[GLLUG] Meeting Thursday, August 24

[Karl Schuttler]

Yeah Tom...

...that, and, you know. Theres always(ish) Frank.

On 8/21/06, Caleb Cushing <xenoterracide at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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).
> >
> > --
> > Thomas Hruska
> > CubicleSoft President
> > Ph: 517-803-4197
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