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sound all too familiar:) Next week then â although I might make the Truro meeting tonight. > On 10 Nov 2014, at 09:10, John Veryan <johnveryan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I might be. I am a full time Dad and IT guru to pensioners. I might be free > after Wednesday, I'll let you know. If not I will be totally free next week. > > Now all I have to do is work out how a Chromecast works and teach an 80 year old > how to use it. Could be fun. > > John Veryan. > > > On 09/11/14 18:12, jay bennie wrote: >> John are you free to meet up anytime this week? Im in newlyn - i could meet you >> at the pz tennis club. >> >> Jay >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On 9 Nov 2014, at 12:28, Gordon Henderson <gordon+lug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, 9 Nov 2014, John Veryan wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, new to this, but not new to Linux I have been a full time Linux user for >>>> nearly 10 years. >>>> >>>> Anyway I am trying to set up a Raspberry Pi Users Group for Cornwall, with a >>>> view to setting up a Jam in Cornwall somewhere. This has come from a need to >>>> talk to other Pi Fans, but unfortunately I can't get to the meets in Devon. I >>>> have setup a Facebook group already, if that takes off then I will try and >>>> organise a regular meet and then with the help of others get a regular Jam >>>> going. I am also on Twitter. >>>> >>>> https://www.facebook.com/groups/cornwallraspberrypi/ >>> Incredibile as this may seem, not everyone uses facebook, so it might be a good >>> idea to set that page to be public. Without a facebook account, I'm unable to >>> see it. >>> >>>> https://twitter.com/CRPUG >>> Also, I'm not conviced your retweeting of lol-shite and bolocks is going to >>> attract people either. Your twitter account is not one I want to follow. Maybe >>> keep the rubbish to your personal account? ie. Maplin deals, yes, questional >>> photos of a Waitrose... No. Especially if you're trying to attract young people >>> to it. >>> >>> However is it a good idea but do note that it's already been tried and failed >>> for whatever reason - although I suspect it wasn't the Pi Jam side itself that >>> struggled, but the cafe/hackspace/workshop that it was running in - in the >>> middle of Penzance too. I've no idea what happened to it, but the mailing list >>> has been quiet for over a year and their website is gone. >>> (http://www.tech-shed.org/) >>> >>> Cornwall (& Devon) are geographically big and hard to cover - we did have a good >>> turnout (relatively speaking) in Torbay yesterday, but it was more like a kids >>> computer club at one point... >>> >>> Gordon >>> >>> -- >>> The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG >>> http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list >>> FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq