[GLLUG] Meeting Thursday, August 24

[Caleb Cushing]

actually I think I know the 3 minute trick.... but I'm not sure it's stable
or works with ubuntu. maybe I'll save it for thursday... cause I've not yet
tried it.

On 8/21/06, Thomas Hruska <thruska at cubiclesoft.com> wrote:
>
> Charles Ulrich wrote:
> > Another weekly GLLUG meeting is scheduled to be held at the Gone Wired
> > cybercafe in Lansing at 6:00PM. Gone Wired is at 2021 E Michigan Ave
> > in Lansing on the north side of the street between N Clemens and
> > Fairview avenues. Here is a map with the (approximate) location:
> >
> > http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2021+E+Michigan+Ave,+Lansing,+MI
> >
> > We typically meet in the back portion of the cafe on the lower level.
> > Venue website: http://www.gonewiredlansing.com/
> >
> > Please take a moment to RSVP if you plan to attend this meeting so
> > that we can get a general idea of how many will show up. Just reply to
> > this message (with the GLLUG list address in the "To:" field)
> > indicating your desire to attend and/or change the message Subject to
> > "RSVP". Thanks!
>
> RSVP.
>
> This week's topic is apparently "Optimization:  System Tuning" according
> to the calendar.  Last week's meeting had a large number of people show
> up and we sat in a totally different area of the cafe (just for kicks).
>   Someone noted that more people show up on non-agenda nights.  We had a
> good laugh at that comment but it is true.  I have noticed that agenda
> nights tend to have fewer people show up.  Maybe it is just really bad
> timing or maybe deep down in the subconscious people think, "oh, I'm not
> interesting in that topic or that speaker is sooo boring - I think I'll
> stay home this week".  I'd like to think that the meetings are just good
> "hang out" places to get away from the daily grindstone.  Who cares if
> the speaker is "boring" or the topic is uninteresting?  There's plenty
> of time to chat about stuff.  And the agenda isn't necessarily static -
> neither is the speaker.  Good friendly folk.  Free food.  Nice
> environment.
>
> Those are my reasons to show up besides the speaker and topic.  This
> group is a really nifty bunch of people with a wide variety of different
> interests and goals.  I'm planning on going this week even though I'm
> not all that interested in the topic (unless we're talking about
> optimizing out 3 minutes from the boot up/shutdown cycle - that would
> probably interest a number of Ubuntu users in the group...especially
> since we bring laptops to the meetings).
>
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