Re: Regular Meeting - oops
Richard Ford <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.org.user-groups.linux.beijing |
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| Organization | Creditude |
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Chris - now is the chance to push forward with your plans for succession... ;-) On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 11:02, Chris Drumgoole wrote: > sure > > miannini wrote: > > >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 > >>>>>> > >>>>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>>>blug-general list > >>>>>>[email protected] > >>>>>>http://list.beijinglug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/blug-general > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>------- End of Original Message ------- > >>>>> > >>>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>>blug-general list > >>>>>[email protected] > >>>>>http://list.beijinglug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/blug-general > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>blug-general list > >>>>[email protected] > >>>>http://list.beijinglug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/blug-general > >>>> > >>>> > >>>------- End of Original Message ------- > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>blug-general list > >>>[email protected] > >>>http://list.beijinglug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/blug-general > >>> > >>> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>blug-general list > >>[email protected] > >>http://list.beijinglug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/blug-general > >> > >> > >------- End of Original Message ------- > > > >_______________________________________________ > >blug-general list > >[email protected] > >http://list.beijinglug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/blug-general > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > blug-general list > [email protected] > http://list.beijinglug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/blug-general _______________________________________________ blug-general list [email protected] http://list.beijinglug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/blug-general