[HLUG] Wednesday Meeting at The Grange

[Dr Chris Owens]

O.k. I've got it now following Jool's explanation - sorry I didn't look 
a bit harder among the messages.

C
On 19/06/14 13:04, Dr Chris Owens wrote:
> Hi Everybody
>
> Many belated apologies to everyone, unlike David I had forgotten about 
> the Grange Meeting but did want to come. I hope it went well.
>
> However like Dave I had a whole download of messages for the group 
> this morning - I think about the last 8-10 posts dating back 2-3 days. 
> Being a bit of a novice I have to ask how does this come about (apart 
> from the obvious of not picking up messages).
>
> All the best
>
> Chris
>
> On 19/06/14 10:35, David Rolfe wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> I have just received this Digest this morning (Thursday) at 10 am, 
>> which is a bit late for last night's meeting, which fortunately I 
>> remembered to attend!
>>
>> Had I received it earlier, I could have course have mentioned that 
>> there is plenty of free car parking available at the venue (Grange 
>> Court) itself!
>>
>> It is a shame that more members did not receive the reminder, as I am 
>> sure that a lot more would have liked to attend.
>>
>> Thanks to everyone who was involved with booking the room, setting 
>> everything up, and to Simon for his excellent presentation... even 
>> though a lot of it went way over my head anyway!
>>
>> Let's hope you hold some more meetings there in the future!
>>
>> David
>>
>>
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>> Subject: Herefordshire Digest, Vol 1734, Issue 1
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>> Today's Topics:
>>
>>   1. Presentation this Wednesday on Open Source Audio/Visual
>>      Environment (Julian Robbins)
>>   2. Wednesday Presentation (Julian Robbins)
>>   3. Advertise Wednesday's meeting online now ... (George DiceGeorge)
>>   4. Wednesday 18th June Next HLUG Special Event (George DiceGeorge)
>>   5. Open Source Audio/Visual Presentation TONIGHT ! (Julian Robbins)
>>   6. Presentation at Grange Court - access info pls read
>>      (Julian Robbins)
>>   7. Grange court meeting (Julian Robbins)
>>   8. Re: Herefordshire Digest, Vol 1733, Issue 1 (Kevin Dontenville)
>>
>>
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>>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 09:36:09 +0100
>> From: Julian Robbins <joolsr1 at gmail.com>
>> To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>> Subject: [HLUG] Presentation this Wednesday on Open Source
>> Audio/Visual Environment
>> Message-ID:
>> <CAAWA-grk-59aOjqniWhNLF0nC=R=NOSLQa6DOd5Nzcdw2r3EZg at mail.gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Just a reminder that one of our main events of the the year is being 
>> held
>> on Wednesday in at Grange Court in Leominster at 7.30pm.
>> Charlie and I tested out the facilities on Friday which all worked very
>> well, even the rather nice touchscreen screen worked immediately with 
>> Linux
>> so we're all primed for Wednesday night.
>>
>> We would like to see as many members as possible come along for this
>> presentation - I think we can all learn a lot. Grange Court will make a
>> fine venue, and there will be drinks available too. There will be a 
>> small
>> charge to attend basically to cover the room hire.
>>
>> You'll find details of the event here :-
>>
>> http://www.hlug.org.uk/open-source-and-the-professional-audiovisual-environment-18-june-2014/ 
>>
>>
>> One word of note, Herefordshire Council are changing the chargeable car
>> parking hours throughout much of the county on Monday - therefore I 
>> believe
>> you will have to pay to park on Wednesday if parking at the Etnam St car
>> park in the evening. Luckily it's not expensive though.
>>
>> This will be in effect our June meeting, not on the fourth Wednesday 
>> as is
>> usual.
>>
>> Look forward to seeing you all there,
>>
>> Julian
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 10:29:24 +0100
>> From: Julian Robbins <joolsr1 at gmail.com>
>> To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>> Subject: [HLUG] Wednesday Presentation
>> Message-ID:
>> <CAAWA-grNMDzMnSRgWiA6OCb66zRLkY-zsCmrmvgo6=0SS5ZOFA at mail.gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Just a quick note to say that the presentation will start at 7.30pm 
>> but the
