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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rob Beard wrote: > Paul Sutton wrote: > >> Agreed, and I also send thanks to everyone to helped, dropped in, to >> chat etc, if anything new contacts were forged, which is always a good >> thing, a chance to chat, problems shared and solved, etc >> >> Lets all keep the momentum up, I think there are more people out there >> that have used / heard of Linux and or OSS than we realise > > Yep, seems the case. Maybe we should look at trying to have more > regular meetings or even just social events like a few drinks in the pub > more often, maybe once a month? (well what I'm thinking is maybe each > area have one once a month so members can attend a meeting or social > meeting in the pub which is near them). > > If we set something in stone, say we meet up for drinks on the first > Thursday of every month or something along those lines, or even the > first Thursday of every month and 3rd Saturday or something like that we > could then get these events publicised in 'Whats On' guides and on the > radio/in the local paper and maybe actually bring in more new members. > > Just a thought anyway. > > I certainly thought it was worth it even if there was a small turnout. > It gave us a better chance to try the LTSP kit and I thought the video > link with the LUG in Cameroon was interesting. > > Rob > Yes the LTSP kit did perform very well all things considered. 54Mbps network with a 2Ghz / 1Gb Ram processor is not ideal circumstances to operate LTSP but it did function. Some things clearly hiccuped the processor now and then but I suspect that could be solved with a higher spec LTSP server. I was thinking for the "next" event we could do something on a theme. For example perhaps a drop in Christmas Card design workshop for children using Inkscape / GIMP etc..... Maybe if I put together some basic Inkscape objects like Reindeer, Santas, Snowman and Penguins (of course) etc, Then the kids could play will placing / scaling etc. If we get a decent colour laser printer, we could charge say 15p a card.... We could distribute DCGLUG leaflets explaining the software we used and where to get it. Tom. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjWS88ACgkQBX2gJWUv0itc6gCdHr0RiO4HkG3V5Ik4O2r90bVE rOIAnRmSBsGH4ZNGBaMBhbVwaDqYdPJk =Qgz2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html