very much a newby after four years and
> have found that 80% of articles in linux magazines, fly over my head but I
> have helped at least two wannabee into Linux who didn't even know they were.
>
> The road ahead may be long and hard but please keep up the good work.  If
> there are to be future meetings, I will certainly attend but unfortunately,
> not if at weekends nor Wednesday evenings.
>
> John Patterson
> Penrith
>
>
> On 12/12/11 11:13, Damian Hellstrom wrote:
>
> @All
>
>  CLUG Meetings at The Lodge, Carlisle have been suspended until enough
> members show interest in attending. The Lodge Custodian is not prepared to
> open the bar for 2 or 3 visitors. I am not prepared to sit there & wait,
> often on my own, for CLUG members to turn up.
>
>  So, if you're at all interested let me know, either through this mailing
> list or Fakebook.
>
>
>  Damian
>
>
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