[Preston] A meeting on Weds

[ianio]

it seems to be on a day when i am busy no matter what day it is.
perhaps i should not be so busy all the time.
mon/tues, as my vote

i will try to get to the greyfriars for this one. i have lots of questions.

ta all.



On 12/5/05, Gareth Llewellyn <gareth at ournetworkismadeofstring.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Pogga Ltd (www.Pogga.co.uk) will happily provide PLUG with whatever it
> needs
> hosting wise.
>
> And we'll help with the redesign if you want.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: preston-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:preston-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Guy Heatley
> Sent: 05 December 2005 00:38
> To: PLUG mailing list
> Subject: [Preston] A meeting on Weds
>
> Hello!
>
> There are a few things I would like to mention:
>
> Firstly, there will be a meeting on wednesday in room CM18, C&T
> building, Fylde Rd (opp the Students Union) Preston at 7:30 pm. The
> top will be "Text processing with regular expressions". This will
> include use of sed and awk etc. And we my take a look into a
> mysterious problem with Jim's wireless network card.
> There'll be drinks afterwards in the Greyfriar pub on Friargate at 9:00pm
> Everyone welcome to either or both parts of the meeting.
> ===============
>
> Secondly: I think we need to look at our information technology setup.
> For example, the website is pretty out of date. This isn't a criticism
> of the website maintainer (Phil) because know he, like most of us, is
> always busy.
>
> I think we need some thing that incorporates the virtues of the
> programmer: impatience, hubris and sloth. (i.e. minimum effort on the
> part of the maintainers ;-)
>
> I was thinking of some sort of content management system where PLUG
> members could upload stuff like documentation they have created,
> projects that interest them etc and it would all be under the PLUG
> banner. I know we are not short of all kinds of expertise in the PLUG
> membership. It would be nice to get any publications/how-to's/tips in
> one place.
>
> Anyone know of free hosting for CMS stuff e.g. plone? Any other ideas?
> ===============
>
> Thirdly: The day we meet.
> What do PLUG members think about meetings on the Wednesday? Some have
> said that Weds is difficult. Would another day be better?
> Personally, I don't have a problem with Mon, Tues or Weds.
> Any comments on the meeting day?
>
> Cheers!
> --
> Guy
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