Hi Folks,<div><br></div><div>My apologies for late notice, I was supposed to send this email a week ago.</div><div><br></div><div>We had some lively discussions in the #linux-aus-lugs channel last month, and hopefully will have the same tonight</div>
<div><br></div><div>I've included a rough cut of the log, hope to see everyone again, and new people too!</div><div><br></div><div>In short, we discussed and agreed to move the meet one hour later to make it a bit more "do-able" for our Perth colleagues,</div>
<div>I was supposed to annoy the web admin team for a permanent entry on the LA calendar</div><div>and Clinton told us about his aim to present a week of open source projects to young'uns.</div><div><br></div><div>This month: What distribution do you give people?</div>
<div>CQLUG have had an ongoing discussion, for the time being we're sticking with Ubuntu ... Is there a better one for new users?</div><div><br></div><div>The Log (edited):</div><div><div><donak><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>what sort of calendar did you have in mind croy ?</div>
<div><donak><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>something on the LA website?</div><div><[JEB]><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>last tues is good for me; slightly later by 2 hours would be better</div>
<div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>donak: exactly that one. I'm already subscribed</div><div><[JEB]><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>i echo these events to plug's google calendar, set to private so only our admins see it (committee) with remiinders set for 6 hours out, 1 hour out, etc....</div>
<div><donak><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>OK, I'll look into annoying the webteam :-)</div><div><snip></div><div><donak><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>[JEB], would 1 hour later help? I don't want to have to wake up the NSW'ers and Victorians</div>
<div><[JEB]><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>donak: Yes, 1 hour would be a bit easier - but there's only a few of us - and more people on EST so perhaps not worth the change - unless 1 hour later works for EST based people too.</div>
<div><adhoc><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>830pm Adelaide time would be better actually ;)</div><div><PaulWay><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9PM wouldn't be a big problem.</div>
<div><donak><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>uhoh ... that would be in the middle of Dr. Who ... *sigh*</div><div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>donak: iview :)</div>
<div><donak><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>here in the Sunshine State</div><div><jamezpolley><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9pm sydney time is doable for me</div>
<div><donak><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>croy, I haven't used it yet ... been on a restricted internet diet for too long</div><div><jamezpolley><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Well after dinner, instead of in the middle</div>
<div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>donak: sorry, too used to internode fibre goodness here in teh big smoke ;(</div><div><donak><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I'm waiting with 'bated breath for the NBN to hit town :-)</div>
<div><snip></div><div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>have we already talked about the central calendar thing? i.e. all the lugs putting their happenings on one calendar?</div>
<div><jamezpolley><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Croy: la's Drupal should be able to handle that</div><div><donak><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I've undertaken to follow up with LA web team on the calendar for LUGs</div>
<div><adhoc><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>croy: that would be good =)</div><div><jamezpolley><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Either by aggregating iCal feeds, or people entering events directly</div>
<div>*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>adhoc would be happy to put events in directly, cause ical feeds requires infrastructure to host it on</div><div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>lets not get technical. do people think it's a good idea?</div>
<div><adhoc><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>+1</div><div><donak><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>yup</div><div><jamezpolley><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I don't think I'd put the feed in my calendar, but I like the idea</div>
<div><snip></div><div><adhoc><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>so, i have lasso'd a couple of user groups together in Adelaide</div><div><adhoc><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>had a good turn out at the last meeting</div>
<div><adhoc><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>but folks have asked for a mail list</div><div><adhoc><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>is it possible to get get a mail list hosted with LA?</div>
<div>...</div><div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>the council with a description of the groups, once we're happy their flossy enough we'd bounce it to admin, i guess</div>
<div><snip></div><div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>based on their model i'm going to try to run one in brisbane next school holidays</div><div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>run at the edge (state library of qld) over a week</div>
<div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>maybe twenty high school kids</div><div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and a range of open source based activities</div>
<div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>hope to get a grant from LA and paper the tutors</div><div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>hope to get a fair bit of involvement from humbug, the uni cs group, girl geek coffees and the two hackerspaces</div>
<div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>want to do as much open source stuff that they can take physical stuff away with e.g. 3d printering, arduino, and i dunno what else</div><div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>s/paper/pay/</div>
<div><snip></div><div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>adhoc: the edge's audience is 15 to 25, so the younger edge of that</div><div><jamezpolley><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>croy: My family in QLD have been complaining about blue cards, would they be needed for people helping out with this?</div>
<div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>jamezpolley: they would be, but the edge will sort that</div><div><jamezpolley><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Also, what's "the edge"?</div>
<div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>sorry :)</div><div><adhoc><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>croy: so you are aiming for a barcamp come biuld'a'thon?</div>
<div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>the edge is part of the qld state library</div><div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>it's a digital cultural centre.</div>
<div><snip></div><div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>they run a number of open source workshops as part of their own program</div><div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>they've even asked me about streaming it to other parts of qld</div>
<div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>bit of a brain dump. first public discussion of the idea.</div><div><croy><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>haven't even got the grant request done yet</div>
<div><br></div>-- <br>Don Knowles, Rockhampton, Australia<br>a Founding Member of Central Queensland Linux User Group<br>
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