1:31 p.m.
Hello all,
I know we've only just had the last meeting, but I wanting to send this
email out while I remember!
The next meeting will be on the 8th March at "The Yard" between 18.30 - 21:00
If anyone has any issue with this date/time, please let me know.
Also, if anyone has anything in particular they would like to talk about,
or to have a talk on, again please let me know.
Thank you
Dave
2:22 p.m.
Attending:
Adam E
On 15 February 2010 13:31, Dave R <dave(a)staffslug.org.uk> wrote:
Hello all,
I know we've only just had the last meeting, but I wanting to send this
email out while I remember!
The next meeting will be on the 8th March at "The Yard" between 18.30 - 21:00
If anyone has any issue with this date/time, please let me know.
Also, if anyone has anything in particular they would like to talk about,
or to have a talk on, again please let me know.
Thank you
Dave
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3:25 p.m.
Attention lurkers: come to a meeting!
Attending:
Adam E
Chris S
Jonathan M
On 15 February 2010 15:59, Chris Snow <cr.snow(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Attending:
Adam E
Chris S
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3:36 p.m.
Attention lurkers: come to a meeting!
I would do! But:
- They all take place in Stafford when I live in Stoke-on-Trent. It's just a
few minutes more for me to get to the Manchester meetings. Even the
Birmingham meetings are as easy to get to!
- There doesn't appear to be any talks or activities planned. Maybe I missed
this?
- They all appear to take place in a pub (not that I don't like pubs - I
just wouldn't want to haul my laptop out in one).
- They don't appear to be at regular times. Again, I might be mistaken.
Sorry to sound negative. :(
Charlie
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 15:25, Jonathan Marriott <jon(a)kiwiuk.net> wrote:
Attention lurkers: come to a meeting!
>
> Attending:
> Adam E
> Chris S
> Jonathan M
>
> On 15 February 2010 15:59, Chris Snow <cr.snow(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Attending:
> > Adam E
> > Chris S
> > _______________________________________________
> > Staffslug mailing list
> > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk
> > http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug
> >
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4:02 p.m.
SonniesEdge wrote:
> Attention lurkers: come to a meeting!
>
I would do! But:
- They all take place in Stafford when I live in Stoke-on-Trent. It's just a
few minutes more for me to get to the Manchester meetings. Even the
Birmingham meetings are as easy to get to!
- There doesn't appear to be any talks or activities planned. Maybe I missed
this?
- They all appear to take place in a pub (not that I don't like pubs - I
just wouldn't want to haul my laptop out in one).
- They don't appear to be at regular times. Again, I might be mistaken.
Sorry to sound negative. :(
Charlie
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 15:25, Jonathan Marriott <jon(a)kiwiuk.net> wrote:
> Attention lurkers: come to a meeting!
>
> Attending:
> Adam E
> Chris S
> Jonathan M
>
> On 15 February 2010 15:59, Chris Snow <cr.snow(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Attending:
>> Adam E
>> Chris S
>> _______________________________________________
>> Staffslug mailing list
>> Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk
>> http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug
>>
>>
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Location is the problem for me, if it was closer to stoke-on-trent like
Charlie says I would'nt miss one :-)
4:04 p.m.
On 17 February 2010 16:02, Anthony Burton <apburton84(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> - They all take place in Stafford when I live in Stoke-on-Trent. It's just a
> few minutes more for me to get to the Manchester meetings. Even the
> Birmingham meetings are as easy to get to!
>
Location is the problem for me, if it was closer to stoke-on-trent like
Charlie says I would'nt miss one :-)
The current meet is only monthly though & given there is quite a few
list members a bit further north we could always do another a
fortnight after the Stafford meet? :-)
Matthew
4:25 p.m.
Matthew wrote:
The current meet is only monthly though & given there is quite a
few
list members a bit further north we could always do another a
fortnight after the Stafford meet? :-)
You can please some of the people some of the time but you cant please all of the
people all of the time.
Some moan its too South, I'm with the moaners who moan it's too North.
Ho Hum
2:56 p.m.
Some moan its too South, I'm with the moaners who moan it's
too North.
Sounds to me like the LUG encompasses too large an area in that case.
Charlie.
