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| DATE | 2004-01-19 |
| FROM | Joe Villari
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] possible talk topics at the retreat?
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Actually, the drive to Lake Placid is about 5-6 hours. I did it two
weeks ago. If you need directions lemme know.
Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS wrote:
> In miles? I'm not sure but it is between 6-8 hours of driving and by latitude
> it is about as far north as Boston.
>
> Ruben
>
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> On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 09:14:05PM -0500, Michael L. Richardson wrote:
>
>>How far away is it? (miles)
>>I have some rescheduling to do.
>>On Sun, 2004-01-18 at 20:55, Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS wrote:
>>
>>>Well
>>>
>>>The primary purpose of the retreat is to discuss creating a large
>>>Free Software expo to replace the yearly LWE program which is, not only going
>>>to Boston, but has increasingly failed to meet the needs of the community.
>>>
>>>
>>>Then we have to discuss new class schedule for March.
>>>
>>>then we have to discuss the stagnation of the Education Ciriculum
>>>and publishing our GNU/Linux One book.
>>>
>>>Official dates, already on the calender, at Jan 30th until
>>>February 2nd
>>>
>>>
>>>We are having our Board meeting tomorrow at the Marriot, so we
>>>should cememnt plans.
>>>
>>>So far I have
>>>
>>>Peter Siegel
>>>Evan Inker
>>>Akbar Pasha
>>>Ruben Safir
>>>Steve Milo
>>>Ray Connelly
>>>Adam Kosman
>>>
>>>
>>>I'm hoping Michael and Billy Donahue is coming.
>>>
>>>I want to go up there on Friday morning and arrive before sundown on
>>>Friday night. If enough people want to go with me, we can rent a
>>>van, but we need a driver. I'll pay for the van.
>>>
>>>If someone wants to pass an announcement to NYLUG, that would be a
>>>good thing.
>>>
>>>In addition to the above, I'm definetely taking this oppurtunity to
>>>quit smoking, drink beer, flirt with new women, and generally plan NOTHING
>>>outside of our meeting for future plans. The first person to complain
>>>about a lack of wireless access and broadband is going to be escorted by
>>>the local police outside of the town limits.
>>>
>>>That being said, I'm bringing my laptop, the NYLXS video camera, and my
>>>new digital camera :)
>>>
>>>Ruben
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 04:55:23PM -0500, akbar wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi Ruben & rest of the nylxers,
>>>>
>>>>I am not aware of the exact dates for the retreat, but i am waiting for
>>>>them and i am looking forward to attend it. but i was thinking that it
>>>>would be a good idea if we all pitch in 'probable' topics for our
>>>>discussion/talk there. we all have different needs/aspirations/ideas it
>>>>would be nice if we take this opportunity and let others know about it
>>>>
>>>>for now i have 1 idea.
>>>>
>>>>1. with all these short-term jobs on craigslist, i get a lot of
>>>>inspiration. ppl here in nylxs can do a lot of jobs that are posted in
>>>>there and asking for a little bit of perl, php, mysql etc.
>>>>
>>>>i think we can document/list out all our skills in one place and when
>>>>some opportunity comes one person from nylxs would act as contact person
>>>>and then develop the action plan.
>>>>
>>>>may be its 3am now and i forgot being realistic. correct me if i am
>>>>wrong or its totally trashy idea or doesnt rhyme with nylxs mission
>>>>statement. my plan is not necessarily earning monies out these gigs but
>>>>this would lead us into a lot of links and networks.
>>>>
>>>>me thinks so. i would appreciate feedback also would like to know your
>>>>ideas for retreat discussion.
>>>>
>>>>couple of things on the plate, i guess are...
>>>>
>>>>1. linux desktop ? raised by david sugar
>>>>2. web hosting (which was discussed in the last meeting)??
>>>>3. .....
>>>>
>>>>::akbar
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>
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NYLXS: New Yorker Free Software Users Scene
Fair Use -
because it's either fair use or useless....
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