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: <jiva@devware.com>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>;
> <plug-announce@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> 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.
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>
>
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Jim
Zope is cool!
From Anthony Walsh" <
awalsh@itconnections.com Wed May 31 14:18:13 2000
From: Anthony Walsh" <
awalsh@itconnections.com (Anthony Walsh)
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 07:18:13 -0700
Subject: Just an update
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Just wanted to throw out a update out as far as the positions that =
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1 Linux programmer position that is Perm.
I have had a few people give me a call about these positions, however I =
wanted to remain fair and post these positions out here in case there is =
more interest. Give me a call if you have any questions that you would =
like answered.
Thanks!
Anthony Walsh
IT Connections
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