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 16:25, Peter Cannon <dick_turpin(a)archlinux.us>wrote:
> Matthew wrote:
>
> > The current meet is only monthly though & given there is quite a few
> > list members a bit further north we could always do another a
> > fortnight after the Stafford meet? :-)
>
> You can please some of the people some of the time but you cant please all
> of the
> people all of the time.
>
Some moan its too South, I'm with the moaners who moan it's
too North.
>
> Ho Hum
>
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3:13 p.m.
On 18 February 2010 14:56, SonniesEdge <sonniesedge(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Some moan its too South, I'm with the moaners who moan
it's too North.
Sounds to me like the LUG encompasses too large an area in that case.
Will the amount of people that show up on irc ( irc.freenode.net
#staffslug) or at the meets it doesnt seem like we're overflowing with
people though ;-)
3:32 p.m.
It all sounds a bit chicken and egg. Not many people in the group because
it's not local-focused and it's not local-focused because there aren't
enough people in the group.
I'd make the bold assertaition that there are a lot of people in the same
situation as me. If they're going to have to travel then they're going to
travel to a large group in one of the major cities, where the things on
offer make travelling worth it. The Lichfield and Cannock crowd probably
head south to Brum and us Stokies head north to Manchester. That or they
just don't bother at all, thinking that no-one near them is even vaugely
interested in Linux.
I'd love to see a meeting up here in the Potteries (y'know, the largest
concentration of people in Staffordshire), perhaps at one of the local
universities? In an area of nearly 400,000 there must be some people who are
interested...
Charlie
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 15:13, Matthew <m(a)z.je> wrote:
On 18 February 2010 14:56, SonniesEdge <sonniesedge(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>> Some moan its too South, I'm with the moaners who moan it's too North.
>
> Sounds to me like the LUG encompasses too large an area in that case.
Will the amount of people that show up on irc ( irc.freenode.net
#staffslug) or at the meets it doesnt seem like we're overflowing with
people though ;-)
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8:22 p.m.
I don't think there has to be just one meeting. Anyone could just organise
an additional meet in the north of the region.
10:37 p.m.
On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 15:32 +0000, SonniesEdge wrote:
I'd make the bold assertaition that there are a lot of people in
the same
situation as me. If they're going to have to travel then they're going to
travel to a large group in one of the major cities, where the things on
offer make travelling worth it. The Lichfield and Cannock crowd probably
head south to Brum and us Stokies head north to Manchester. That or they
just don't bother at all, thinking that no-one near them is even vaugely
interested in Linux.
I'm sorry, what?
When was the last time that MANLUG had a proper meeting? Do they have
regular meetings every month? They certainly do not.
There are Rusholme-based "currybeer" socials, for which the MANLUG
subscribers are invited to by said group, and indeed the surrounding
LUGs (SheffLUG/Liverpool LUG) post invitations to surrounding LUG lists,
but really there's only been one official meeting arranged in the ~8
months that I've lived in Manchester and that is... This weekend? I've
been here since June!
Since (and before) that time, Staffs LUG have had regular meetings, for
what must be almost a year now, monthly.
Therefore, if you're at all interested in attending a LUG meeting,
driving 20 minutes to Stafford once a month would historically be of
more benefit to you than driving the ~30 minutes to Manchester.
An attitude such as this; that there's nothing worth visiting the
meetings for, are counter-intuitive. You go to chime in, meet the other
members, talk about Linux and eventually help to make the LUG activities
more interesting _to you_ (which should hopefully translate to making it
interesting for others in the process!)
I'm afraid this begins with people making effort, not the other way
around.
Thankfully about a year ago, the squabbling about areas, sizes and which
LUG covers which part of Staffordshire eventually subsided when someone
said, 'Hey, we're meeting in Stafford - come if you want'. More people
have since joined them, the IRC channel is busier, the site has much
more content than before (and it's better organised - though I could be
biased there) and ideas keep coming out of the meetings.
Funnily enough, I actually made a few new friends - worse things have
happened to me whilst sat in a pub, talking about Linux... That's for
sure.
Putting prior judgements to one side - if anyone, with a genuine
interest in Linux, UNIX, FOSS (beer?) can attend the next meeting
(within sensible constraints on your time/family life of course) then
please give it a try and help improve what is quite obviously a growing
Linux Users Group, simply by joining-in and sharing your ideas.
