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<P>Dusty,</P>
<P>My job and my life keep me plenty busy, but windward is
</P>
<P>definitely much easier for me than leeward. I'm interested.</P>
<P>Ben</P>
<P>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<</P>
<P>On 12/8/01, 2:39:25 PM, Dusty <dusty@sandust.com> wrote
regarding [luau]</P>
<P>Re: Informal Linux Meetings:</P>
<P><BR><BR>
</P>
<P>> Sounds COOL!!!! But Sandi and I won't be able to make it most
of the</P>
<P>time. That area is just to hard to get to for us (damn traffic). I
say
</P>
<P>go for it!!!!</P>
<P>> Dusty</P>
<P>> P.S. - If anyone wants to have informal meetings on the
Windward side let</P>
<P>me know.</P>
<P><BR><BR>
</P>
<P>> ></P>
<P>> > Howdy Troops,</P>
<P>> ></P>
<P>> > I have looked around tthe immediate area (University Ave,
Mo`ili`ili) for</P>
<P>places to have informal Linux get-togethers. There are a couple that
</P>
<P>stand</P>
<P>out, the Coffee Cove Internet Cafe and an ice cream shop near
Varsity</P>
<P>Theaters.</P>
<P>> ></P>
<P>> > There have been several people who have been interested in
having</P>
<P>informal discussion meetings (ie, Geek-Outs). I personally know that
</P>
<P>these</P>
<P>are very productive. The late/great Berkeley Unix Users Group (BUUG)
was</P>
<P>essentially a gathering of Unix geeks at a coffee shop. We would
chat
</P>
<P>about</P>
<P>Unix and programming and ogle each other`s laptops.</P>
<P>> ></P>
<P>> > Just talking to other people (some of whom were waaaay
more 37337 than</P>
<P>yours truly) about technology taught me more than I would have
learned by</P>
<P>staying at home reading, or attending a formal tutorial.</P>
<P>> ></P>
<P>> ></P>
<P>> > Here are some ideas:</P>
<P>> ></P>
<P>> > Every other Tuesday at 7PM</P>
<P>> ></P>
<P>> > Meet at the Coffee Cove (The cafe has great sandwich deals
for >$6.00,</P>
<P>and they make a mean latte) - If the Cove is full we can meet at the
ice</P>
<P>cream parlour or the other Internet Cafe across the street (which
has a</P>
<P>Freenix box).</P>
<P>> ></P>
<P>> > Every week one of us should bring a print-out of something
cool they</P>
<P>found on the Internet.</P>
<P>> ></P>
<P>> > Have informal conversations until someone falls asleep or
they kick us</P>
<P>out.</P>
<P>> ></P>
<P>> > Adopting the moniker of G.L.U.G. (The GNU/Linux Unix
Gathering [or</P>
<P>Guinness Loving Unix Geeks - in case the ice cream parlour is full,
we go
</P>
<P>to</P>
<P>the bar])</P>
<P>> ></P>
<P>> ></P>
<P>> > What are your thoughts?</P>
<P>> ></P>
<P>> > peas,</P>
<P>> > Charles Paul</P>
<P>> ></P>
<P>> > ---</P>
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<P>> people that love unix."</P>
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