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| DATE | 2004-01-18 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] possible talk topics at the retreat?
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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
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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