>> room will be available from 6.30pm so please come along early.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Julian
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 17:21:06 +0100
>> From: George DiceGeorge <dicegeorge at hotmail.com>
>> To: "Herefordshire Linux Users Group."
>> <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>> Subject: [HLUG] Advertise Wednesday's meeting online now ...
>> Message-ID: <DUB128-DS247C1D24BA892D4D5582FBD9170 at phx.gbl>
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>> reply-type=original
>>
>> 18 June special meeting in Leominster
>> - all are welcome
>> http://www.hlug.org.uk/open-source-and-the-professional-audiovisual-environment-18-june-2014/ 
>>
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/groups/HfdLUG/?fref=ts
>>
>> [g]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 22:40:16 +0100
>> From: George DiceGeorge <dicegeorge at hotmail.com>
>> To: "Herefordshire Linux Users Group."
>> <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>> Subject: [HLUG] Wednesday 18th June Next HLUG Special Event
>> Message-ID: <DUB128-DS23D266B3B86B069CF16417D9110 at phx.gbl>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8";
>> reply-type=original
>>
>> WEDNESDAY, TOMORROW, LEOMINSTER
>> http://www.hlug.org.uk/open-source-and-the-professional-audiovisual-environment-18-june-2014/ 
>>
>>
>> Open source and the professional audio/visual environment ? 18 June 2014
>> This Wednesday 18th June 2014, Leominster, at the restored Grange 
>> (right out
>> of the rail station then right through the carpark) ? open to all
>>
>> Herefordshire LUG is pleased to announce a special event 
>> demonstrating the
>> use of open source tools in a professional multimedia environment. 
>> The event
>> will be held at Grange Court in Leominster, Herefordshire and will 
>> start at
>> 7.30pm.
>>
>> There will be a collection to cover the small room booking fee.
>>
>> Looking specifically at:
>> ?Blender exampleBlender as a video editor. Demonstration/workshop into,
>> navigating the monster that is the UI, the basics of editing, simple
>> transition effects, and settings for rendering.
>> ?Audio.osxshot
>> Ardour, Audacity how close is the experience to the proprietary software
>> world?
>>
>>
>> ?Graphic Design,Gimp Example
>> Is it possible to make products that are on a level with their 
>> proprietary
>> counterparts?
>>
>>
>> ?Which distros should be considered for use?
>> ?Is it possible to replace the proprietary software totally?
>> ?What is holding many back from going permanently down this route?
>>
>> Wifi and refreshments will be available. Further details nearer the 
>> event.
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Julian Robbins
>> Sent: Tuesday, 13 May, 2014 18:34
>> To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group
>> Subject: [HLUG] Make a note of the date - 18th June Next HLUG Special 
>> Event
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> The date for the special event we will be having in June is now 
>> fixed, and
>> the room at Grange Court in Leominster is booked.  Hopefully we will 
>> have a
>> smoother run than the last room I booked, alarms going off, wrongly
>> supplied wifi codes, problems with paperwork et al.
>>
>> Charlie (Brightfield) is putting together more details about what the 
>> event
>> will comprise, but it's along the lines of a workshop showing what 
>> can be
>> done with the best open source graphic and audio visual tools for 
>> creation
>> and editing/production for professional purposes.
>>
>> I have just put together a 'Titanpad' (like Piratepad, and open source)
>>
>> *http://titanpad.com/e52AXjtzAL <http://titanpad.com/e52AXjtzAL>*
>>
>> so we can share info, as as well as the room booking details, publicity,
>> tasks to complete etc, similar to how we did for Software Freedom Day in
>> past years etc; we should do with promoting the event to other similarly
>> minded groups around the county.
>>
>> The Titanpad is open to all, but can be rolled back like a wiki 
>> should it
>> be defaced. Please have a look and help out with any of the tasks or 
>> submit
>> ideas that you can help.
>>
>> Please reply here or on the Titan pad link if you have any queries.
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> Julian
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