[HLUG] Future of the Herefordshire Linux Users Group ...

Wed May 24 17:56:03 UTC 2017

see you tonight,

ive just got off the roof

and will now zoom to hereford via chipshop

[george]


On 24/05/2017 18:33, Angharad Owen via Herefordshire wrote:
> Dear Julian & everyone,
> My name's Angharad (Ari), & I'm a linux user...
> I love open source... (Especially QGIS, which I rely on in my work as a map-maker & data person....) I also love open data (& am part of the Open Data Institute's Cardiff node - which is pretty much the nearest to us).
>
> Firstly, I apologise for being dormant on this forum & absent from meet ups. I met Julian about a year ago, and have been optimistically meaning to show my face ever since then! But then life gets in the way...
>
> By way of feedback: I find this forum (emails) useful for bits & bobs of news, but I haven't felt the need to pester you all with technical problems & queries (yet!), as I've always found the answers I needed by searching existing questions on bigger forums... (I know that's no excuse for not introducing myself earlier, though - sorry!)
> I do think perhaps it would work better as a chat rather than emails, as sometimes it all gets buried in an avalanche of other stuff in my inbox... I've used things Slack with other groups (e.g. ODI Cardiff), & found this easy & fun...
>
> I would still like to make it to a meet-up, (as that's what really excited me about being in a group such as this..) but have found evenings difficult due to childcare (which is currently reserved for other things I need to do...). My only real free time currently is Mondays to Wednesdays, during school hours, which restricts things a bit...
>
> Incidentally, though, I am starting a weekly 'computer club' on a Thursday morning in Leominster (10-11am at Reet Petite)... This is mostly catering for beginners (like older folk who want someone patient to take them through the basics of smart phones & tablets....), but it would be lovely to have anyone else turn up to talk about open source, networks, coding, data & fun stuff we can potentally learn from one another!
>
> Hope that's helpful in some way...
> & still hoping to meet you all one day. Soon.
> I'll give more thought to things, meanwhile, and try to keep in touch,
> Ari
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> From: Herefordshire <herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk> on behalf of david winterton via Herefordshire <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: 24 May 2017 08:57:53
> To: Julian Robbins; herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [HLUG] Future of the Herefordshire Linux Users Group ...
>
> Hi Julian,
> Just received your mail, my internet connection is playing up.
> On my to do list, ( as it has been for a while) when I finish the bathroom
> is to replace my computer with a server, to connect everything, ( and be
> able to put it out of sight)
>
> On 23 May 2017 22:43, "Julian Robbins via Herefordshire" <
> herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> I really want the Herefordshire LUG to continue and get more active but the
>> recent interactions, number of people attending meetings, mailing list
>> postings etc are dying.
>>
>> I sent a request a few hours back suggesting that we (I ) put on an event
>> for the group with a get together around a topic, like we've done before
>> quite successfully at the Grange in Leominster and in Hereford at a number
>> of venues.
>>
>> So far there's been no response at all - nothing ... nada  ....  Members
>> always say they want to learn more and have more talks and demos than in
>> our normal meetings so I'm surprised at the total lack of any response to
>> this. I know it's nearly summer and the weather's nice, but responding to
>> an email only takes a few minutes at most something we all could do if we
>> wanted.
>>
>> As I say, I really don't want the group to fold through lack of interest,
>> I'm keen to build it up again and I'm hoping this might elicit more of a
>> response than many other postings recently.
>>
>> I've asked if we should move away from a mailing list as we have now, but
>> generally the (few) responses indicated that was fine and to stay as we
>> are. I'm happy to use or build another tool if it would help ..
>>
>>
>> There will be a meeting tomorrow as I will be going. It will be at the
>> Courtyard at 7.30pm upstairs on Mezzanine as usual.
>>
>> I would like as many members as possible to come along even if you can only
>> be there for a short while, or alternatively if you can be available online
>> so we can discuss things further about restarting the group and providing
>> more impetus and what folk really want out of the group, and *more
>> importantly* what they can put IN.
>>
>> I just I hope I'm not the only one attending tomorrow ..................
>>
>> Julian
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