On 5/26/07, xcalibre <xcalibre@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Thanks Everyone,
> The thing is for over 8 close to 9 years I have been doing these meetings... Time fly's as they say...
> We have had meetings that Rocked and yes some that were not so great... I try to keep the topic on Linux and perhaps was one of the most driven at one point... How ever with attendance so low it's time to shift things... How ever here is a small reflection of things that I was fortunate to be part of and try to make happen for SLUG...
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> We have had times when people would bring in the PC's and needed help to get distro's installed...
> We have had Networking demos... An time we got a Gamming Network setup for Quake... We did Firewalls; we did pier to pier between laptops... We did p2p networking with a Linux and Windows, and Mac...
> Installed Linux on PC's Laptops and MAC's and more...
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> We have done Presentations for the PC Users group... and Bits and Bytes Computer Group...
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> We have had demos of the different Distros, we have had demos of applications Open Office, Star Office, KDE's Office... We have had demos on Win4lin, and VMware... We have had presentations from Robin Miller 3 times, Norb, Myself, Jeff, Russell, and more a lot more...
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> We have done Computer shows and were able to have exclusives Red Had 6.0 Official debut, Xandros 2.0 debut... For the Shows getting Guest in from Red Hat 2 times, Turbo Linux, S.u.S.E.'s Holgar Dryoff, Robin Miller 3 times, CEO of Xandros, and again more and more including 2 times John"Maddog"Hall...
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> For the shows we have had at one time up to 2 Pickup Trucks and a Lincoln Town Car Trunk loaded with Swag for a Show the CTS in Clearwater...5000 Copies of Linux Journal for that!!!
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> Next have literally spent over hundreds of hours on calls and emails to get things lined up... Have spent literally several hundreds of dollars on those calls out of pocket!!!
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> Did the Linux 10 Picnic which our Magic the Gathering Game was interrupted bye one killer bolt of lightning for the ones who were there can tell you about this one...
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> Have also had members from other Lugs come in and do shows with us...
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> So for the few who do not think that I am not into Linux and Open Source and care this is about 75% of things that was arranged... So to the ones who don't think that I have done much with Linux or tried too make things happen... Just thought I would share a few things that I have tried to do and have events and guest and presentations for SLUG..
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> Call it a burn out stage or what ever I don't know... I am committed to Linux and Open Source and most of all the Community... There is other things I have been involved with as well and they all tied in with getting SLUG involved with them as well...
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> Getting back on Track this announcement was to say Thank You and in my honest opinion it's time to shift things to get SLUG back on track... It's not easy when for years and years you have the opportunity to Lead a Meeting and Coordinate Events to say it's time to condense things in the best Interest of the Group...
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> I love Linux, the Open Source Community, and most of all SLUG... It was for this reason I made this announcement and decision...
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> For a few who asked yes I am getting more and more into Graphics and Art and yes Adobe Photoshop, Gimp, and Corel are part of that... Yes this too is now becoming my focus of interest because for almost 16 Years I am done with I.T. and while not getting any younger in fact the big 40 this year my Career shift is also happening...
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> Also if anyone else wants to step up to the plate and everyone agrees with it perhaps a new Meeting Leader for Brandon could respark some magic that I can not then let's do it...
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> Perhaps some one can even make a dream I had work, to start the FLA Florida, Linux, Alliance... This would unite all the Florida Linux Users groups and other members of the Open Source Community to pull together a Linux Showcase show on our own...
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> Again there has been a lot of work put into SLUG and I have and will still continue to try to do as much as I can...
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> To everyone I say Thank You and will see you one final Brandon Meeting June 7th...
> Bill Preece...
>
Bill,
The few times that I have been able to attend, I have always got something
out of it, sometimes it is stellar and sometimes it is just horse sense but
I got something that made Linux and OSS easier, that is the important
part.
I do not know how many are in the same boat that I am but seems in the
tech world anymore a lot of us have to travel if we are going to see the bux
and indeed that is why I am unable get to the meetings, (I am off to Mexico
City this week, was in Columbia, SC last week), Burnout is a terrible thing
but it happens to all of us (I am sick of airports) and perhaps a while setting
in the Tampa meeting will refresh you and get you ready to go again. Mean
while when I am in town I will go to the Tampa meetings...
We need to put out sights on what else we can bring to OSS, and how we
can make it all more accepted. Linux is now a lot more common, I am quite
surprised at the number of people I run into now who have at least one box
at home with Linux on it. It was not that long ago that I was looked at as
'unique' for having it on my laptop, now people tell me regularly that they have
a box running Linux at home. I do not see that many laptops yet, but I think
that will change too.
-- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- To paraphrase my flight instructor; "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn and twisted metal." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
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