Re: anyone insterested in social events
Rodney Tamblyn <[email protected]> Mon, 11 Mar 2019 16:50:55 +1300
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--===============2690844463312691191== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_71810D2F-9337-4AD7-A253-77EC5A230D0C" --Apple-Mail=_71810D2F-9337-4AD7-A253-77EC5A230D0C Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >IMO the most valuable thing about meetings is meeting people. +1 I=E2=80=99d come along. Rodney > On 11/03/2019, at 3:59 PM, Kathinka <[email protected]> = wrote: >=20 > IMO the most valuable thing about meetings is meeting people. That's = how to find out who knows the solution to one's problem, is using a = program that's much better than the one you're finding slow & clunky and = has discovered all the tweaks that make it perfect for purpose.=20 > A short talk or demonstration is fine, with the reservation that we do = such varied things with our Dr Who screwdrivers that what's fascinating = to 2 people is irrelevant to 20 others. Meetings advertised as "talk by = X on YZ" is likely to make some busy people decide, "No, that's not for = me." >=20 > The Normanby has a nice comfortable room where various people do = various things - Monica Barkman can be found there at a music group once = a month IIRC [gratuitous gossip]. >=20 > Kathinka. >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 at 15:03, Alex King <[email protected] = <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Always interested in meeting up, depending on what else is going on. = I'm currently out of town, back next week. >=20 > An idea that I've had recently is to hire a room during LCA (or other = Linux confs) and do streaming of some of the sessions while hanging out, = a mini-LCA for Dunedinites who don't want to do the travel. >=20 > Or maybe we could have monthly events where we invite interesting = speakers from around the world to talk for 30 minutes + questions via = video link (when we don't have any interesting locals available for = talks.) >=20 > Just throwing some ideas out there. >=20 > Cheers, > Alex >=20 > On 11/03/19 2:21 PM, Slosh wrote: >> Hello all, >>=20 >> Long time lurker. As far as I'm aware the entire time I've been = lurking >> there's not been any meatspace events. And probably in this day and = age >> they're not so useful for support. But would anyone be interested in >> something like a monthly pub outing? >>=20 >> Cheers, >> --Slosh >>=20 >>=20 >> _______________________________________________ >> DunLUG mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug = <http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug> >> DunLUG Wiki - http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/ = <http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/>__________________________________________= _____ > DunLUG mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug = <http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug> > DunLUG Wiki - http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/ = <http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/> >=20 > --=20 >=20 >=20 > If you forward this e-mail please delete the forwarding history which = includes my e-mail address. > It's a courtesy to all of us who may not wish to have our e-mail = addresses sent all over the world. Thank you. >=20 > . >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > DunLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug > DunLUG Wiki - http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/ --Apple-Mail=_71810D2F-9337-4AD7-A253-77EC5A230D0C Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><span= style=3D"font-family: georgia, serif;" class=3D"">>IMO the most = valuable thing about meetings is meeting people.</span><div = class=3D"">+1</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">I=E2=80=99d come along.<div class=3D""><div dir=3D"auto" = style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: = normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class=3D""><span = style=3D"text-align: -webkit-auto;" class=3D"">Rodney</span></div><div = style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: = normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = font-size: 12px;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></d= iv></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><blockquote = type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On 11/03/2019, at 3:59 PM, = Kathinka <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a>> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" = class=3D""><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><font style=3D"vertical-align:inherit"= class=3D""><font style=3D"vertical-align:inherit" class=3D"">IMO the = most valuable thing about meetings is meeting people. That's how to find = out who knows the solution to one's problem, is using a program that's = much better than the one you're finding slow & clunky and has = discovered all the tweaks that make it perfect for = purpose. </font></font></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><font style=3D"vertical-align:inherit"= class=3D""><font style=3D"vertical-align:inherit" class=3D"">A = </font></font><i class=3D""><font style=3D"vertical-align:inherit" = class=3D""><font style=3D"vertical-align:inherit" = class=3D"">short</font></font></i><font style=3D"vertical-align:inherit" = class=3D""><font style=3D"vertical-align:inherit" class=3D""> talk or = demonstration is fine, with the reservation that we do such varied = things with our Dr Who screwdrivers that what's fascinating to 2 people = is irrelevant to 20 others. Meetings advertised as "talk by X on = YZ" is likely to make some busy people decide, "No, that's not for = me."