I wish I still lived within a sensible distance to go! (Though if mzje
is ever working from Salford, I might get a lift!)
Tom
7:45 a.m.
At the risk of sounding ambiguous... nice piece Tom :)
Adam
On 18 February 2010 22:37, Tom Hill <tom(a)ninjabadger.net> wrote:
On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 15:32 +0000, SonniesEdge wrote:
> I'd make the bold assertaition that there are a lot of people in the same
> situation as me. If they're going to have to travel then they're going to
> travel to a large group in one of the major cities, where the things on
> offer make travelling worth it. The Lichfield and Cannock crowd probably
> head south to Brum and us Stokies head north to Manchester. That or they
> just don't bother at all, thinking that no-one near them is even vaugely
> interested in Linux.
I'm sorry, what?
When was the last time that MANLUG had a proper meeting? Do they have
regular meetings every month? They certainly do not.
There are Rusholme-based "currybeer" socials, for which the MANLUG
subscribers are invited to by said group, and indeed the surrounding
LUGs (SheffLUG/Liverpool LUG) post invitations to surrounding LUG lists,
but really there's only been one official meeting arranged in the ~8
months that I've lived in Manchester and that is... This weekend? I've
been here since June!
Since (and before) that time, Staffs LUG have had regular meetings, for
what must be almost a year now, monthly.
Therefore, if you're at all interested in attending a LUG meeting,
driving 20 minutes to Stafford once a month would historically be of
more benefit to you than driving the ~30 minutes to Manchester.
An attitude such as this; that there's nothing worth visiting the
meetings for, are counter-intuitive. You go to chime in, meet the other
members, talk about Linux and eventually help to make the LUG activities
more interesting _to you_ (which should hopefully translate to making it
interesting for others in the process!)
I'm afraid this begins with people making effort, not the other way
around.
Thankfully about a year ago, the squabbling about areas, sizes and which
LUG covers which part of Staffordshire eventually subsided when someone
said, 'Hey, we're meeting in Stafford - come if you want'. More people
have since joined them, the IRC channel is busier, the site has much
more content than before (and it's better organised - though I could be
biased there) and ideas keep coming out of the meetings.
Funnily enough, I actually made a few new friends - worse things have
happened to me whilst sat in a pub, talking about Linux... That's for
sure.
Putting prior judgements to one side - if anyone, with a genuine
interest in Linux, UNIX, FOSS (beer?) can attend the next meeting
(within sensible constraints on your time/family life of course) then
please give it a try and help improve what is quite obviously a growing
Linux Users Group, simply by joining-in and sharing your ideas.
I wish I still lived within a sensible distance to go! (Though if mzje
is ever working from Salford, I might get a lift!)
Tom
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3:32 p.m.
Firstly, for those who have never attended, our meetings tend to be social
events where we have a chat about current issues and exchange
recommendations and talk about Perl a lot and have some food and beer. I
think most regulars would be happy to help out anybody with an open source
problem if they came along.
I'm curious why people expect there to be some sort of "event" going on and
why they expect someone else to be organising it for them. Although there
has been talk of a technical evening covering a specific subject at the
meetings and mentioned on the list, the lurkers have not bothered to
contribute any ideas or suggestions from what I've seen. You seem expect
Dave and the rest of us who attend to organise something of interest to
everybody even though we've never met you and have no idea about your
abilities or interests.
As for the "it's too far" problem, are we all non-drivers or something?
Staffordshire from tip to toe is about 45 minutes on the M6 so it's not
going to be a particularly arduous journey for anyone. I'd be happy to find
a pub somewhere more suitable for everybody if people actually want to turn
up. Stafford was chosen originally because it was a roughly central
location.
For the gentleman who mentioned that he wouldn't get his laptop out in a
pub: I wouldn't worry about The Yard. It's very quiet on Monday evenings and
we have an entire section of the pub to ourselves. There's no yobs or
football hooligans. I've had my laptop out and left it lying around with the
group while I went to the bar or loo and it was still there when I got back!
Regards,
Jon
On 18 February 2010 15:13, Matthew <m(a)z.je> wrote:
On 18 February 2010 14:56, SonniesEdge <sonniesedge(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>> Some moan its too South, I'm with the moaners who moan it's too North.
>
> Sounds to me like the LUG encompasses too large an area in that case.
