[ale] group merger ALE + GA400-Linux

[Raj Wurttemberg]

Sounds like a great idea.  The more the merrier.

 

/Raj

 

From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jim Kinney
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2015 9:41 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: [ale] group merger ALE + GA400-Linux

 

Hi all!

 

The addition of Meetup has brought more people to the ALE meetings. There is a proposal floating around to merge the ALE and GA400-Linux meetup groups under the ALE name.

 

Short story: the founder of the GA400-Linux group passed away and JD is one of the co-organizers.

 

Those folks meet weekly all around the the top end perimeter and Smyrna area for a "how do I..." session geared towards new Linux users.

 

The idea JD and I are kicking is to link ALE up as a central group with multiple sub-groups (sysadmin, desktops, language specifics connections, etc).

 

Ideas? Feedback? 

 

The GA400 group has 600+ members. ALE meetup is up to about 60. ALE mailing list has 462 (as of now - down from our high end of 1600+ about 8 years ago).

 

NOTE: meetup is not free. I put up the start up money ($80? Will have to check for details.) The larger the group, the more the annual cost for meetup services. They have a donation widget I intend to use to help defray the cost for future years. Any extra we can blow on a party.


 

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