[Lincs] Lincs LUG: relaunch?

[Gavin]

Hi Guys

My name Gavin and I came to the meeting we had in Boston, was it really
that long age. It would be great to have some more Lug meetings, I live
in Lincoln too but would travel.

Gavin



On Tue, 2011-08-16 at 21:27 +0100, Rebecca Newborough wrote:
> Hi guys, and fellow Linux geeks!
> 
> Firstly, let me say hello to you all and introduce myself.  My name is
> Becky Newborough, I live in Lincoln and I am a huge geek (I blame my
> husband, Philip, for making me this way! :D)  I am @bobobex on
> identi.ca and Twitter - look me up and check me out.
> 
> I have just returned from my 3rd annual OggCamp event and have been
> inspired so much by what I saw and heard there that I want to give
> something back to the Linux community.  I've joined the Lincs LUG
> mailing list to reach out to you all with a proposition - do we want a
> more active Lincs LUG?  I notice from the current Lincs LUG webpage
> that we last had some news posted on 15th October 2009, and I know
> that the last meet-up was on the 12th October 2007, as Philip attended
> it - a joint event with BCS Lincolnshire branch held at Lincoln Uni.
> How poor is that, that our LUG has contributed nothing for nearly 2
> years and hasn't met up for nearly 4 years!
> 
> I am volunteering to change all of that and get our Lincs LUG up and
> running again, but I need some input from you guys as to whether you
> want this.  Whilst I am enthusiastic for this to happen, I am not
> going to waste my time if I get no interest from the current members.
> So, I have posted a few market research questions below for you to
> respond to, if you can:
> 
> If a Lincs LUG were re-established, would you attend a regular meet-up?
> What would you expect from a LUG meeting to make it worth your while attending?
> How regular would you want your LUG meeting and at what location?
> 
> What I lack in technical knowledge, I more than make up for in
> enthusiasm and energy (and home-baking skills!).  Plus, I can always
> drag Philip along to do the technical stuff!
> 
> Thank you for taking the time to read this - hopefully you can spare a
> minute or two to respond.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Becky
> 
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