</font></font></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><font style=3D"vertical-align:inherit"= class=3D""><font style=3D"vertical-align:inherit" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></font></font></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><font style=3D"vertical-align:inherit"= class=3D""><font style=3D"vertical-align:inherit" class=3D"">The = Normanby has a nice comfortable room where various people do various = things - Monica Barkman can be found there at a music group once a month = IIRC [gratuitous gossip].<br class=3D""><br = class=3D""></font></font></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><font style=3D"vertical-align:inherit"= class=3D""><font style=3D"vertical-align:inherit" class=3D""><font = style=3D"vertical-align:inherit" class=3D""><font = style=3D"vertical-align:inherit" = class=3D"">Kathinka.</font></font></font></font></div><div = class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><br = class=3D""></div></div><br class=3D""><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div = dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 at 15:03, Alex King = <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br class=3D""></div><blockquote= class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px = solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> =20 =20 =20 <div bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF" class=3D""><p class=3D"">Always interested in = meeting up, depending on what else is going on. I'm currently out of town, back next week.</p><p = class=3D"">An idea that I've had recently is to hire a room during LCA = (or other Linux confs) and do streaming of some of the sessions while hanging out, a mini-LCA for Dunedinites who don't want to do the travel.</p><p class=3D"">Or maybe we could have monthly = events where we invite interesting speakers from around the world to talk for 30 minutes + questions via video link (when we don't have any interesting locals available for talks.)</p><p class=3D"">Just throwing some = ideas out there.</p><p class=3D"">Cheers,<br class=3D""> Alex<br class=3D""> </p> <div = class=3D"gmail-m_4518691298187256292gmail-m_-7971330208784275098moz-cite-p= refix">On 11/03/19 2:21 PM, Slosh wrote:<br class=3D""> </div> <blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""> <pre = class=3D"gmail-m_4518691298187256292gmail-m_-7971330208784275098moz-quote-= pre">Hello all, Long time lurker. As far as I'm aware the entire time I've been lurking there's not been any meatspace events. And probably in this day and age they're not so useful for support. But would anyone be interested in something like a monthly pub outing? Cheers, --Slosh </pre> <br class=3D""> <fieldset = class=3D"gmail-m_4518691298187256292gmail-m_-7971330208784275098mimeAttach= mentHeader"></fieldset> <pre = class=3D"gmail-m_4518691298187256292gmail-m_-7971330208784275098moz-quote-= pre">_______________________________________________ DunLUG mailing list <a = class=3D"gmail-m_4518691298187256292gmail-m_-7971330208784275098moz-txt-li= nk-abbreviated" href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a> <a = class=3D"gmail-m_4518691298187256292gmail-m_-7971330208784275098moz-txt-li= nk-freetext" href=3D"http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug" = target=3D"_blank">http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug</a> DunLUG Wiki - <a = class=3D"gmail-m_4518691298187256292gmail-m_-7971330208784275098moz-txt-li= nk-freetext" href=3D"http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/" = target=3D"_blank">http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/</a></pre> </blockquote> </div> _______________________________________________<br class=3D""> DunLUG mailing list<br class=3D""> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a><br class=3D""> <a href=3D"http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug" rel=3D"noreferrer" = target=3D"_blank" = class=3D"">http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug</a><br class=3D""> DunLUG Wiki - <a href=3D"http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/" = rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank" = class=3D"">http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/</a></blockquote></div><br = clear=3D"all" class=3D""><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div>-- <br = class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" = class=3D"gmail-m_4518691298187256292gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr" = class=3D""><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div = class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" = class=3D""><br class=3D""><br class=3D""><font face=3D"garamond, serif" = class=3D"">If you forward this e-mail please delete the forwarding = history which includes my e-mail address.<br class=3D"">It's a courtesy = to all of us who may not wish to have our e-mail addresses sent all over = the world. 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