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

[Michael Moore <mrmoore@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anne McCadden wrote:

>Thank you Michael, "Show and Tale"  sounds like a fun idea.  I like
>hearing about events that were fun and successful.  I will see what
>resouces I can find to make this happen.  If you would like to help with
>the planning and details, I would appreciate the help.  ttyl~Anne
>

Maybe, we could have a "Pizza Social" so we can all get together to talk 
about and setup other activities?

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>Michael Moore wrote:
>
>>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
>>
>>>Dale W Hodge wrote:
>>>
>>>>What kind of activities do we want to do?
>>>>
>>>>In the past, Aclug has tried:
>>>>
>>>>A BBQ - with a so-so turnout.
>>>>
>>>>A New User Day - a complete bust, as there were more staff than new users.
>>>>
>>>>Install Fests - These usually work, but are often unorganized.
>>>>
>>>>NetWorkshops - #1 was excellent, #2 was just okay.
>>>>
>>>>Pizza Parties / Socials - These are liked by some, despised? by others.
>>>>
>>>>Saturday Sale / Demo Days - These worked okay at first, but quickly became
>>>>uninteresting to both the staff and the visitors.
>>>>
>>>>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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>>>>
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