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On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 14 Feb 2010, John Hansen wrote: > >> Why are all meetings held in Plymouth and South Devon? > > Quite simply because Paul makes the effort to orginise one - he lives in > Paignton and AIUI has limited transport. > > And I don't think the Plymouth meeting is a LUG affrair - it's a slightly > different group of geeks.... officially nope, but most of the existing plymouth geeks troupe are LUG members and have been to a some of the meetings so you might see some familiar faces. Once we get some peeps rounded up, we'd be more than happy to organise a plymouth LUG meet. (I seem to recall having been at a plymouth one aaaaaaaages ago, so it's not unheard of...) >> There are those of us who live in North Cornwall. I am certainly not >> prepared to drive to the South Coast for a meeting which I may or may not be >> interested in. > > Shame. I am prepared to drive a bit to meet new people and chat about what's > happening. Off to Padstow on Tueseday for example to talk to a group of > young people about maintaining their digital footprint... It might not be > Linuxy but it's still something computer and online related. > > Saturdy (Or Sundays) in Torbay can be fun - bring the family and have a day > of it. The Apollo cinema is really nice too. > >> It seems all DCLUG activity is now focused on the South Devon area > > Only becuase no-one else is arranging anything. That's the universes way of telling you to go arrange something yourself ;-) Chances are if you want a meeting in North Devon, there'll be others too - As someone else mentioned, test the theory by just emailing the group with a time and a pub/cafe to meet up in and if there's interest, build up from there... >> It leaves me wondering if it is worthwhile remaining a member as little >> on the Forum is of interest to someone who is not an expert or geek if you >> prefer. > > Read, listen, experiment and start asking questions. > > Gordon -- 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