[Gloucs] Re: gloucs Digest, Vol 18, Issue 2

Sat Jan 24 17:27:38 GMT 2004

re Gloscat
I think this is a great idea and well in line with the spirit  of community
computing.
Perhaps Brunswick have some room too?
John
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>    1. Re: Next LUG meeting (Guy Edwards)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 21:35:18 +0000
> From: Guy Edwards <guy_j_edwards at HotPOP.com>
> Subject: Re: [Gloucs] Next LUG meeting
> To: Glyn Davies <glynd at walmore.com>, Gloucestershire LUG
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> On Sat, 2004-01-17 at 10:23, Glyn Davies wrote:
> [snip]
> > Are there any plans hatched for January's meeting? If not, can anyone
> > suggest a venue?
> >
> > We really need to sort out this venue malarky by the February meeting
date.
>
> Since we could do with a meeting place, I was going to ask on Monday at
> work if we could use a room at Gloscat, Cheltenham. Anyone got any
> thoughts? I've written down what I can think of.
>
> Problems are:
> 1) Although there's tonnes of parking there, you might have to pay 50p
> for a carpark token to get out of the car park. Sometimes the barrier is
> up in the evenings so you don't have to pay, other times you have to pay
> to get out.
>
> 2) If you're bringing in a laptop etc then I will have to sort out some
> kind of security tag for the equipment at reception so they know you
> aren't running off with college equipment at the end.
>
> 3) Can't have food/drink in the computer lab (college policy) so no
> sipping a coffee while watching a presentation.
>
> 4) Classroom type seating arrangement which isnt easy to change.
>
> Good points:
> 1) Great big "activeboard" in the room with a projector mounted in the
> ceiling. Good for presentations.
>
> 2) lab machines can be used for practice installs (I can set the room up
> with blank hard drives before the meeting).
>
> 3) It's not far from the Chelt motorway junction - Princess Elizabeth
> Way near the GCHQ building. This should make it easier to get to for
> those who don't live near Chelt.
>
> 4) seperate restarant/bar where you could have a break from
> presentations etc. (we would have to lock the room when we went for a
> break)
>
> 5) Hopefully no booking cost.
>
> 6) I will place a filter on the internet - e.g. blocking anything like
> kazaa, blacklisted websites and the majority of nmap type traffic, but
> bandwidth in the evenings shouldn't be a problem though so people who
> normally just have a dial-up can download security updates for their
> distribution etc.
>
> Shout problems/requests/questions now. I'll be trying to sort it out
> next week in time for Febs meeting if eveythings ok?
>
> Guy
>
> --
> Guy Edwards <guy_j_edwards at HotPOP.com>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 22:15:34 +0000
> From: Dave Addison <dave at redmoor.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Gloucs] Next LUG meeting
> To: gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk
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> In message <1074893717.5869.32.camel at linstation>, Guy Edwards
> <guy_j_edwards at HotPOP.com> writes
> >On Sat, 2004-01-17 at 10:23, Glyn Davies wrote:
> >[snip]
> >> Are there any plans hatched for January's meeting? If not, can anyone
> >> suggest a venue?
> >>
> >> We really need to sort out this venue malarky by the February meeting
date.
> >
> >Since we could do with a meeting place, I was going to ask on Monday at
> >work if we could use a room at Gloscat, Cheltenham. Anyone got any
> >thoughts? I've written down what I can think of.
> >
> >Problems are:
> >1) Although there's tonnes of parking there, you might have to pay 50p
> >for a carpark token to get out of the car park. Sometimes the barrier is
> >up in the evenings so you don't have to pay, other times you have to pay
> >to get out.
> >
> >2) If you're bringing in a laptop etc then I will have to sort out some
> >kind of security tag for the equipment at reception so they know you
> >aren't running off with college equipment at the end.
> >
> >3) Can't have food/drink in the computer lab (college policy) so no
> >sipping a coffee while watching a presentation.
> >
> >4) Classroom type seating arrangement which isnt easy to change.
> >
> >Good points:
> >1) Great big "activeboard" in the room with a projector mounted in the
> >ceiling. Good for presentations.
> >
> >2) lab machines can be used for practice installs (I can set the room up
> >with blank hard drives before the meeting).
> >
> >3) It's not far from the Chelt motorway junction - Princess Elizabeth
> >Way near the GCHQ building. This should make it easier to get to for
> >those who don't live near Chelt.
> >
> >4) seperate restarant/bar where you could have a break from
> >presentations etc. (we would have to lock the room when we went for a
> >break)
> >
> >5) Hopefully no booking cost.
> >
> >6) I will place a filter on the internet - e.g. blocking anything like
> >kazaa, blacklisted websites and the majority of nmap type traffic, but
> >bandwidth in the evenings shouldn't be a problem though so people who
> >normally just have a dial-up can download security updates for their
> >distribution etc.
> >
> >Shout problems/requests/questions now. I'll be trying to sort it out
> >next week in time for Febs meeting if eveythings ok?
> >
> >Guy
> >
> Sounds good to me. Certainly a better venue than anything I've been able
> to come up with.
> --
> Dave Addison
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 01:22:13 +0000
> From: Paul Broadhead <lug at twinmoons.clara.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Gloucs] NDIS problem; FAO Paul Broadhesd
> To: Gloucestershire LUG <gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk>
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> "GMan" <gman at mcb.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi there, I just had the same problem. (Win 98, new 2.4GHz processor,
> > Windows protection error)
> >
> > If you haven't gone Linux : ) or XP : ( this might help; I replaced
> > the NDIS.VXD (V 4.10.1998) with the V 4.10.2222 version from my
> > Windows 98SE box and off it went.
>
> Thanks for the info. I thought I had Win98SE but I don't really want to
> fix it now anyway.  Its a perfect excuse to keep the evil OS off my
> desktop:)
>
> Paul
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 01:34:11 +0000
> From: Paul Broadhead <lug at twinmoons.clara.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Gloucs] Next LUG meeting
> To: Gloucestershire LUG <gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Message-ID: <20040124013411.64346387.lug at twinmoons.clara.co.uk>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>
> Guy Edwards <guy_j_edwards at HotPOP.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 2004-01-17 at 10:23, Glyn Davies wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > Are there any plans hatched for January's meeting? If not, can
> > > anyone suggest a venue?
> > >
> > > We really need to sort out this venue malarky by the February
> > > meeting date.
> >
> > Since we could do with a meeting place, I was going to ask on Monday
> > at work if we could use a room at Gloscat, Cheltenham. Anyone got any
> > thoughts? I've written down what I can think of.
>
> Sounds like a great venue to me, convenient for some too.  Did we have a
> January meeting; may sound like a stupid question but I can't find any
> evidence that we did?
>
> Do we still intend to hold our meetings on the third Tuesday of the
> month? The reason I ask is that I now have another monthly Tuesday
> commitment but I can choose which Tuesday to a large extent.  I'd like
> to avoid clashing with the LUG meetings if possible.
>
> Regards,
> Paul
>
>
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>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 08:00:20 +0000
> From: John McKeown <jmckeown at glos.ac.uk>
> Subject: [Gloucs] Re: gloscat
> To: Gloucestershire LUG <gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Message-ID: <5B57AE20-4E43-11D8-90D6-000A95EB128E at glos.ac.uk>
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> Yes I agree, it's good.
>
> > I'll be trying to sort it out
> > next week in time for Febs meeting if eveythings ok?
>
>
>
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