Re: Fwd: User group leader conference in Boston, May 2nd
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 10:31 AM, David Berube djber...@berubeconsulting.com wrote: Is there any objection to my going to this? I'm ex-chairman, not current chairman ... I have no objection, and wouldn't even if you *were* the current chairman or anything else. GNHLUG is not at war with anyone, not even Microsoft. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Re: Fwd: User group leader conference in Boston, May 2nd
David Berube wrote: Is there any objection to my going to this? I'm ex-chairman, not current chairman, and less involved than many other people, but I'm not worried about either M$ or O'Reilly getting my contact info (both already have it many times over) and I'm happy to represent the FOSS viewpoint. (There's another slot open as well - they said two per UG, but in practical terms I doubt they'll care if we bring a few over the limit.) I have no objection. I'm already booked for that weekend. I know one of the guys from the NH Ruby group is planning to go. We have enough LUGs and SIGs that we could send a dozen or so :) I'll bring some open source books - I'll get some copies of my various publications from Apress and sign them, and my experience is that other publishers rarely have the moxie to complain when I do that - and if someone wants to supply some FOSS discs to give away, I can do that as well. (Isn't there some FOSS-For-Windows-With-Ubuntu-Dual-Boot discs made en masse for something?) Take it easy, -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Fwd: User group leader conference in Boston, May 2nd
From: bjepson bjep...@gmail.com Date: April 2, 2009 9:47:18 AM EDT To: Northeast User Group Leader Summit ne-ug-leader-sum...@googlegroups.com Subject: Registering for the May 2 summit Reply-To: ne-ug-leader-sum...@googlegroups.com Howdy, If you're planning on joining us on May 2, be sure to register here: http://neugsummit.eventbrite.com/ Join us on Saturday, May 2 for a special Northeast community/user group leader summit. Together we can help each other by sharing our experiences of running a user group. We will be focusing on the mechanics of running a group, not the technical content, so pretty much anything goes. Proposed topics include: * Building community * Finding relevant meeting topics in today's economy * Attracting and keeping members * Using social media and other tools to get the word out * Working with vendors * Collaborating on group events We'll have a few set sessions to help get things started but then the rest will be decided by you and your peers in typical Unconference- fashion. We've invited a few community experts to; stay tuned for the confirmed list. We've also invited other industry notables, including Google, Red Hat, Sourceforge, Wiley, Wrox, Safari Books Online, Addison-Wesely, Pragmatic Programmers, Microsoft Press, No Starch, and APress. Space is limited, and unfortunately we can only invite 2 members from each user-group. O'Reilly Media and Microsoft are hosting the event at Microsoft's newest campus, the New England Research Development office (NERD) right in Kendall Square in Cambridge, MA. This fantastic space is right on the Red Line of the MBTA, and there is ample on street free parking available. This is a free (as in beer) event, and we'll provde some snacks and beverages throughout the day. The event will run from 11AM-5PM; Reception following; doors open at 10:30. We're looking forward to a great community event! -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Re: Fwd: User group leader conference in Boston, May 2nd
Well, Everything was going fine until I saw who was sponsoring it. This is another example of O'Reilly getting in bed with a company that has not been very friendly to Linux and FOSS. I am sure that they would love to get people's names on a mailing list. Do you think they would mind if GNHLUG brought along 100 or so disks of free Software and gave it out to the attendees? md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: mad...@li.org 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association Board Member Emeritus: USENIX Association (2000-2006) (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. (R)Linux International is a registered trademark in the USA used pursuant to a license from Linux Mark Institute, authorized licensor of Linus Torvalds, owner of the Linux trademark on a worldwide basis (R)UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the USA and other countries. ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
