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

[Clint Brubakken <cabrubak@xxxxxxx>]

I just call and let them know, I go there for lunch a lot, so I just let
them know then. I think last time, I let them know at 5 pm that we would
be there at 7 (see why I resigned I rteally wasn't very good at it)


-----Original Message-----
From: activities-bounce@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:activities-bounce@xxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Anne McCadden
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 8:46 PM
To: activities@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [activities] Re: What kind of activities do we want to do?



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)
> >>>>---
> >>>>
> >>>
> >
> >