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| DATE | 2009-01-17 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] NYLXS Projects
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On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 08:38:49AM -0800, Elfen Magix wrote:
> I was thinking of what happened to the Marcus Garvey Center?
> I believe in that setting up small community computer centers in those places that do not have but need that we can expose them to Linux.
>
That is great. Find some centers. Michael was working with Marcus
Garvey. So I'm not sure what happened. I'd still like to do the
C++ Workshops and the GTK Workshops. Can't we do this biweekly
on a serious basis?
Ruben
> --- On Sat, 1/17/09, Ruben Safir wrote:
> From: Ruben Safir
> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] NYLXS Projects
> To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com
> Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009, 1:43 AM
>
> Hey Guys
>
> I have a problem. I can plan projects, meetings and activities from now
> until when hell freezes over but the trouble is that it is impossible to
> get anything productily done without the cooperation, companionship and
> help of friends that NYLXS once provided.
>
> NYLXS was one time the hurricaine of free software activity for the
> region, but we did everything together. it was the people behind NYLXS
> that made it work. All the enthusiasm, power, and dynamics that pushed
> us forward was based on our compainionship.
>
> I don't know what happened. Perhaps it is me, or the changing economy,
> or the state of volunteerism in todays society, but i can't seem to get
> anyone to move an inch off there asses anymore.
>
> I tried to get several projects up and running, particularly the C++
> program, classes and Freedom-IT and it just seems we are more interested
> in talking about stuff getting done than actually doing it. I posted
> C++ programs for 3 months until I burned out.
>
> If we are going to have another meeting in the near future, I don't want
> to argue and plan. I want to get some hacking done, and get some
> membership drive working. I talk until I'm blue in the face but can't
> push us past point one. I'd love to get more programming studies going
> but I can't do it by myself. Even I become exhausted.
>
> Ruben
>
> --
> http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Interesting Stuff
> http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software
>
> So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like
> Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir
> 1998
>
> http://fairuse.nylxs.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir
> 2002
>
> "Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME"
>
> "The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming sharecroppers to
> our own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to participate in our own
> society."
>
> "> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be
> damned.<
> You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have been
> attached at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt. I guess you missed
> that one."
>
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http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Interesting Stuff
http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software
So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
http://fairuse.nylxs.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002
"Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME"
"The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming sharecroppers to our own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to participate in our own society."
"> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be damned.<
You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have been attached at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt. I guess you missed that one."
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