Re: LUCI: 7/23/2002 meeting *cancelled*

[Erich Schroeder <erich@museum.state.il.us>]

Hi,
  The meeting was canceled because I found that not only was I going to be 
out of town, but so were the other Museum people who could handle the 
logistics of the meeting room. Our policy here is that there has to be an 
ISM person present at meetings held in the Research and Collections Center 
because it is only a semi-public building. I couldn't get anything 
set up quickly and therefore suggested to Steve that cancelling would be 
the best option. 

  LUCI has tended to be a pretty loose thing, but it could be worth 
discussing changes. 

eks

On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Joe Newbie wrote:

> I don't intend this message to be flame-bait. I have
> some questions, a little confusion, and an opinion on
> an issue; this is not a personal attack. Only reason
> I'm posting it to the group and not addressing Steve
> off-list is that I feel this worthy of a small bit of
> discussion. No harm intended, please. (Does it sound
> like I know what it feels like to be a victim???)
> 
> <ISSUE>
> This has been like a splinter that I just can't get
> out, and every time I think about it, it nags at me,
> bothering me, digging away, getting inflamed more and
> more. Time to get the old sewing needle out, sterilize
> it, and get this thing out (off my chest...).
> 
> Why would the meeting need be cancelled? Are there no
> others that would be willing to take up the reins?
> Rather than asking for volunteers, Steve, as you've
> done in the past, why did you eliminate the
> possibility of having a meeting at all last month with
> your announcement? I am sure if you would've
> approached this differently and asked if anyone would
> volunteer a subject and run the meeting (you know
> Erich will make sure the facilities are in order).
> Even Erich himself could've done a whole meeting on
> some aspect of his stuff there at the Museum. This
> past month, there have been some IPCHAINS and WIRELESS
> networking issues that have been discussed on the mail
> list, playing with Remote Admin stuff, Security stuff,
> distro stuff, whatever - one of those folks could've
> donated a little time to discuss what they did to
> resolve their issue. I don't know... It seems to me
> that you didn't consider something other than calling
> the entire meeting off. I could be wrong. I didn't see
> anything on the mailing list other than your
> annoncement calling the whole thing off. But, you
> didn't even ask... I do know I felt a bit miffed that
> you simply called the meeting off without a discussion
> - as if there wouldn't be other options. 
> 
> I understand that it is summertime and as a general
> rule, there is a substantial drop in attendance and
> such during this time of year. I also understand that
> there would probably be NO user group without Steve
> and his 'almost' regular leadership. Furthermore, I
> realize, LUCI is a very loose interpretation of what
> is a REAL User Group - we have no formal structure, no
> formal charter, no elections, nothing official. But,
> if it sounds, acts and feels like a duck... Isn't the
> whole premise of a 'User Group' being one that is "by
> the User, for the User, and of the User?" 
> 
> Maybe I've had too much coffee recently and am lost
> somewhere out in left field running around aimlessly,
> getting too much sun...
> 
> OK.... End of opinion...
> </ISSUE>
> 
>   --Joe
> 
> 
> --- Steven Pritchard <steve@silug.org> wrote:
> > Due to a scheduling problem, we will not be having a
> > meeting next
> > Tuesday.
> > 
> > Sorry for any inconvenience.  I'll see you all next
> > month.
> > 
> > Steve
> > -- 
> > steve@silug.org           | Linux Users of Central
> > Illinois
> > (618)398-7360             | See web site for meeting
> > details.
> > Steven Pritchard          | http://www.luci.org/
> 
> 
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