[Tfug] Is TFUG dead?
Harry McGregor
micros at osef.org
Tue Jan 6 18:18:49 MST 2015
Hi,
I probably have been slacking off a bit too, I really should make more
of a mention of TFUG and the power of email lists in my Linux classes at
Pima.
That being said, I think the growing up is hitting everyone, I work full
time (IBM), teach 2-3 classes, and have a wife and two kids...
-Harry
On 01/06/2015 01:55 PM, marcia wilbur wrote:
> Great points. I have been thinking along the same lines of "failure of
> old to inspire young". At our LUG - Maricopa Pinal, we are working to
> bridge that gap.
>
> We have a community outreach program with goals to donate Linux
> Computers to local recipients. The computers we donate are donated to
> us. We haven't even begun and in just mentioning our goals, we have a
> nice Dell with xubuntu and a Laptop with Mint 17.
>
> I don't know that we need to be consistent with one distro and it will
> depend on the receivers' preferences.
>
> The first place we reached out to was Boys and Girls Club. I am sure
> we will have no shortage of people wanting to be recipients.
>
> For 2015, we plan to offer workshops at our local shared workspace -
> Gangplank and possibly the Hive - at the library for west side
> community members.
>
> I guess we will see what this year brings, but I really would love to
> see more young people attend, participate and work with us, living,
> learning and enjoying Linux.
>
>
> http://www.mpglug.org/
>
> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Jon <bigj at voipmogul.net
> <mailto:bigj at voipmogul.net>> wrote:
>
> There has definitely been a decline in posts for many years now.
> Many of us have grown up (I'm excluded from that) and don't have
> much time to spend in front of a computer anymore unless we are
> getting paid for it.
>
> And yes, everything is bigger in Texas. Gigitty.
>
>
>
> On January 6, 2015 9:51:50 AM erich <erich1 at copper.net
> <mailto:erich1 at copper.net>> wrote:
>
> I also belong to,
> North Texas Linux Users Group, (NTLUG), There the
> discussions tend
> to be lively, more frequent, and focused on some highly
> technical and
> focused
> subjects. Dallas is a much bigger town than Tucson, so it may
> be unfair
> to compare the frequency of posts there with here.
> Nonetheless I sense that there is a decline in posts
> here. I
> sense that Linux
> users are getting older, and that there is a failure of the old to
> inspire the
> young to come on board. By the way, Betty White was born in
> 1922. I'm
> old, but not that old. :)
>
> Erich
>
> malcolm wrote:
> > Betty, Erich is the one who has the problem. Talk to him. It
> has never
> > bothered me.
> >
> > On 01/04/2015 10:13 PM, Jon wrote:
> >> If an email being filtered as a result of a spam filter is
> considered
> >> censoring then I'm Betty White.
> >>
> >> I will look into turning off the spam (censor) filter to
> keep that
> >> from happening.
> >>
> >>
> >> On January 4, 2015 9:34:27 PM malcolm <mjs355 at comcast.net
> <mailto:mjs355 at comcast.net>> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Erich says he's being censored by spam filters.
> >>>
> >>> On 01/04/2015 09:00 PM, Jon wrote:
> >>> > Who is being censored and by whom?
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > On January 4, 2015 7:06:25 PM malcolm
> <mjs355 at comcast.net <mailto:mjs355 at comcast.net>> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> >> I may not post much but read it all. From my point of
> view, TFUG is
> >>> >> still well and kicking. I don't have much fondness for
> any form of
> >>> >> censorship.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On 01/03/2015 07:59 PM, erich wrote:
> >>> >> > Thanks to,
> >>> >> > Rigorous restrictions on posting set up by
> Spam filters
> >>> >> > This, is the first post , as far as I can see for the
> new year.
> >>> >> > There used to be elaborate posts , (They
> weren't obnoxious,
> >>> >> > but they were only mildly informative).
> >>> >> > It's frustrating to make a long-winded post
> only to have
> >>> >> > it kicked back by the spam censors isn't it?
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Erich
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >
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