[Tfug] Linux SIG mtg, 4th Sunday

[marcia wilbur]

Hi. I run the Copper LUG. We were formerly the MPGLUG for Maricopa Pinal
but we did have users come down from Tucson for our events. People seem to
like our sponsored Hackfest and seriously demand our bi monthly raspberry
pi meetup. Attendance can be lower but we are giving users...even old hats,
options. Some complained about install fests and having to work with
'customers' and being told what to do by the az loco people. They wanted to
get together and tinker. That's what we do.

We bring new toys every week and tinker... :)

The SLUG in the area focuses on support because their members are newer and
somewhat less tech. However this group does encourage interaction.

PLUG Meetings are led in a lecture style like you would see in a high
school or community college.

Colorado does lecture too, at intel. One month there were 0 attendees. The
next month when I attended and spoke on free culture, more than a dozen
people showed up.

If you do just lecture...you risk only people interested in the topic.

I recently had supper in Seattle with the Moens. As you may know, Rick
wrote the LUG howto. We often discuss the state of LUGs. Perhaps it is time
to open more discussion about the state of LUGs other than bad Ubuntu
behavior and lax leadership by benevolent dictators...

By the way, young kids and older kids do love hands on tinkering... :)
On Sep 14, 2015 11:15 PM, "erich" <erich1 at copper.net> wrote:

> Let's see,
>        Can I reply to this e-mail without getting filtered
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>
> Erich
>
> Keith Smith wrote:
>
>> Has the Tucson Free Unix Group (TFUG) merged with the Tucson Computer
>> Society (TCS)?
>>
>> I spent most of my adult life in Tucson and watched and attended both in
>> the late 1990's and early 2000's until my move to Metro Phoenix.  I was the
>> TCS Linux SIG leader for a short while in 2001 or 2002.
>>
>> TCS required dues to attend.  The SIG was mostly retired men who were
>> hobbyist.
>>
>> TFUG on the other hand was a free spirited group of novices and hardcore
>> Linux geeks.  I attended some of their meeting in the early 2000's as
>> well.  Unless TFUG has changed, it is very similar to PLUG.
>>
>> Is the goal to try to bring all these groups together?  If so I think
>> that is a great idea.
>>
>> From a learning perspective it is good and from a political perspective
>> it is good as well.  If all the LUG's were to network we could have a
>> collective voice that could effect change or stop some of the change that
>> is not good for us.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2015-09-13 21:45, der.hans wrote:
>>
>>> moin moin,
>>>
>>> The Tucson Computer Society's Linux SIG meets on the fourth Sunday of the
>>> month from 15:00 - 17:00 at the Pima County Medical Society.
>>>
>>> 5199 East Farness Dr, Tucson, AZ
>>>
>>> Also, there's now a meeting in Sierra Vista.
>>>
>>> The Cochise Linux User Group (CLUG) is meeting Wednesday from 17:00 -
>>> 18:00 at University of Arizona South in Room C165 North.
>>>
>>> An Introduction to Linux presentation will be given by Rex Bouwense.
>>>
>>> 1140 Colombo Ave, Sierra Vista, AZ
>>>
>>> ciao,
>>>
>>> der.hans
>>>
>>
>>
>
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