[Tfug] Meeting Room

[Brad Becker]

Can't believe what I'm hearing.  Joe Alwine has been a tireless member of  
TCS who helps in many ways and comes here with a sincere suggestion on a  
meeting place only to be accused of spamming?  Some peep's need to get  
outside and off their sorry ass once in awhile and see how the real world  
works.

By the way, the linux subgroup of TCS has been doing just great.  To name  
just a few things ... we've demo'd a number of different distros, looked  
at visualization tools, networking, grub & lilo techniques, ftp, remote  
administration and ssh, MythTV, home security, XBox modding, held a few  
linux install fests, heck even had a LAN following one of them.  We had a  
gaming SIG, even made the papers about it.  Fragged all night long.  Would  
love to see someone start that up again.  $25 student membershiops makes  
it even a better bargain.

Still have concerns over cost or benefits?

Here's more - workshops, swap meets, benchmarking, fine tuning, air  
cooling, water cooling, web design, overclocking, hardware/software  
discussions, case mods, pc building, professional networking, newsletter,  
guest speakers and raffles, listserve ideas discussions, free software for  
review, and yes, even a once a year get together at the park ... WITH BEER!

If the $25 or $45/yr membership isn't worth the 12+ meetings ... plus  
special meetings you can hold ... plus the other stuff described ... plus  
your imagination ... then fine but please do us all a favor and STFU with  
all the bitching & moaning & excuses and let people with vision and  
constructive ideas handle it.


Brad Becker
Former TCS President