Re: MorLUG Comments

The ultimate place to meet on a regular basis is someplace that we  
have access too and is a more 'lab like' setting.

by lab like, i mean has actual ethernet ports in the walls and plenty  
of tables and power outlets.

Someplace we could setup for to have a LAN Party or an installfest  
and be fairly comfortable.

Is there someplace like this at ESB?

Mike.
[email protected]


On Jul 6, 2005, at 11:45 AM, Andrei Smirnov wrote:

>
> Regarding meeting palce on campus. As I mentioned earlier,  
> beginning from
> August I will be able to provide regular meeting pace on campus in
> Engineering Sciences building (most likely G-78, where I have  
> access to).
> However this will be my booking and if I die prematurely, the venue  
> may be
> lost -:(. So, I would suggest to look for a a more legitimate  
> morlug-meeting
> place on the campus, and meanwhile we can use a meeting place, if  
> everyone
> agrees.
>
> Andrei
>
> On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, John Lozier wrote:
>
>
>> David,
>>
>> In general I agree with you that an on-campus meeting is preferable.
>>
>> I'm sorry that you are boycotting this meeting.  Please  
>> reconsider.  As a
>> potential new member, I am very interested in your viewpoint on  
>> how to
>> balance the capabilities of technology with the needs of society.   
>> This is
>> inevitably a matter of culture and politics.
>>
>> It might be timely to discuss Supreme Court decisions in Brand X and
>> Grokster cases.  At times, I think, best solutions are not  
>> implemented
>> because they do not favor the interests of the politically  
>> powerful.  See
>>
>> http://www.freepress.net/press/release.php?id=80
>>
>> I bring no technical expertise to Morlug.  To the contrary, I'm  
>> looking
>> for technological allies in efforts to secure an open-source  
>> future, along
>> with First Amendment and other Constitutional freedoms.
>>
>> Community wireless is just one topic, not necessarily the most  
>> important,
>> in a broad and urgent concern for media reform.
>>
>> David A. Riggs said:
>>
>>> I'm not attending the meeting tomorrow because 1. I have no interest
>>> in hearing about municipal wireless, and 2. because I have even less
>>> interest in another MorLUG meta-meeting.
>>>
>>> I'd like to express my opinion that I'd rather the group meet on the
>>> University campus than Scott's Run because it's easier to find,  
>>> easier
>>> to get to from most of Morgantown, better equipped, more visible to
>>> new potential members, and just plain looks better for a LUG to meet
>>> at an engineering campus rather than a home for impoverished  
>>> battered
>>> women. If Andrei or some student is unable to acquire a room for  
>>> us, I
>>> will personally take it upon myself to get one well-suited to a LUG
>>> meeting as soon as next month's meeting.
>>>
>>> I'd also like to point out that I believe this group's continual
>>> discussion of mission statements, leadership, voting, etc. are
>>> counter-productive and only serve to drive interest away from  
>>> members,
>>> both new and old. I apologize for continuing to feed it now, but I
>>> want it to be known that I'll have no more part in meta-discussion
>>> beyond event planning and promotion, and will be actively boycotting
>>> any meetings with such proposed purpose.
>>>
>>> - David A. Riggs
>>>
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