hey jmz! (and the rest of you guys!) :)
just found your blog man (I was trying to locate when plug was officially founded). I noticed that you mentioned: Some claim that there is a Steering Committee associated with PLUG, however the names of the members of this group have never been released to the public. I can conform that there was in fact a steering committee (I should know, I was on it). I have long since forgotten the names of the others on it. The committee was disbanded shortly after the members agreed to a base set of rules to found plug as a 'semi professional community oriented Linux users group. That founding occurred back in mid 1998. most of the list didn't start getting seriously archived until early 1999. I kn ow Der.hans was pretty much in there from the beginning (you still on list Hans?). About 4 years ago, I quit coming to the east side meetings (transportation was an issue and as I am visually impaired, driving was out of the question). I have been mostly listening on this list for some long time. anyway, there's been a lot of technical stuff on here over the years (and some x-posting from AZIPA and a few other groups linux related). These days, I am mostly on OS X but i do putter around with linux under virtualbox. I seem to have fallen off the learning wagon and am now trying to get back into the scene as it were (and its a long climb and a lot of bad habits to undo). I really wish i could get some rides to the east side meetings but given i am still out here at 83rd ave. near Indianschool road, its going to be hard to arrange. I haven't seen any notices for a west side meeting in some time though (you still doing that tuna?). anyway, I thought I'd pop on list and remind you guys that some of us old guard are still about. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: hey jmz! (and the rest of you guys!) :)
Excerpts from Technomage's message of Sun Jul 18 02:56:40 -0700 2010: just found your blog man (I was trying to locate when plug was officially founded). I noticed that you mentioned: Some claim that there is a Steering Committee associated with PLUG, however the names of the members of this group have never been released to the public. I can conform that there was in fact a steering committee (I should know, I was on it). I have long since forgotten the names of the others on it. The committee was disbanded shortly after the members agreed to a base set of rules to found plug as a 'semi professional community oriented Linux users group. That founding occurred back in mid 1998. most of the list didn't start getting seriously archived until early 1999. I kn ow Der.hans was pretty much in there from the beginning (you still on list Hans?). About 4 years ago, I quit coming to the east side meetings (transportation was an issue and as I am visually impaired, driving was out of the question). I have been mostly listening on this list for some long time. anyway, there's been a lot of technical stuff on here over the years (and some x-posting from AZIPA and a few other groups linux related). These days, I am mostly on OS X but i do putter around with linux under virtualbox. I seem to have fallen off the learning wagon and am now trying to get back into the scene as it were (and its a long climb and a lot of bad habits to undo). I really wish i could get some rides to the east side meetings but given i am still out here at 83rd ave. near Indianschool road, its going to be hard to arrange. I haven't seen any notices for a west side meeting in some time though (you still doing that tuna?). This Wednesday at Buffalo Wings Rings on Dysart Thomas. See you there? anyway, I thought I'd pop on list and remind you guys that some of us old guard are still about. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
PLUG Steering (Was: Re: hey jmz! (and the rest of you guys!) :))
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 2:56 AM, Technomage technomage.ha...@gmail.com wrote: just found your blog man (I was trying to locate when plug was officially founded). I noticed that you mentioned: Some claim that there is a Steering Committee associated with PLUG, however the names of the members of this group have never been released to the public. - PLUG has a Steering Committee. - The names of the members of this committee have been released to the public and often. -- At one time we had a page on the web site about the organization of the group. As author of that page, I know the names of the Steering Committee members were on that page. I don't think that page exists anymore, lost in the transitions to new CMS iterations. -- When I led the PLUG Developer Meeting, I would regularly describe the Steering Committee and name it's members as part of the meeting introduction. I would do this even if only one new person was attending. - The names of the committee members have been published in this list incidental to other discussions, I'm sure. Though I'm not going to go hunt the archives. - Members: -- Hans Krugeler (sorry about the spelling) is the Chairperson -- Alan Dayley (I am nearly inactive, as you may have noticed) -- Brian Cluff -- Joseph Sinclair We had a three other members who have moved away but provided excellent support for group activities during their time with the committee. I can conform that there was in fact a steering committee (I should know, I was on it). I have long since forgotten the names of the others on it. The committee was disbanded shortly after the members agreed to a base set of rules to found plug as a 'semi professional community oriented Linux users group. OK. I joined PLUG in May, 2000. It has a Steering Committee then and has had one continuously to today. Maybe you are referring to pre-2000 time. Confession: The current truth is that the Steering Committee is semi-active. I have mostly moved on to other community groups (Ignite Phoenix, Gangplank events, Phoenix Scrum User Group). Others have been busy with many things. From my point of view, the Steering Committee needs to become more active again. I am not the one to drive that as I have my free time focus elsewhere. That founding occurred back in mid 1998. most of the list didn't start getting seriously archived until early 1999. I understand it was founded earlier than that, around 1996. Rusty Carruth was one of the original PLUG members. I work with him at my employment. I'll have to ask him Monday about the founding date. I kn ow Der.hans was pretty much in there from the beginning (you still on list Hans?). Hans is still around. He posts about meetings, etc. in this list quite regularly. He chairs bi-monthly PLUG planning meetings on IRC every other Sunday evening. He's still working for the group. I haven't seen any notices for a west side meeting in some time though (you still doing that tuna?). West side meetings now take place at DeVry University, when there is someone to make sure there is a speaker. They have not always been held every month of late because of a lack of a solid organizer. Hopefully that will change. Calls for west side speakers and meeting organizers go out every month, usually written by Hans. anyway, I thought I'd pop on list and remind you guys that some of us old guard are still about. Thanks! Alan --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: hey jmz! (and the rest of you guys!) :)
On 7/18/10 5:04 AM, Tuna wrote: This Wednesday at Buffalo Wings Rings on Dysart Thomas. See you there? hehe if I can get a ride. I can't count on the roomies here as they tend not to like to go anywhere that doesn't specifically involve them. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