Will the amount of people that show up on irc ( irc.freenode.net
#staffslug) or at the meets it doesnt seem like we're overflowing with
people though ;-)
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3:41 p.m.
For the gentleman who mentioned that he wouldn't get his
laptop out in a pub
And that gender assumption has probably just sealed the deal for me.
I'll stick with the meets in the big cities.
Charlotte
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 15:32, Jonathan Marriott <jon(a)kiwiuk.net> wrote:
Firstly, for those who have never attended, our meetings tend to be
social
events where we have a chat about current issues and exchange
recommendations and talk about Perl a lot and have some food and beer. I
think most regulars would be happy to help out anybody with an open source
problem if they came along.
I'm curious why people expect there to be some sort of "event" going on
and
why they expect someone else to be organising it for them. Although there
has been talk of a technical evening covering a specific subject at the
meetings and mentioned on the list, the lurkers have not bothered to
contribute any ideas or suggestions from what I've seen. You seem expect
Dave and the rest of us who attend to organise something of interest to
everybody even though we've never met you and have no idea about your
abilities or interests.
As for the "it's too far" problem, are we all non-drivers or something?
Staffordshire from tip to toe is about 45 minutes on the M6 so it's not
going to be a particularly arduous journey for anyone. I'd be happy to find
a pub somewhere more suitable for everybody if people actually want to turn
up. Stafford was chosen originally because it was a roughly central
location.
For the gentleman who mentioned that he wouldn't get his laptop out in a
pub: I wouldn't worry about The Yard. It's very quiet on Monday evenings
and
we have an entire section of the pub to ourselves. There's no yobs or
football hooligans. I've had my laptop out and left it lying around with
the
group while I went to the bar or loo and it was still there when I got
back!
Regards,
Jon
On 18 February 2010 15:13, Matthew <m(a)z.je> wrote:
> On 18 February 2010 14:56, SonniesEdge <sonniesedge(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Some moan its too South, I'm with the moaners who moan it's too
North.
> >
> > Sounds to me like the LUG encompasses too large an area in that case.
>
> Will the amount of people that show up on irc ( irc.freenode.net
> #staffslug) or at the meets it doesnt seem like we're overflowing with
> people though ;-)
>
> _______________________________________________
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3:45 p.m.
I didn't mean any offense, sorry. That said, the fact is that we're mostly
blokes and I'm not psychic.
Did you expect me to magically discern your gender from your gender
ambiguous name?
Jon
On 18 February 2010 15:41, SonniesEdge <sonniesedge(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> For the gentleman who mentioned that he wouldn't get his
> laptop out in a pub
And that gender assumption has probably just sealed the deal for me.
I'll stick with the meets in the big cities.
Charlotte
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 15:32, Jonathan Marriott <jon(a)kiwiuk.net> wrote:
> Firstly, for those who have never attended, our meetings tend to be
social
> events where we have a chat about current issues and exchange
> recommendations and talk about Perl a lot and have some food and beer. I
> think most regulars would be happy to help out anybody with an open
source
> problem if they came along.
>
> I'm curious why people expect there to be some sort of "event" going
on
and
> why they expect someone else to be organising it for them. Although there
> has been talk of a technical evening covering a specific subject at the
> meetings and mentioned on the list, the lurkers have not bothered to
> contribute any ideas or suggestions from what I've seen. You seem expect
> Dave and the rest of us who attend to organise something of interest to
> everybody even though we've never met you and have no idea about your
> abilities or interests.
>
> As for the "it's too far" problem, are we all non-drivers or
something?
> Staffordshire from tip to toe is about 45 minutes on the M6 so it's not
> going to be a particularly arduous journey for anyone. I'd be happy to
find
> a pub somewhere more suitable for everybody if people actually want to
turn
> up. Stafford was chosen originally because it was a roughly central
> location.
>
> For the gentleman who mentioned that he wouldn't get his laptop out in a
> pub: I wouldn't worry about The Yard. It's very quiet on Monday evenings
> and
> we have an entire section of the pub to ourselves. There's no yobs or
> football hooligans. I've had my laptop out and left it lying around with
> the
> group while I went to the bar or loo and it was still there when I got
> back!
