[dundee] Smashy and Nicey

[Robert Shand]

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Hi all,

Well last nights meeting was okay.  Only three os us with keys to sign,
and some very dodgy passport photos and drivers licences... anywho onto
some other things.

We had a quick chat about what we could do to foster more of a community
withing TLUG.  It was generally thought that some sort of group project,
to get people talking (hopefully about an area of knowledge they can
teach others about), would be a good idea.  After a few minutes chat we
came up with two ideas (Well two ideas that I remember)

1) Create a free wireless network.  This appears to be what every other
group, so why not us.  Some concerns were made about the potential cost
of this.

2) Do some charity work.  There are a lot of small charities in the
Dundee area that require IT support/networking, web space, web design,
desktops setting up etc.  Personally I like this idea.  I think that
this could open up a lot of possible talks, eg Setting up Samba to act
as a PDC, network topology, authentication techniques, privacy,
firewalling, generally security.  GNU/Linux and the desktop etc.

Why would anyone want to do it, well it makes you feel nice and warm
inside ;) (Or for those of you with a heart of stone, it looks good on
CV's etc. and gives you a chance to put things into practise that you
wouldn't normally do)

So this email is to judge what other TLUG list members think of idea
number 2.  Are you willing to donate some of your time to help out some
of the smaller charities, and at the same time meet new people and learn
new skills?

If you like the idea let the list know and we can try and work something
out for those interested.

All the best

Bob

PS - I do a lot of great work for charidy, but I don't like to talk
about it mate :)
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