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

Wolf Halton wolf at wolfhalton.info
Tue Jun 28 18:02:54 EDT 2011


On 06/28/2011 02:44 AM, arxaaron wrote:
> 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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>> -- 
>> Until later, Geoffrey
>>
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I would like to get involved - I could probably come up with a topic..


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