[Preston] Minutes from the meeting - 30 Oct 2002

[Phil Robinson]

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Preston & Lancashire Linux User Group

        Meeting - 30 Oct 2002
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Thank you to all who attended last night's meeting. In brief for those who
couldn't make it...

Agenda
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1 - Frequency of the meetings / Keeping attendance higher
2 - Maybe move to start of the month so everyone has been paid!
3 - Ideas for keeping the mailing list flowing
4 - New locations for meetings and install days
5 - New ideas for promoting PLUG
6 - User group projects / tutorials
7 - The new website

Minutes
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The group has been running for a year now and we have about 80 active
members as I recently un-subscribed anyone with a dead e-mail address. The
agenda from last night's meeting was intended to start moving the group
forward a little.

1&2 - This was discussed and it was agreed that we keep the meetings once a
month and move the date to the first Wednesday in each month. We decided to
skip next month and have the next meeting in December. Unfortunately I will
be away on the 4th of December so unless there are any objections can we
make the next meeting on the Wednesday the 11th of December.

3 - Not really discussed at the meeting, any ideas?

4 - It was mentioned that the pub was a nice and relaxed environment for us
to meet and that perhaps meetings and some social events could continue
there but also that a new location could bring forward some new activities,
such as an install / debug day and maybe some informal tutorials. We have a
location available to us in Leyland, the one used in September and some of
the members are still looking in to the possibility of a room in the
University.

5 - Not really discussed at the meeting, any ideas?

6 - The idea of informal tutorials or workshops was discussed and it was
agreed that this would be a good idea and much more practical once we have a
room. Group projects as discussed at some previous meetings could then come
forward from this.

7 - The website is going to get a re-design and hopefully become more useful
as a community based website. The site map below is a starter but any
comments would be gratefully received.

New Website Map
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  Home
    {A brief description of the PLUG}

  Mailing List
    {Information about the mailing list}
    Browse Archives
    Signup

  Member Profiles
    {PLUG Members can add information about themselves here such as their
specialist skills etc.}
    Add my profile
    Edit my profile
    Browse profiles
      Name
      Interests / Specialist Areas
      Private Email
      Weblinks

  Hardware Exchange
    {Surplus hardware either free or exchange, I have lots of redundant
hardware that I shall add for free.}
    Add new hardware
    Remove hardware
    Browse hardware

  Events
    {Anyone can host an event! Information will be posted here about any
upcoming events, social gatherings or meetings}
    Meeting Dates & Locations
    Submit a new event (regulated)

  Local Distribution Mirrors
    {UK based mirror of full linux distributions}

  Useful Links
    {A collection of useful links for linux users}
    New users
    Experienced
    Distributions
    Submit a link (regulated)

Cheers,

Phil Robinson.