[activities] Re: What kind of activities do we want to do?

[Michael Moore <mrmoore@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anne McCadden wrote:

>I am open to any and all reasonable suggestions.  I want workshops to
>interesting, educational, and fun.  Maybe we should setting for
>interesting and fun.  I still like Stephens idea of a Hardware Arnechy
>Fest (ok I was a science major, not an english major).  We could bring
>in hardware that isn't working up to par and see what another set of
>eyes and a couple of brain cells can do to get the hardware working.
>
>Tom came into the shop today and I helped him with his hardware
>challenge.  Unfortunately I had to tell him what he didn't want to hear
>and he had to wait for a while (sorry about that Tom), but he recieved
>my diagnosis of the computer's ailment.  Unfortunately the mobo died
>from blown caps and the injury was fatal.  He bought a new mobo and
>cel-950 cpu on sale for $148.  ~Anne
>
We could try a hardware/software meeting like you said.  Newton's LUG 
had one Wednesday night and it was fun.

I guess we could try a "Show and Tale" day:

1)  Show/tell about some need trick or something you found that's useful 
in Linux and that others might not know about.
2)  Show off how you got a certain piece of hardware working with Linux.
3)  etc......It could be about anything to do with Linux.

If it is something you might be interested in doing then you could send 
out an email to see how many people have something they want to share.

Also, we should probably see if we can find somewhere to meet that is 
accessible to our cars.  If some people wanted to show off some of their 
things on their computer it would be a pain to have to haul it WSU 
Jabara Hall room 261.  Hopefully, somewhere with internet access.

Oh yes, and we must order pizza.   :-)

~Mike

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>Dale W Hodge wrote:
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>>What kind of activities do we want to do?
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>>In the past, Aclug has tried:
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>>A BBQ - with a so-so turnout.
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>>A New User Day - a complete bust, as there were more staff than new users.
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>>Install Fests - These usually work, but are often unorganized.
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>>NetWorkshops - #1 was excellent, #2 was just okay.
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>>Pizza Parties / Socials - These are liked by some, despised? by others.
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>>Saturday Sale / Demo Days - These worked okay at first, but quickly became
>>uninteresting to both the staff and the visitors.
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>>So which do we try again, and how might we make them better?
>>
>>--dwh
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>>Dale W Hodge - dwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Secretary - info@xxxxxxxxx
>>Air Capital Linux User's Group  (ACLUG)
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