[Gloucs] Meeting up with Hereford LUG

Tue Feb 14 21:39:34 UTC 2012

I have been to a couple of the HLUG meetings (and popped in on their 
Software Freedom Day event).  They seem quite dynamic and friendly.  
Some of the prime movers seem to be Sarah Chard and Julian Robbins 
(their email addresses can be guessed from their postings on their 
mailing list (http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/herefordshire/).  It 
looks like they currently meet at the Courtyard Theatre cafe, which is 
quite easy to get to and has ample parking.

Andrew

On 14/02/12 20:04, Sean wrote:
> Brilliant idea...
>
> I'm definitely up for the challenge....
>
> Hereford  is a long way for me, more than 3 hour round trip just for 
> an evening.
> But
> Contacting the Hereford LUG's and look to see if they would do a joint 
> get-together is a great idea.
> Any names of contacts that I ( or we ) could write to to see if they 
> are interested?
>
> Sean
>
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> *From:* Andrew Ford <A.Ford at ford-mason.co.uk>
> *To:* Sean <msfin303 at yahoo.co.uk>; Gloucestershire LUG 
> <gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 13:14
> *Subject:* Re: [Gloucs] gloucs Digest, Vol 366, Issue 1
>
> Hereford LUG had an open day in the centre of Hereford on a Saturday
> about 18 months ago as part of "Software Freedom Day".  They had a CD
> made up with Linux alternatives for Windows software, e.g. OpenOffice,
> Gimp, Inkscape, etc.  It was quite ambitious and last thing I heard they
> were lobbying Herefordshire council to adopt Linux as the council's
> desktop environment!
>
> Maybe we should make contact with Hereford LUG and organize a joint
> get-together, or go over en-masse to one of their meetings to see
> whether we can pick up some tips from them.  Their meetings are on 4th
> Wednesday in the month so the next meeting should be 22nd February.
> MessageLabs to Hereford is about 36 miles and takes 55 mins according to
> Google Maps.  Their website is at
> http://www.herefordshire.lug.org.uk/
>
> Andrew
>
> On 14/02/12 12:29, Sean wrote:
> > Hi Glyn
> >
> > I hope that LUG's does not become inactive. It would be a shame, but 
> understand your predicament...
> >
> > Another angle that would be worth looking at .....
> > Please bare with me as I waffle on a bit...
> >
> > I had a situation recently, where a good friend of mine, had trashed 
> his XP so I helped him install Kubuntu ( as it was the closest to XP 
> ), and thought it would make an easy transition away from windows.
> > I enjoy Linux and switch between fedora Ubuntu, and there is no 
> doubt the KDE interface is a great "pink and fluffy"  i-candy 
> interface. and a great way to make the transition from MSWin. . So I 
> chose to put Kubuntu on his PC
> > Not a problem
> >
> > But
> > It wasn't as easy as I thought.
> > The fantastic thing about Linux is the huge amount of choice
> >
> > But this choice comes at a price, leaving a newcomer bewildered 
> confused and frightened of using it
> >
> > Anyway
> > After explaining that Linux is not like friggin MS Win for the 94th 
> time, doesnt work the same like friggin MS Win, + hearing the words 
> "Well Ms Win does it like bla bla bla.............." over and over 
> again... Another day of it would have been enough for me to rip his 
> head off lol. ( only kidding)
> > At the end of the day he was impressed with what he had and what he 
> could do.  But at the price of complete hair loss on my part. :-)
> >
> >
> > The biggest heart-ache for me was trying to show him how to do 
> things through the windows interface (without using terminal). for a 
> nerd like me who loves terminal it was slow and cumbersome . Terminal 
> for a windows user, is like asking him to use dried used lard out of a 
> frying pan in stead of butter on his toast and expecting him to like it.
> >
> > The reason for all this waffling is ....
> > Is it worth having a linux evening open to others who want to see 
> what "GNU linux" is all about, a group of us can bring our laptops, to 
> give people an idea of what its like to feel and use linux KDE Gnome 
> LXDE in different forms.
> >
> > The reason I say this, is to make people realise that "GNU linux" is 
> something not to be afraid of, and can be setup to be easy to use as 
> any other OS out there.
> >
> > It may need planning, fore thought etc...
> > Thoughts anyone??????????
> >
> > Sean
> >
> >
> >
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> >    1. Future meetings and/or future of the LUG (Glyn Davies)
> >    2. Re: Future meetings and/or future of the LUG (Gerd Busker)
> >    3. Re: Future meetings and/or future of the LUG (Paul Broadhead)
> >    4. Re: Future meetings and/or future of the LUG (Paul Broadhead)
> >    5. Re: Future meetings and/or future of the LUG (Keith Edmunds)
> >    6. Re: Future meetings and/or future of the LUG (Gerd Busker)
> >    7. Re: Future meetings and/or future of the LUG (Bob Henson)
> >    8. Re: Future meetings and/or future of the LUG (Matthew Phillips)
> >
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> > Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:18:43 +0000
> > From: Glyn Davies<glynd at walmore.com <mailto:glynd at walmore.com>>
> > Subject: [Gloucs] Future meetings and/or future of the LUG
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> > Hi all,
> >
> > Next Tuesday is our next planned meeting date. No talk planned as yet.
> > Any offers?
> >
> > Last month Tony turned up as 'back up' talk with more of his Perl
> > masterclass. Unfortunately, he was the only one to turn up. Thank you
> > for your effort Tony and sorry it was wasted.
> >
> > So, this raises the question "Is it worth trying to continue with LUG
> > meetings?". Have LUGs 'run their course'? Will new initiatives such as
> > hackerspace kill off LUGs (they certainly won't help)?
> >
> > Interested in your thoughts. Lack of discussion would imply lack of
> > interest in which case I'd suggest we state that the LUG is inactive
> > on the website and leave it for new blood to resurrect. From my PoV as
> > unelected/adopted meeting arranger it would make things simpler.
> > Perhaps quarterly socials would be better?
> >
> > If we continue, it would certainly seem sensible that we get some
> > confirmed attendees before holding future meetings.
> >
> > As I said, interested in your thoughts.
> >
>
>
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