Informal Linux Meetings

[epsas at inflicted.net]

The Coffee Cove on Uni. Ave usually closes at 11PM most nights, iirc.   Are you thinking of the same place?

On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 01:38:42AM -1000, Ronald Willis wrote:
> Hey Charles,
> 
> Great idea, but Dennis closes the Coffee Cove between 4:30 and 5:00 pm on
> most days. One reason is to attend classes (yoga I think). But if he can get
> business I think he could be flexible. I am in negotiation with him on a
> project and I do support services in both buildings. If you wish Id give you
> guys a plug if there was some sort of agenda if he is to stay open beyond
> his normal hours of operation on a regular basis. He has been know to prep
> food for special occasions in support of the YMCA.
> 
> Rn
> 
> 
> >- -----Original Message-----
> >- From: epsas at inflicted.net [mailto:epsas at inflicted.net]
> >- Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 7:06 PM
> >- To: Linux & Unix Advocates & Users
> >- Subject: [luau] Informal Linux Meetings
> >-
> >-
> >- Howdy Troops,
> >-
> >- I have looked around tthe immediate area (University Ave,
> >- Mo`ili`ili) for places to have informal Linux get-togethers.
> >- There are a couple that stand out, the Coffee Cove Internet Cafe
> >- and an ice cream shop near Varsity Theaters.
> >-
> >- There have been several people who have been interested in
> >- having informal discussion meetings (ie, Geek-Outs).  I
> >- personally know that these are very productive.  The late/great
> >- Berkeley Unix Users Group (BUUG) was essentially a gathering of
> >- Unix geeks at a coffee shop.  We would chat about Unix and
> >- programming and ogle each other`s laptops.
> >-
> >- Just talking to other people (some of whom were waaaay more
> >- 37337 than yours truly) about technology taught me more than I
> >- would have learned by staying at home reading, or attending a
> >- formal tutorial.
> >-
> >-
> >- Here are some ideas:
> >-
> >- Every other Tuesday at 7PM
> >-
> >- Meet at the Coffee Cove (The cafe has great sandwich deals for
> >- >$6.00, and they make a mean latte) - If the Cove is full we can
> >- meet at the ice cream parlour or the other Internet Cafe across
> >- the street (which has a Freenix box).
> >-
> >- Every week one of us should bring a print-out of something cool
> >- they found on the Internet.
> >-
> >- Have informal conversations until someone falls asleep or they
> >- kick us out.
> >-
> >- Adopting the moniker of G.L.U.G. (The GNU/Linux Unix Gathering
> >- [or Guinness Loving Unix Geeks - in case the ice cream parlour
> >- is full, we go to the bar])
> >-
> >-
> >- What are your thoughts?
> >-
> >- peas,
> >- Charles Paul
> >-
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