Informal Linux Meetings

[Ronald Willis]

Sorry Charles you are correct, Coffeexxxx confusion. I was referring to a
differnt location across the street from UH on University. (Coffeeline)

>- > 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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