[Lincoln LUG] meeting format and my hellos

[Dave Harding]

A couple of years ago I was on BBC Radio Lincs (for Hull LUG), when they
had a 1/2 hour tech/geek spot on a Monday teatime.

http://soundcloud.com/hull-lug/lincs09aug31

We've also been mentioned by the (in)famous Linux Outlaws on
numerous occasions, and we generally get a bit of ribbing for our trouble :)

http://soundcloud.com/hull-lug/linuxoutlaws263edit

We get regular mentions (both Hull and Lincoln) on the community pages of
Linux Format.

TBH when publicising Hull LUG, the more success we have, the bigger the
headache for organising stuff.  I would urge anyone who has ideas to
actually follow them through, and not just rely on Becky to do everything
you suggest.  I'm sure that I'm not speaking (typing) out of turn in
suggesting that she would not turn down any offer of help...But don't look
at me, I've got enough to do with Hull LUG :)

Dave

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> How are we promoting the group, would anybody be willing to write a column
> for a local mag or paper, promote the group on there website (my security
> site will be up soon), is somebody up for running a Facebook group for the
> site. would be cool to see everybody getting involved in growing this group
> as I think it really does has potential and everybody is really friendly
> (well so far)
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Philip Newborough <
> corenominal at corenominal.org> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 3:20 AM, tom bruton <tombruton87 at googlemail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Was great to meet all of you the other night. Sorry I didn't get to
>> speak to
>> > every1 got into a deep conversation with Alister and a tenacious debate
>> > about security with Becky's other half. Its good to speak to like minded
>> > people.
>> >
>>
>> Tenacious?! Yep, sorry about that, I sometimes like to play the
>> devil's advocate. I can assure you that it is safe to ignore almost
>> everything that I say :)
>>
>> > I spoke to Becky about how the Leeds groups worked and building on the
>> > Lincoln community. However I don't want to step on anybodies toes, so
>> it was
>> > suggested I emailed some ideas in the mailing list and see what people
>> > think.
>> >
>> > In Leeds the place I have spent the last few years of my life there is
>> quite
>> > a few groups similar to LUG e.g. OWASP and Ruby Thing. Out of all the
>> groups
>> > OWASP is by far the most popular with professionals students and
>> hobbyists
>> > alike. I think this is mainly down to there format, which is 2 talks
>> running
>> > from 40mins to and hour then off to the pub.
>> >
>> > I think a similar format could work for LLUG, having a single 40min hour
>> > presentation then a general social aspect. I think it would give the
>> meeting
>> > a focal point and also attract others into the group as it will give
>> > immediate value to coming. I would be more than happy to do the
>> occasional
>> > presentation a few topics i wouldn't mind doing are
>> >
>> > Home Networking gone wild (really just going though really cool home
>> > networking stuff you can do such as media servers with front ends on
>> tvs,
>> > network logins across all OS's, home instant messaging service,
>> > virtualisation servers, intranet. Oh and how to do it for cheap)
>> > Why linux sucks
>> > Why linux is awesome and you should ignore everything I said in my why
>> linux
>> > sucks presentation
>> > Hacking IP cameras
>> >
>> > I have taken inspiration for the presentation ideas from other
>> presentations
>> > but they would all be original presentations.
>> >
>> > The other thing that a couple of people mentioned is a desire to learn
>> > html/css. This is something in which the basic concepts can be taught
>> in a
>> > day and people can walk away with something pretty cool that they have
>> made.
>> > Again I would not mind getting involved in running a day course.
>> >
>> > So guys/girls let me know what you think to my ideas, tell me if I'm
>> way off
>> > the mark to what people want from the group if that is the case. I would
>> > just really love to see a large and active Linux community in the
>> Lincoln
>> > area.
>> >
>>
>> Sounds brilliant and I think there is definitely room for this. I
>> would be happy to listen to anyone that wants to give a
>> talk/presentation. As you mentioned, if the talks are 30 - 60 minutes
>> in length, then that would provide plenty of time after for
>> dissection, chitchat and socialising :)
>>
>> Have you given much thought as to how this should be organised?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>  -- Philip
>>
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> Tom Bruton
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