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

[Anne McCadden <amccadden@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dale, Clint, or anyone who might know the answer, I would like to have
one of our usual pizza parties @ Torres.  Who is the contact person that
we have used before and their phone number?  About how many people do
you usually tell them will be with the group?  I want to schedule this
before the "11th hour" and the message not get out in time for members
to join us.  ttyl ~Anne

Michael Moore wrote:
> 
> 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?
> 
> >
> >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
> >>>>
> >>>>---
> >>>>Dale W Hodge - dwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>Secretary - info@xxxxxxxxx
> >>>>Air Capital Linux User's Group  (ACLUG)
> >>>>---
> >>>>
> >>>
> >
> >