[Preston] A LUG needs a purpose
Olly Clark
olly at ollyclark.org
Thu Jul 14 12:30:19 UTC 2016
Afternoon Mark/Everyone,
Sorry I've been off the list been a hectic week, I'll see you at Caffe
Nero on Saturday (it's my usual haunt anyway for doing work of a weekend).
Regards
Olly
On 13/07/16 20:27, Mark Walton via Preston wrote:
> Guy/Phil,
>
> Really good to hear from you both (I'm sure we have exchanged emails
> some while ago).
> I'm more than comfortable with organising the meet ups, but keen to
> get input from the wider group as to what they are looking for from
> the community.
>
> I will pitch up at the Cafe Nero on Fishergate from 2pm onward on
> Saturday so people can drop in/out as per their availability and other
> commitments. I'll hang around until 5pm although people need not feel
> obliged to drink quite that much coffee if they have other things to
> squeeze into their day.
>
> If we could start to attract some members of the education community
> to come along and get acquainted with Linux, then it may make sense to
> try and secure the use of the UCLAN facilities, as Alan O'D does for
> the Raspberry Pi sessions each month.
>
> I've just seen Mike Hewitt's note from the Blackpool LUG regarding the
> annual Linux Presentation Day, planned for October. Not sure how much
> interest we could stir up in a couple of months, but it may make a
> good focal point to try and do something for that; I'll drop a note
> back to Mike and have a chat with them before I get too ambitious!
>
> Mark
>
> On Wed, 13 Jul, 2016 at 4:34 PM, Billie Cowie via Preston
> <preston at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>> 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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <http://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 <mailto: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
>> <mailto:bob.mclellan at gmail.com>; preston at mailman.lug.org.uk
>> <mailto:preston at mailman.lug.org.uk>;
>> >> keneawalker at gmail.com <mailto:keneawalker at gmail.com>
>> >> Subject: Re: [Preston] A LUG needs a purpose
>> >> From: preston at mailman.lug.org.uk
>> <mailto: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
>> >>
>> >> Sent from my ASUS
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