[Scottish] ScotLUG 2004

[Andy Gilmour]

It can be taken that my irc nickname is classed as one of  "the juvenile 
handles" (the_antiroot) , however it is not designed as such, rather it 
is taken from technical humor.

Make no mistake, I do not totally disagree with your point, and within 
the mailing list I would not use a "handle", however within the confines 
of irc, I feel that being requested to alter my identity would be a very 
basic form of denial of free speech, which I see as contrary to the 
goals of scotlug.

Rather should we not address how we can make new members of the irc 
welcome, partially by deed, and partially by leaving a fixed url as part 
of the irc topic.
This link could hold content to goals and objectives, other methods of 
asking questions such as the mailing list, irc nettiquet,  and perhaps 
an opt in set bio's of regular members ( i would certainly opt in).   
This would not only help us project the message of "jump in the water's 
warm", however also given bio's help new members know who to direct 
questions at for specific area's.

Well, thats my thoughts and suggestions on this matter,

Cheers,
Andy  Gilmour




Tony Dyer wrote:

>If we wish to continue advocacy and to be taken seriously can we have some human names rather than the juvenile handles.
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>I'll be there every month if that's what it takes to get some organization back into SLUG.
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>Tony Dyer
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>>------------Original Message------------
>>From: Ben Thorp <THORPB at uk.ibm.com>
>>To: scottish at mailman.lug.org.uk
>>Date: Mon, Dec-22-2003 9:13 AM
>>Subject: [Scottish] ScotLUG 2004
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>>Following a discussion on Thursday night in the Counting House, we now have
>>some offers of talks available, and I would like to propose the following
>>calendar:
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>>January - Bring your favourite Linux book/gadget; time to show off all
>>those cool things you got for Christmas, and inspire some geek envy.
>>February - Neuro on Smoothwall
>>March - gordonjcp on encryption (aimed at all levels)
>>April - Easter Quiz (bigkevmcd? up for this again)
>>May - Gaming on Linux (volunteers to demo some games?)
>>June - Me (mrBen) on something - maybe Python or MagicPoint, or something
>>like that?
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>>In addition, Tony (Dyer) has offered on the website to do a short beginners
>>corner slot each month, and I suggest we take him up on this for any months
>>he is present. Plus the usual Q+A session will be run.
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>>Also, Willie will try and get in contact with Bob Kerr (the guy responsible
>>for getting OSS into libraries) and see if he is able to come and give a
>>talk on one of the months (in which case the schedule above will change)
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>>As a point of note, the following issues were also raised:
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>>1. Each week does not necessarily need to be a 'talk', nor does it
>>necessarily need to be the realm of a single individual. We want everyone
>>to feel that they are able to contribute to what happens. If you are
>>comfortable doing a 'talk' or presentation, then that's fine, but if you
>>would rather do things a little bit differently, then that's also fine.
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>>2. The idea of a committee is one that brings fear into the heart of many,
>>most of whom have served on committee's until they're blue in the face.
>>Most open source projects successfully run without a committee, but rather
>>by peer review and discussion. The feeling on Thursday was that this was
>>the way forward, and that we should be able to organise ourselves without a
>>rigid organisational structure.
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>>None of this is set in stone, but at least we now have something to go on.
>>Please can those on IRC ensure that any additional discussion is also
>>referenced to the list for completeness sake.
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>>Ben Thorp
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