<div dir="ltr">Hans/(All),<div><br></div><div>PLUG (aka Hans [since actually no leadership was ever allowed] is going to have to state the rules under which you are "dismissing" via schedule removal a healthy regular popular venue. </div><div><br></div><div>PLUG (aka Hans "Luft") is going to have to reference when those rules were published and when they were delivered to me. </div><div><div><br></div><div>EVERYONE has historically had their own website, because PLUG does not allow:</div><div><br></div><div>1) Specific wording in announcements.</div><div>2) Submitting additional announcements and extensive innovative content.</div><div>3) Presentation postings.</div><div><br></div><div>Examples of other historic users (in good standing) with their own websites to support their presentations and community endeavors include:</div><div><br></div><div>Ryan Rix</div><div>Alan Dayley</div><div>Joseph Sinclair</div><div>Brian Cluff</div><div>Alexander Henry</div><div><br></div><div><div>The PLUG (lack of structure and rules/guidelines) consistent with other cities of comparable sizes (specific examples are Seattle, Los Angeles and Portland) has kept the group from becoming all that a LUG can be. </div><div><br></div><div>Older retired penguins have devoted thousands of hours and dollars each year purchasing their own equipment for community venues like Installfest without anyone in PLUG "leadership" even getting a 501(c)3 rider under another PLUG to allow income tax relief.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Here's a long list of past discussions that echo these limitations and issues:</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><a href="http://208.77.223.83/lurker/message/20100205.085425.dbace92f.en.html" target="_blank"><br class="">http://208.77.223.83/lurker/message/20100205.085425.dbace92f.en.html</a><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><a href="http://208.77.223.83/lurker/message/20130508.020509.d70d1744.en.html" target="_blank">http://208.77.223.83/lurker/message/20130508.020509.d70d1744.en.html</a><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><a href="http://208.77.223.83/lurker/message/20090806.163922.37c4d455.en.html" target="_blank">http://208.77.223.83/lurker/message/20090806.163922.37c4d455.en.html</a><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><a href="http://208.77.223.83/lurker/message/20101108.063046.7219d889.en.html" target="_blank">http://208.77.223.83/lurker/message/20101108.063046.7219d889.en.html</a></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">The ramifications of PLUG (aka Hans "Luft") limiting announcements and venues (like the HackFest) that promote continuing educational schools (other than Mesa Community College [where he has been adjunct teacher]) are obvious.</span><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">The ramifications of PLUG (aka Hans "Luft") "dropping" a 7 year successful event like the HackFest is HUGE.</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">I have been long contacted by members active for many years who want support to backup recommendations to disband the PLUG (or remove "Presidential dictatorship") with a long laundry list of reasons from sexual harassment (Example: Hans raising his wedding ring clad finger to women as they wait to speak with him about PLUG matters during public community events [which I have experienced twice myself]) to outright misuse of funding ( [tee shirts and donations from local businesses] and PLUG interns/students raising money for sister project ABLEConf) as well as inappropriate steering to classes at Mesa Community College during "OpenSource" community venues.</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">I have stayed out of escalation of those issues to other authorities, but "Silence is DEATH" and a Linux Users Group where membership live in threat of social ostracism and promote via "inner circle relationships" (or make decisions like drop a healthy venue without written rules or warning) is nothing more than a "GANG" and is destined to die.</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">1) Please show me the rules under which removal of the HackFests from the calendar was made? If there was a scheduling issue, why was I not called or allowed to reschedule? Our security community and active interns have been historically very changeable and this could be easily arranged at DeVry University who also provide a rack at OneNeck.</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"> </div></div><div class="gmail_extra">2) Please show me the rules that state posting a discussion to more than one mailing list with the same content is disallowed? It is not on any of the mailing list <a href="http://phxlinux.org">phxlinux.org</a> pages? </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">3) And while we are talking about it, please show me the rules (in any PLUG) that state that we can't have TWO PLUG EVENTS on the same day? Is that because the website php CMS software won't allow it? [/LAUGH]</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I have a HackFest iPhone and Android app ready (which can be released in the next week) to submit to Google Play and Apple Store. I will happily leave the <a href="http://phxlinux.org">phxlinux.org</a> and PLUG name out of that code.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Thanks for "allowing me" to continue to announce the HackFests on the mailing lists. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Happy ThanksGiving</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 1:08 AM, der.hans <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:PLUGd@lufthans.com" target="_blank">PLUGd@lufthans.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Am 29. Nov, 2014 schwätzte Lisa Kachold so:<br>
<br>
moin moin Lisa,<span><br>
<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
I was curious as to why you have removed the Hackfests (2nd Saturday of<br>
every month) afrom the PLUG Calendar?<br>
</blockquote>
<br></span>
You've been acting as a seperate group for years. You have your own web<br>
site and mailing list for your group.<br></blockquote><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br>
You may continue announcing your events on the list, but please stop<br>
cross-posting to multiple lists.<br>
<br>
ciao,<br>
<br>
der.hans<div><div><br>
<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hackfests have been going strong since 2008 and have students from ITT and<br>
strong support from DeVry where instructors provide extra credit to their<br>
security students for attendance.<br>
<br>
DeVry University provides a rack for PLUG use (providing it is actually<br>
used in context with student related open source activities) at OneNeck<br>
which is populated with a VMWare ESXi 5.5 server, OpenVPN server, Security<br>
Onion, Metasploitable and other images for demonstration purposes, all of<br>
which has been built entirely with community contributed assets and intern<br>
effort. We contribute Kali CD's for lab demonstration use, promotional tee<br>
shirts and shared DefCon videos each year.<br>
<br>
We have a large following of local security professionals, with visits from<br>
University of Phoenix, Palo Verde Nuclear, Department of the Army and<br>
GoDaddy staff.<br>
<br>
I have received no notice related to any new requirements or change?<br>
<br>
I have posted monthly announcements to the PLUG Announce list since 2008<br>
and have never been notified of any other PLUG requirements?<br>
<br>
Please add this great linux security lab venue back to the PLUG Schedule.<br>
<br>
2nd Saturday of every month 11:00 - 2:00 PM.<br>
DeVry University<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
</blockquote>
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# A Polish friend of mine got an offer for a free account from AOL. The<br>
# login ID was "HELLO" and the passwd "CYMBAL". She says "cymbal" is like<br>
# a Polish word for "sucker". 'Hello sucker', a greeting from AOHell :).</font></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div>