[Plug-announce] June Newsletter

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>-> From: plug-announce-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
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>-> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 7:11 AM
>-> To: plug-announce@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
>-> Subject: [Plug-announce] June Newsletter
>->
>->
>-> PLUG-INS
>->
>-> The Electronic Newsletter of the Phoenix Linux User Group
>->
>-> Volume 1
>-> Issue 7
>-> June, 2000
>->
>-> -------------------- PLUG is Moving ----------------------
>->
>-> The Thursday PLUG meeting for June will be held at the
>-> Sequoia Charter School,
>-> located at 1460 Horne.  The PLUG website has been updated
>-> with a map of the area
>-> and a map of the school campus so you can't get lost.  See ya there!
>->
>-> --------------------- Free Seminar -----------------------
>->
>-> TheLinuxStore.com, part of EBIZ Enterprises, and Viking
>-> Systems are hosting a free
>-> Introduction to Linux Seminar.
>->
>->  When:Friday, June 9, 1-3 pm
>-> Where:The Buttes Resort, Tempe
>->
>-> Topics include:
>->    Linux demonstration
>->    Definition of terms
>->    History of Linux/Unix heritage
>->    The open source software development model
>->    Software licensing models
>->    Where Linux is being used
>->    FUD Revealed & Dispelled
>->
>-> Space is limited, so register today at http://www.TheLinuxStore.com
>->
>-> --------------------- Meeting Info
>-> -----------------------
>->
>-> PLUG
>->
>->  When:June 8, 2000
>-> Where:Sequoia Charter School
>->  Time:7:00 p.m.
>-> Topic:GPG & SSH
>->
>-> AZSAGE
>->
>->  When:Tue 13 June
>-> Where:IBM, 2929 N. Central Ave.
>->  Time:Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
>-> Topic:IBM and Open Source and building a firewall with Linux 2.2.x.
>->           RSVP might be required, but they haven't moved on
>-> it thus far.
>->
>-> STAMMTISCH
>->
>->  When:Tue 20 June
>-> Where:Bandersnatch
>->  Time:7:00ish
>-> Topic:As usual, no topic, just Linux conversations
>->
>-> ASULUG
>->
>->  When:Wednesday, 21 June
>-> Where:Probably Computing Commons Auditorium
>->  Time:6:00 p.m
>-> Topic:Presentation will be a replay of either the PLUG or
>-> AZSAGE presentation.
>->
>-> -----------------------  Ceilings ------------------------
>->
>-> PLUG has come a long ways since it was founded way back when.
>->
>-> When I first got involved, PLUG was meeting at Shawn's house
>-> and maybe a
>-> half-dozen people showed up.  Now we regularly have 60-75
>-> people show up at
>-> the Boys & Girls Club each month.  Impressive, by any
>-> standard!  I am sure
>-> that a premanent location and the new format have a lot to
>-> do with the increase
>-> in attendance, as does Jiva, who has guided PLUG to where it
>-> is today, and
>-> Wes, who got us the space at the B&G Club.  The question
>-> that faces PLUG
>-> now is "Where does PLUG want to go tomorrow?".
>->
>-> As you all know, Wes is in Texas (with all our best wishes).  He
>-> made every attempt to insure that PLUG can still meet at the
>-> B&G Club,
>-> if we want.  We are moving the Thursday meeting location meetings to
>-> accommodate more members.  PLUG has simply outgrown the room
>-> at the B&G
>-> Club. The ceiling is not space.  So what is this ceiling?
>->
>-> Bodies!  Plain and simple!  The ceiling is bodies, bodies
>-> willing to help
>-> PLUG and Linux and the Open Source community in the Phoenix
>-> metro area.
>-> Jiva has guided the Thurdsay meetings quite nicely, but it would be a
>-> unfair to ask him to accept any additional responsibilities.
>->  There are a
>-> myriad of other things that PLUG can be doing, but no one
>-> has stepped up to
>-> say "I will lead that project".
>->
>-> Want an example?  Remember hearing that we need someone who
>-> will maintain the
>-> PLUG website?  If you want to know the answer, take the tip
>-> of your index
>-> finger and place it against the tip of your thumb.  See the
>-> big zero formed by
>-> this action?  That is the number of responses we got.  We
>-> know that Justin has
>-> run out of time to maintain the website.  When no one steps
>-> up to co-ordinate
>-> PLUG website maintenance, what do we do?  I had to give more
>-> of my time to update
>-> the PLUG website with information about June's meeting.
>-> Guess everyone was waiting
>-> until one of the people who are keeping PLUG going to step
>-> up and do the webmaster job too.
>->
>-> Plain and simple - Jiva has told everyone that he has
>-> committed all of the
>-> time to PLUG that he can.  I could do it, but it would put a
>-> strain on my time
>-> too.  Hans?  Ken?  They have things that they are working on
>-> already.  Wes is
>-> in Texas, so who does that leave?  I think that is a
>-> question that you should
>-> be asking someone whose butt is sitting in your chair.
>->
>-> Who knows how many other things are out there that PLUG
>-> could be doing?  Who
>-> knows how many other projects could be done to help lead the
>-> Phoenix computing
>-> community into the future?  As of right now, we cannot even
>-> get a body to
>-> coordinate our own website.  Guess we will never know where
>-> PLUG will be
>-> going until somebody steps up and says "I will lead that project".
>->
>-> ------------------
>->  Calendar of Events
>->  ------------------
>->
>->
>->
>-> June, 2000
>->
>-> 08 PLUG Meeting
>-> 09 TheLinuxStore/EBIZ Linux Seminar
>-> 13 AZSAGE Meeting
>-> 20 Linux Stammtisch
>-> 21 ASULUG Meeting
>->
>-> July, 2000
>->
>-> 11 AZSAGE: Bringing NT and UNIX Together.
>-> 13 PLUG Meeting
>-> 18 Linux Stammtisch
>-> 19 ASULUG Meeting
>->
>-> -------------
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>->
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>->
>-> Zope is cool!
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