Steve,

First, what kind of help do you need?

Second, (showing how out of touch I can be) when are the West Side meetings?

George

> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 19:32:40 -0700
> From: Steve Smith <foodog@uswest.net>
> Subject: GCC unPLUGged
> 
> Wheee; replying to my own mail.
>  > ...
> > I enjoyed having meetings at GCC and I'd really like for them to 
> > continue.  But... I don't think that there's enough demand 
> or supporters 
> > to have two meetings at the same time in the same part of town.
> > 
> > The big problem from my perspective is that the active Mesa 
> PLUG members 
> > are in the East valley. Coming "way out here" tends to be a 
> hassle for 
> > presenters.
> > 
> > If there's interest - as in people willing to help out - 
> I'd like to 
> > continue. I think we'd need to pretty much duplicate what 
> East-siders 
> > have going: presentation coordinator, swag-gatherer, web-presence 
> > maintainer(?). I'm willing to schedule space and try to improve the 
> > conditions (net access, more reliable access to projector etc.) if 
> > others will help too.
> 
> Not much discussion of this since the weekend, eh? For 
> reference, I have 
> the teleconference room booked through December 2004. Now for the 
> tougher part: getting people to commit to covering the infrastructure 
> tasks mentioned above.
> 
> <standing here tapping my foot...>
> 
> Who wants a LUG?  Let's not all be shy now...
> 
> I will show up (or find a sub), do my best impression of Jim or Hans* 
> (announcements, introduce the presenter) and, given demand, 
> facilitate 
> net access. Who else would like to play? 8-)
> 
> I'm assuming for the moment that the first GC-PLUG-TNG** 
> meeting would 
> be January 27 '04.
> 
> Steve
> 
> * Jim and Hans have an open invitation to continue announcing 
> meetings, 
> of course  :-)
> 
> ** or sumthin
>