RE: Regular Meeting - oops

Richard, please call Joe and see if he is around for a E-smith install.  I 
think it would be great to get it done this month.  If we do not do a 
presentation, I think a friendly Q&A is perfect, and we can readdress some 
questions from the mailing list.  

As for Morel's, that last meeting might have been a bit of a fluke to have 
40+, unfortunately, that is the only place Morel can accomodate us. Also, we 
need to consider if we want to stay with Morel's as there is no internet 
available to us.  

Lastly, I regret to inform everyone I will be out of town on the 13th of 
April, I will be in Yunnan.  Chris and Bjorn, can you step in and manage 
things for the next meeting.  And please do not try and lead a discussion on 
which of Morel's beers is better ;) 

Kind Regards,

Michael Iannini
President, BeijingLUG

---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Simon Cousins" <simon-MTRkitCQmL6jF/[email protected]>
To: "'Beijing LUG general non-technical discussion list - Not 
publiclyposted'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 16:34:25 +0800
Subject: RE: [blug-general] Regular Meeting - oops

> I get nervous when you say things like "next Tuesday", Mike.  I'm guessing
> that you mean "Tuesday 13th April, as per the Beijing LUG website's notice
> of meeting".
> 
> Given we have members with varying degrees of English capability 
> (and that is just the foreigners! ;-) I'd prefer if we got a bit 
> more precise about our times and places.  This may go against the 
> traditional spirit of a LUG, but heck, everyone I know up here in 
> Beijing is massively busy.  Clear messages on times and places helps 
> out all of us.  Suggest we use standard Chinese date format: 
> 2004.04.13 for maximum clarity.
> 
> If we're lacking a presentation, why not just have an open Q&A 
> session?  One person asks a question which has been troubling them,
>  the group does their best to come up with a sensible answer, each 
> question limited to, say, 6 minutes?
> 
> One other concern I have from our last meeting was that while it was
> brilliant to have over 40 people, I thought it was really 
> uncomfortable to be squeezed into that little room with no air (not 
> to mention that it was really hard for the staff to cope).  If we're 
> 40, should we be in the restaurant proper?  We can't (well, we 
> shouldn't) expect 40+ people to fit into that room at Morels.
> 
> Sorry to be whiny.  It's been a difficult day... &-/
> 
> /src
> 
> PS, I dig Morels.  A lot.  Morel has been very generous.  I'm just 
concerned
> about the logistics of fitting so many people into a room made for 
> less than half that number.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: blug-general-bounces-+qp3TudyjKPvfBIPTTProkB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org [mailto:blug-general-
> > [email protected]] On Behalf Of miannini
> > Sent: Monday, 5 April 2004 4:18 PM
> > To: [email protected]; Beijing LUG general non-technical discussion 
list
> > - Not publicly posted
> > Subject: Re: [blug-general] Regular Meeting - oops
> > 
> > Hmmm,
> > 
> > We lack Internet and now a demo for next Tuesday.  Any ideas to fill the
> > time?  Is Joe still available or around for an E-smith install?  Also on
> > the
> > agenda will be discussion of web site, mailing lists and desktop 
distros -
> > I
> > can't get enough of those items
> > 
> > Kind Regards,
> > 
> > Michael Iannini
> > President, BeijingLUG
> > 
> > ---------- Original Message -----------
> > From: Richard Ford <[email protected]>
> > To: Beijing LUG general non-technical discussion list - Not publicly
> > posted
> > <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 09:58:07 +0800
> > Subject: Re: [blug-general] Regular Meeting - oops
> > 
> > > I can't make the 13th...  :-(
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 08:44, miannini wrote:
> > > > Sorry,
> > > >
> > > > I got jumpy, i just miss you guys to much.  It is the 13th.  This 
will
> > give
> > > > us more time to prepare for next Tuesday.  Does anyone have GPRS?  We
> > will
> > > > still meet at Morel's, but I would like to facilitate Richard's
> > presentation
> > > > on E-smith and hopefully Joe can help out as well.  Richard let us
> > know
> > what
> > > > you need, if I recall you have GPRS service.
> > > >
> > > > Kind Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Michael Iannini
> > > > President, BeijingLUG
> > > >
> > > > ---------- Original Message -----------
> > > > From: "Simon Cousins" <simon-MTRkitCQmL6jF/[email protected]>
> > > > To: "'Beijing LUG general non-technical discussion list - Not
> > > > publiclyposted'" <[email protected]>
> > > > Sent: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 18:34:58 +0800
> > > > Subject: RE: [blug-general] Regular Meeting
> > > >
> > > > > > Good News - We are still meeting at Morels this Tuesday night, 
and
> > will
> > > > > > still get free beer.
> > > > >
> > > > > Ack!  Website says 13th April.  Who is right?
> > > > >
> > > > > /src
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