[SWLUG] Technical Meetings - What do you want to talk about?

[Marcus Davage]

What are your requirements for such a venue?
Wifi?
Presentation projector/screen?
Seating capacity for how many?

Cheers,
Marcus

On Mer, 2011-08-10 at 07:25 +0100, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I enjoyed last night and would welcome the chance to attend more
> meetings, especially if they have a more technical bent to them.
> 
> I'm willing to deliver talks/workshops on a few topics (see below),
> however I thought I'd start a thread to see what other skills we've got
> within the LUG and who else would be willing to talk/run workshops about
> their "pet subjects".
> 
> My interests mainly lie in large-scale systems deployment and
> configuration management, so I'd be happy to discuss the following
> subjects:
> 
> * Server automation with Puppet/MCollective/Cobbler
> * Large-scale deployments
> * Capistrano (for rails, PHP and Puppet)
> * Change and Configuration Management
> 
> One of the things suggested last night was that these talks might be on
> a Saturday afternoon instead of a weekday evening so that they can be
> discussed at length.  I'm in favour of this as long as it doesn't clash
> with the Rugby! :P
> 
> The other thing which was discussed last night was the venue for such an
> event.  Is there anyone on the list willing to host the LUG for free at
> their premises?  If not, does anyone have any contacts who might be able
> to get us a cheap venue? I realise this is being a bit cheeky, but hey,
> if you don't ask... ;)
> 
> The location of Abergavenny worked well for those that made it and it
> was agreed that a similar location could enable us to boost numbers for
> our technical talks by contacting other LUGs in the area (GlosLUG and
> HLUG were the two that were specifically mentioned).
> 
> Anyway, let's hear the LUG's thoughts on the above and see if we can get
> some good technical discussions going in the Autumn! :)
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Matt


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