[ale] ALE NW @ SPSU. We want your help.

Tue Jun 28 11:07:50 EDT 2011

On 2011/06/28, at 09:19 , Lightner, Jeff wrote:

> Huh?  They were having meetings last year.   Did those stop or is  
> this a
> different effort?

I would consider this a _renewed_ effort.

Everything that happened last year ended up hinging
almost entirely on the efforts and energies of one student.
He knows he can't continue to (and shouldn't have to try
to) do it all himself, so he's requesting a little formal
commitment for organizing assistance from ALE to
make the NW - SPSU meeting a regular, sustainable
and energized event.

peace
aaron

> ----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> arxaaron
> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 2:44 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] ALE NW @ SPSU. We want your help.
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> On 2011/06/28, at 00:30 , Mohit Sevkani wrote:
>> When is the meeting at spsu
>> Thanks
>> Mohit
>
> Joshua Roberts and I have been consulting on this quite
> a bit and I've been included in the off list conversations,
> so I'm fairly aware of progress and plans.
>
> To the best of my knowledge, no SPSU meetings have
> yet been scheduled.  There have been several offers
> for presentations both on and off list, but the main point
> of the email below was to solicit organizational help
> from ALE members - basically one or two people to
> serve as event coordinators in cooperation with the
> student and faculty supporters at SPSU.
>
> A couple of interested ALE volunteers have stepped
> forward as the "who" and started discussions on "how",
> "when" and "what" the new ALE NW meetings will be.
> All that's been offered or agreed to so far is the (very
> nice) "where", though this is a critical part when the
> "how much" needs to be as close to zero as possible.
>
> How fast the group will get meetings underway is
> just beginning to be discussed, but my guess is that
> it will be some value of "soon" ranging between
> mid July and the end of September.
>
> peace
> aaron
> ALE Central Mtg. Coordinator (etc)
>
>> On Jun 24, 2011, at 7:56 AM, Geoffrey Myers
> <lists at serioustechnology.com
>>> wrote:
>>
>> Joshua Roberts wrote:
>> Hello everyone.
>>
>> My name is Joshua Roberts. I have been a part of ALE for
>> close to 2 years now. Through my contacts at ALE I have
>> been able to start affiliated LUGs at 2 post secondary
>> institutions here in GA, Lanier Technical College and
>> Southern Polytechnic State University.  Currently I am
>> trying to find ways to revitalize the SPSU LUG through
>> a stronger ALE presence.
>>
>> The Goal:
>> Re-establish the ALE NW meeting utilizing the
>> facilities and support of the SPSU campus.
>>
>> The ALE-NW Team needs your help. We are seeking a few volunteers to
>> help organize, plan and share the load. Let us know how you'd like
>> to help.
>>
>> We have:
>> Faculty sponsor Dr. Karam. myself and other involved
>> students to facilitate room scheduling on the SPSU
>> campus and to promote Student involvement
>> by building on the growing interest in Linux at SPSU.
>>
>> We are seeking:
>>
>> *Organizers/Logistics/Planners
>> *Speakers (beginning, intermediate, expert level): Short 15 minute or
>> longer presentations needed.
>> ** Show and Tell (for when you just solved something really cool)
>> * Panel members for group discussions
>>
>> You can put me down on the list of presenters.  I can dig something  
>> up
>> to present.
>>
>>
>> It is easy to see how an active ALE NW meeting
>> involving SPSU faculty, facilities and students would
>> be a very valuable resource for both organizations,
>> as well as for the Linux community at large.
>>
>> As it stands the needed venue access, volunteer
>> support and community interest for a reinvigorated
>> ALE NW meeting has been established within SPSU.
>>
>> We hope that everyone reading this will consider being one
>> of those ALE volunteers.  We welcome any support or suggestions you
>> may
>> have to offer.
>>
>> Please contact Joshua Roberts (jrobert3 at spsu dot edu) if you have
>> an hour or two each month to
>> help out. Can you help?
>>
>>
>> Thank you
>> Joshua Roberts
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