[vox] Upcoming Meeting! September's "Hack LUGOD and Trivia Quiz!"

[Brian E. Lavender]

On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 12:43:09AM +0000, Kevin Weedon wrote:
>    Dear Members,
> 
>    Once again we approach that point in the month when we publicise our
>    forthcoming meeting. This month we're at Explorit Nature Centre (3141
>    Fifth Street, Davis). The meeting starts at 7pm on 17th September, with
>    the theme of "Rebooting LUGOD & Trivia Night". We have provided prizes,
>    including a Raspberry Pi, and sundry swag, so bring your best brains.

Oh, I teach on Mondays.... I'll bring the class. Raspberry Pi is
interesting, but mine collects dust now. If you buy a Pi, you have to
buy a power supply, an SD card, a keyboard, an HDMI cable, a powered USB
hub. You can get a Lenovo laptop that runs linux for 150 bucks. Or, the 
Chromebook. I have yet to try the Chromebook for Linux laptop.

> 
>    We'll also be reviewing the past year at LUGOD and looking forward to
>    planning more exciting meetings, including at least one Installfest.
> 
>    There are many things we'll be doing, including:
> 
>      * A review of the past year at LUGOD.

A lot of people show up at the socials.

>      * Planning more exciting meetings, including at least one
>        Installfest.

Oh, the dreaded installfest. "Hi, I have this old computer that was
sitting in the corner of my garage. Can you help me put GNU/Linux on it?"

>      * Announcing some minor tweaks to the club's by-laws.

Two people instead of three for a quorum?

>      * Getting membership authorisation for spending club funds on needed
>        equipment.

Big screen TV? Did that bulb burn out again on the projector?

>      * Getting membership authorisation to change banks.

Time for a party?

>      * Discussing our financial position.

Enough money to buy pizza, cake and punch?

>      * Looking at better publicity for the club.

Oh, that takes work.


Sorry, I couldn't resist. :)

brian

-- 
Brian Lavender
http://www.brie.com/brian/

"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other
way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."

Professor C. A. R. Hoare
The 1980 Turing award lecture
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