[ale] ALE Central discussion from Jan meeting

[Chuck Payne]

Sorry I couldn't make, i will help with I can. I know my name is mud right
with the group.

On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 8:48 AM, leam hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jim,
>
> I appreciate all the support you and the other ALE folks have provided. A
> friend of mine mentioned ALE a decade or two ago when he lived in ATL. I've
> never been closer than three hours so have never actually met anyone else
> from the group. I have tried to contribute where I can and appreciate when
> others contribute in my direction. Looking forward to another 23+ years!
>
> Leam
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 8:28 AM, Jim Kinney <jkinney at jimkinney.us> wrote:
>
>> Two central topics that affect meetings were decided last night:
>>
>> 1. In order to avoid schedule issues with Thanksgiving, ALE Central
>> meetings will be held on the third Tuesday of each month beginning with the
>> March meeting.
>>
>> 2. While I would prefer that ALE Central continue to meet at a
>> university, I've not been able to secure a sponsor in another department at
>> Emory. Our current meeting space in the BioMedical Informatics classroom is
>> looking to go away due to our move in March. The new location is not
>> situated for use by off campus crowds. However, the Decatur Makers space
>> has been generously offered as a new home and we will begin meeting there
>> for the March meeting. It has the added advantage of being adjacent to an
>> outstanding Irish pub, The Marlay.
>>
>> Preston Ladd is a current DM member and key holder. Phil Turmel is
>> looking to join as well. Between those two ALE should have hosts set up. I
>> look forward to the knowledge exchange between alers and all the cool
>> makers at DM! They had a Lego build night last night which Preston was at.
>> I'm sure that was much fun!
>>
>> As part of this transition, the ALE server will also get a new prime
>> admin. Robert Tweedy will take the reins of the server. I will coordinate
>> with him and our hosting provider to get the new server setup, migrate the
>> history of the web and mailing list spaces and help on the back end as
>> needed.
>>
>> Many, many thanks to the great people from Xilogic for their support over
>> the past, wow!, nearly 10 years. As part of the server change, we will
>> finally update the ale.org website to reflect the new name of Xilogic
>> after their merger several years ago. My apologies for the delay.
>>
>> Mark Ulmer has expressed an interest in doing some publicity work for
>> ALE. Hopefully that will make getting speakers easier.
>>
>> JD is handling LPI training at KSU as well as meetings every Sunday at
>> Harrys Pizza for hands-on how-to Linux help.
>>
>> ALE-NE is still working on logistics for a location.
>>
>> ALE-SW meets with Phil Turmel and has a small but steady group.
>>
>> The ALE meetup has a ridiculous head count, over 900, costs $90 every 6
>> months, and has generated several new people that attend meetings often.
>> Need to generate a script that can automatically send mailing list traffic
>> to meetup members.
>>
>> I expect that by April, all aspects of ALE that I'm currently responsible
>> for will be under new and very capable hands. Thanks to everyone who has
>> volunteered their time to take a role as Linux moves into it's 26th year
>> and ALE into it's 23rd year. It's also been nearly 19 years since my first
>> post on ALE.
>>
>> http://www.ale.org/pipermail/ale/1998-August/005923.html
>>
>> What a ride!
>> --
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