[Gloucs] [Fwd: [lugmaster] Linux Ham headcount]

[Francis Barton]

-----Forwarded Message-----
> From: chris williams <webboss at ntlworld.com>
> To: lugmaster at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: [lugmaster] Linux Ham headcount
> Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 10:06:19 +0000
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Would you mind asking around your lugs to see if you have and Radio
> Amateurs in your groups. If you could you ask any "Linux Hams" you find
> lurking to drop a very quick mail to :-
> 
> linuxham at 485design.co.uk
> 
> At this stage Im doing a quick headcount using an email countbot to see
> roughly how many are about, but if there is enough interest a couple of
> members from our group plan to put together a UK based Linux-Ham
> resource site etc...
> 
> We (Shropshire LUG) recently did a "Linux Awareness Day" at Telford
> Radio Rally - a national event kind of like a computer fair on steriods
> for radio amateurs. Quite a good event - several thousand visitors all
> of whom had to walk past our display to get to the bargains - lots of
> interest - kept 6 of us on the display stand busy all day with demos and
> chat :)
> 
> Judging from the number of visitors we spoke to who indicated they used
> linux already there should be potentially quite a few. Our lug has about
> half a dozen out of our 60ish membership that are radio amateurs (around
> 10%). I will be interested to see if this is a national thing or if we
> are just a strange bunch of anoraks here in shropshire ;)
> 
> 
> cheers all...
> 
> Chris W (g7/m3nbp)
> 
> --
> Christopher J Williams
> LugMaster for Shropshire - http://www.shropshire.lug.org
> 
> 
> 
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