[Preston] A LUG needs a purpose

[Billie Cowie]

I would be interested in meeting up in Cafe Nero on a Saturday though I
will be on Holiday till end of July.
I am free to meet up most days as I work at night.
I would add though that while I have been using Linux for a few years now ,
my technical knowledge is limited to the command-line.
If that's not a problem though I would be like to help out where I could.
I also like the idea of promoting linux via the education option .
Anyway , let me know how things develop.
Good Luck with relaunching PLUG.

On 13 July 2016 at 08:40, Phil Robinson via Preston <
preston at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> Ahhhh my eyes, my eyes! I've been under that rock for a long time now.
> Hope you are well Guy and others.
>
> The domain was indeed as dormant as the group, consider it reactivated. We
> did have a very good turn out in the glory days, the envy of many other
> LUGs. Didn't we used to meet on Wednesdays though? I never could do
> Tuesdays.
>
> Anyway, I'm glad to see some potential activity again and maybe a new
> lease of life for PLUG.
>
> Phil Robinson.
> On 13 Jul 2016 1:50 am, "Guy via Preston" <preston at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mark (and others),
>>
>> https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TlsZq2qUQ8M/UKY8iLgsSmI/AAAAAAAAAxA/2CwSmy5HtHQ/s1600/plug.gif
>> https://lug.org.uk/node/91
>> https://prestonlinuxusergroup.blogspot.ch/
>>
>> PLUG was originally founded in 2001 by Phil Robinson. (He had the
>> prestonlinux.com domain registered, but it seems to have lapsed now.)
>>
>> I used to organize the meetings in the mid noughties as I worked in IT
>> at UCLan (and still do) and could get a room booked at Uni (and still
>> could).
>>
>> I stopped organizing meetings in 2008 as my wife gave birth to twins and
>> I didn't have the time. I seem to have a lot less free time nowadays
>> than I used to.
>>
>> The group has been dormant since then, pretty much.
>>
>> I think to run a PLUG as anything other than a drinking society (not
>> that there is anything wrong with that!) takes effort and organization.
>>
>> I was occasionally disheartened when someone had freely volunteered to
>> present on a topic, donating their time and expertise, and the audience
>> could be counted on one hand. The effort and organization requirements
>> are the same if 5 people or 50 people show up.
>>
>> But ... as Richard Stallman says - he fights the fight expecting to
>> lose, so any win is glorious. :-)
>>
>> We used to meet on the 1st Tuesday of the month, starting a 19:30 at the
>> Uni, then at 21:00 go to the Greyfriar pub.
>>
>> I would be prepared to attend / contribute to meetings etc, if they were
>> to occur, but I would say I have served my time as a primary PLUG
>> organizer.
>>
>> I also know there are a few of the old guard still reading this list.
>> Maybe some of them can be prised from under their rocks, blinking, into
>> the light of day.
>> :-)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Guy Heatley
>>
>> Ken Walker via Preston:
>> > Sorry mate Saturdays not good for me as I'll be at grasshoppers at the
>> beer
>> > festival followed by my mates wedding.
>> > On 12 Jul 2016 20:46, "Daryl Knight via Preston" <
>> preston at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Ken,
>> >>
>> >> The date and venue are fine for me... but a 3 hour window is a bit
>> vague
>> >> (guess I like precision a tad too much).
>> >> If someone could let me know what time they'd be arriving then I'll pop
>> >> along at the same time, to avoid sitting for up to 2-3 hours waiting
>> for
>> >> people.
>> >>
>> >> - Daryl
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ------------------------------
>> >> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 19:19:15 +0100
>> >> To: bob.mclellan at gmail.com; preston at mailman.lug.org.uk;
>> >> keneawalker at gmail.com
>> >> Subject: Re: [Preston] A LUG needs a purpose
>> >> From: preston at mailman.lug.org.uk
>> >>
>> >> Bob, Ken, Daryl, Nick and Olly,
>> >> Thanks for the responses, its good to see that there is life out there
>> on
>> >> the old mailing list.
>> >> All your points are valid and very topical. Im especially interested in
>> >> Nicks views from inside the edtech sector and the opportunity this
>> >> presents. There could be a very beneficial relationship to be forged
>> by the
>> >> LUGs with the schools now having more direct control over their IT, but
>> >> having limited insight into alternatives beyond MS, Apple and Google;
>> or
>> >> the downsides to these options that the marketing materials tactfully
>> avoid.
>> >> I also had a thought about coding, but using Sonic-pi, Scratch and
>> >> possibly Squeek or Turtle.
>> >>
>> >> It feels like there may be some interest in a meet up.
>> >>
>> >> If I suggested somewhere like Cafe Nero opposite the train station in
>> >> Preston on Saturday afternoon, dropping in/out say 2pm to 5pm would
>> that be
>> >> possible for anyone, or would an alternate date/venue be easier for the
>> >> majority?
>> >>
>> >> Mark
>> >>
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