[Plug-announce] June Newsletter

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> -> 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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> -> http://plug.phoenix.az.us
> ->
> -> --
> -> Jim
> ->
> -> Zope is cool!
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