Patience, Cindy - the Newsletter is due out tomorrow - June 1. Only one more day to sit on pins and needles - or you can check the PLUG website On Wed, 31 May 2000, you wrote: > Ah, where is the meeting? I didn't get a newsletter. > > With all that preface, I thought sure you'd throw in an address. :) I was > all excited. I've never been to a meeting and I am ready to have a box and > I want to meet some of the cool people I've been reading here on the list > and.... > > ...no location... > > where is it? :) > > c. > > Cindy Fox > Computer Training Solutions > www.cindyfox.com > (602) 692-8923 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: ; > > Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 2:25 AM > Subject: New Meeting Location... > > > > You are about to receive the June Newsletter. In it will be detailed > > our new second thursday meeting location. The purpose of this email > > is to send a simple message "DON'T PANIC!" > > > > "Back in the old days..." PLUG didn't have a consistant meeting place > > and arguments ensued monthly as to where to have a meeting. Noone > > could agree. This was most annoying to me when I'd want to go to a > > meeting, but the location wouldn't be decided until say, an hour > > before the meeting and then I couldn't make it. As a result, I > > stepped forward and said "We will be having regular meetings at the BG > > Club of Scottsdale. You can choose to join us if you'd like, or not > > if you don't." This has shown itself to be very successful. > > > > YOU MAY NOT BE HAPPY WITH THE LOCATION. We all realize this. Phoenix > > is a big place. It is physically impossible to find a single meeting > > location that suits EVERYONE. I know for certain that there will be > > several regulars who will not be able to come to this meeting because > > of it's location. It's simply too far. I'm sorry if you are one of > > those people. > > > > WHY was this location chosen? Well, it gets us a projector. We have > > a consistant time and place EVERY month. We have lots of room to > > grow. We have a T1 to the internet. And it's run by 2 great guys who > > happen to be PLUG members (Brian and Polt! Thank you guys!!!!). > > > > All that having been said, you may be fuming, spitting nails, saying > > "What am I supposed to do? I'm not going THERE!" Well, there's > > something real simple you can do... start your OWN meeting near you! > > All we ask is that you don't make it on a night which would conflict > > with the regular meeting. We really need a west valley meeting. > > Noone on the west valley has been willing to coordinate it though. It > > doesn't really take alot of work. All you have to do is volunteer to > > either ALWAYS show up at the same place every month, or make sure > > someone else does. > > > > So, the point of this email is, the meeting location is changing. > > Realize that this may very well be a fairly subjective decision made > > by those of us who prefer east-valley meetings. Don't hold it against > > us. I will even happily take the brunt of the responsibility here and > > say yes, I am biased towards the east valley. Sorry. I have always > > said that the best service I can do for PLUG is simply to hold > > meetings that I myself enjoy attending and hope that there's others > > who will share my enjoyment. Part of my enjoyment means having them > > in the east valley. > > > > (FYI, back in the day, someone did a plot of all the locations of PLUG > > members, and they found that the dead center was actually someplace in > > Tempe. So you west valley people just need to get more people over > > there. ;D) > > > > Anyone willing to organize west valley meetings, please step forward! > > > > Jiva DeVoe > > Chairman, Phoenix Linux User's Group > > -- > > Be free and open and breezy! Enjoy! Things won't get any better so > > get used to it. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Jim Zope is cool! 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Hello again,
 
    Just wanted to throw out a update out as far as the positions = that are=20 available,
 
3 Unix(AIX or Sun Solaris) = Administrator positions,=20 2 that are perm, 1 that is contract (6 months  +).
 
1 Linux programmer position that is=20 Perm.
 
I have had a few people give me a call = about these=20 positions, however I wanted to remain fair and post these positions out = here in=20 case there is more interest.  Give me a call if you have any = questions that=20 you would like answered.
 
Thanks!
 
Anthony Walsh
IT Connections
602-240-7711 Ext. = 11#
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