Re: [SLUG] research: do we still need LUGs?

From: michael hast (evylrobot19@cox.net)
Date: Sun Jul 08 2007 - 14:57:29 EDT


>
> Wellll.....I am certainly not one of the smart people but when I first started
> using Linux several years ago I would have been completely lost without the
> sluggers. It is newbie heaven to find a group like this. The
> old-timers -very experienced people on this list don't realize that because
> they have not gone through that phase.
>
Here, here! I'll drink to that!
> Don't know quite what to think about the actual meetings. In the beginning I
> attended faithfully. Then only when I had a hands-on problem. Now, not that
> often. Maybe we have to get the newbies coming.
>
I would come, but I can't afford the gas or time.
> I do know one thing for sure. This list must never never go away. I would
> still be lost without it, especially for the oddball off-beat stuff.
>
Second that!
> Maybe what needs to be done instead of the meetings is to hold seminars about
> pointed subjects of interest and move them around the area in different
> locations. If someone really wants to know how to fine tune a mail server or
> whatever they will travel that little extra distance.
>
When I finally make it to the area for a meeting, I'll probably be
dragging a machine along.
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