>
> Regards,
> Jon
>
> On 18 February 2010 15:13, Matthew <m(a)z.je> wrote:
>
> > On 18 February 2010 14:56, SonniesEdge <sonniesedge(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Some moan its too South, I'm with the moaners who moan it's
too
North.
> > >
> > > Sounds to me like the LUG encompasses too large an area in that case.
> >
> > Will the amount of people that show up on irc ( irc.freenode.net
> > #staffslug) or at the meets it doesnt seem like we're overflowing with
> > people though ;-)
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Staffslug mailing list
> > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk
> > http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug
> >
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3:57 p.m.
Did you expect me to magically discern your gender
from your gender ambiguous name?
No, I didn't. But I also didn't expect you to assume I was male.
Apology accepted, but please don't play the blame game for your faux pas.
That's definately not cool.
Charlie.
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 15:45, Jonathan Marriott <jon(a)kiwiuk.net> wrote:
I didn't mean any offense, sorry. That said, the fact is that
we're mostly
blokes and I'm not psychic.
Did you expect me to magically discern your gender from your gender
ambiguous name?
Jon
On 18 February 2010 15:41, SonniesEdge <sonniesedge(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > For the gentleman who mentioned that he wouldn't get his
> > laptop out in a pub
>
> And that gender assumption has probably just sealed the deal for me.
>
> I'll stick with the meets in the big cities.
>
> Charlotte
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 15:32, Jonathan Marriott <jon(a)kiwiuk.net> wrote:
>
> > Firstly, for those who have never attended, our meetings tend to be
> social
> > events where we have a chat about current issues and exchange
> > recommendations and talk about Perl a lot and have some food and beer.
I
> > think most regulars would be happy to help out anybody with an open
> source
> > problem if they came along.
> >
> > I'm curious why people expect there to be some sort of "event"
going on
> and
> > why they expect someone else to be organising it for them. Although
there
> > has been talk of a technical evening covering a specific subject at the
> > meetings and mentioned on the list, the lurkers have not bothered to
> > contribute any ideas or suggestions from what I've seen. You seem
expect
> > Dave and the rest of us who attend to organise something of interest to
> > everybody even though we've never met you and have no idea about your
> > abilities or interests.
> >
> > As for the "it's too far" problem, are we all non-drivers or
something?
> > Staffordshire from tip to toe is about 45 minutes on the M6 so it's not
> > going to be a particularly arduous journey for anyone. I'd be happy to
> find
> > a pub somewhere more suitable for everybody if people actually want to
> turn
> > up. Stafford was chosen originally because it was a roughly central
> > location.
> >
> > For the gentleman who mentioned that he wouldn't get his laptop out in
a
> > pub: I wouldn't worry about The Yard. It's very quiet on Monday
evenings
> > and
> > we have an entire section of the pub to ourselves. There's no yobs or
> > football hooligans. I've had my laptop out and left it lying around
with
> > the
> > group while I went to the bar or loo and it was still there when I got
> > back!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jon
> >
> > On 18 February 2010 15:13, Matthew <m(a)z.je> wrote:
> >
> > > On 18 February 2010 14:56, SonniesEdge <sonniesedge(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> > > >> Some moan its too South, I'm with the moaners who moan
it's too
> North.
> > > >
> > > > Sounds to me like the LUG encompasses too large an area in that
case.
> > >
> > > Will the amount of people that show up on irc ( irc.freenode.net
> > > #staffslug) or at the meets it doesnt seem like we're overflowing
with
> > > people though ;-)
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Staffslug mailing list
> > > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk
> > > http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug
> > >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk
> > http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug
> >
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5:18 p.m.
Charlie,
Come to a meeting and see what you think :)
Adam
On 18 February 2010 15:57, SonniesEdge <sonniesedge(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>Did you expect me to magically discern your gender
>from your gender ambiguous name?
No, I didn't. But I also didn't expect you to assume I was male.
Apology accepted, but please don't play the blame game for your faux pas.
That's definately not cool.
Charlie.
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 15:45, Jonathan Marriott <jon(a)kiwiuk.net> wrote:
> I didn't mean any offense, sorry. That said, the fact is that we're mostly
> blokes and I'm not psychic.
>
> Did you expect me to magically discern your gender from your gender
> ambiguous name?
>
> Jon
>
> On 18 February 2010 15:41, SonniesEdge <sonniesedge(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > For the gentleman who mentioned that he wouldn't get his
> > > laptop out in a pub
> >
> > And that gender assumption has probably just sealed the deal for me.
> >
> > I'll stick with the meets in the big cities.
> >
> > Charlotte
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 15:32, Jonathan Marriott <jon(a)kiwiuk.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Firstly, for those who have never attended, our meetings tend to be
> > social
> > > events where we have a chat about current issues and exchange
> > > recommendations and talk about Perl a lot and have some food and beer.
> I
> > > think most regulars would be happy to help out anybody with an open
> > source
> > > problem if they came along.
> > >
> > > I'm curious why people expect there to be some sort of
"event" going on
> > and
> > > why they expect someone else to be organising it for them. Although
> there
> > > has been talk of a technical evening covering a specific subject at the
> > > meetings and mentioned on the list, the lurkers have not bothered to
> > > contribute any ideas or suggestions from what I've seen. You seem
> expect
> > > Dave and the rest of us who attend to organise something of interest to
> > > everybody even though we've never met you and have no idea about your
> > > abilities or interests.
> > >
> > > As for the "it's too far" problem, are we all non-drivers or
something?
> > > Staffordshire from tip to toe is about 45 minutes on the M6 so it's
not
> > > going to be a particularly arduous journey for anyone. I'd be happy to
> > find
> > > a pub somewhere more suitable for everybody if people actually want to
> > turn
> > > up. Stafford was chosen originally because it was a roughly central
> > > location.
> > >
> > > For the gentleman who mentioned that he wouldn't get his laptop out in
> a
> > > pub: I wouldn't worry about The Yard. It's very quiet on Monday
> evenings
> > > and
> > > we have an entire section of the pub to ourselves. There's no yobs or
> > > football hooligans. I've had my laptop out and left it lying around
> with
> > > the
> > > group while I went to the bar or loo and it was still there when I got
> > > back!
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Jon
> > >
> > > On 18 February 2010 15:13, Matthew <m(a)z.je> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 18 February 2010 14:56, SonniesEdge <sonniesedge(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > > >> Some moan its too South, I'm with the moaners who moan
it's too
> > North.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sounds to me like the LUG encompasses too large an area in that
> case.
> > > >
> > > > Will the amount of people that show up on irc ( irc.freenode.net
> > > > #staffslug) or at the meets it doesnt seem like we're overflowing
> with
> > > > people though ;-)
> > > >
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4:14 p.m.
Jonathan Marriott wrote:
I didn't mean any offense, sorry. That said, the fact is that
we're mostly
blokes and I'm not psychic.
Did you expect me to magically discern your gender from your gender
ambiguous name?
http://twitter.com/SonniesEdge
Oh dear, not very good for a relatively quit Lug is it?
4:27 p.m.
I was just waiting for you to pipe up Pete-I knew you wouldn't be able to resist!
Love Jen
jenette palmer
--- On Thu, 18/2/10, Peter Cannon <dick_turpin(a)archlinux.us> wrote:
From: Peter Cannon <dick_turpin(a)archlinux.us>
Subject: Re: [Staffslug] March 2010 Meeting (Monday 8th March)
To: staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk
Date: Thursday, 18 February, 2010, 16:14
Jonathan Marriott wrote:
I didn't mean any offense, sorry. That said, the fact is that
we're mostly
blokes and I'm not psychic.
Did you expect me to magically discern your gender from your gender
ambiguous name?
http://twitter.com/SonniesEdge
Oh dear, not very good for a relatively quit Lug is it?
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5:28 p.m.
On 17 February 2010 15:25, Jonathan Marriott <jon(a)kiwiuk.net> wrote:
Attention lurkers: come to a meeting!
Nothing interesting happening by the sounds of it, IF something was
planned and there was effort made by all then let me know.
I'll probably attend meetings at the uni... that sounds like the best
idea since they stopped us slicing our own bread.
Why doesn't someone invite a lug over? Or arrange a guest speaker?
Simon might be able to arrange someone interesting - if he's still on
the list?
Who's running the lug? I think it needs a main person.. Cause it's all
well me going and finding someone to speak at a meeting, but who gives
the OK? Is it still Dave? You could say it doesn't need someone in
this position given its size etc.. but realistically someone is
required to steer direction.
All the best
Andrew
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