[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Meting and AGM today

2012-10-06 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hello, Last minute reminder it's our AGM today at midday at the bring a box meeting in Soton today (10:00-16:30). -- Adam Trickett Chairman, Hampshire Linux Users Group http://www.hants.lug.org.uk/ -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] October Meeting and AGM

2012-09-30 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hello, This is your one week notice about he next LUG meeting which is also our AGM. As previously announced we will be guests at the University on Saturday O6 October 2012. The meeting will run from 10am until 4pm (approximate) with the AGM at 12 noon. To vote you must attend the meeting in p

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] October Meeting

2012-09-19 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hello, I've had the confirmation email today that we have the meeting room at Southampton booked for the next meeting on Saturday 06 October 2012 as planned. This will also be our AGM, and I'm pleased to see some people have put their hat's in the ring! Please consider standing and please turn

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] IMPORTANT PLEASE READ!

2012-08-23 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, We must elect a new committee this autumn. If our friends can arrange it for us, the next meeting will be at Southampton University on Saturday 3 October, that will be our AGM. Any member who fancies a committee position can stand, volunteer yourself and get nominated and seconded. You do

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] New Committee

2012-08-21 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, We need to elect a new committee for the LUG this autumn. The current committe has gradually whittled down and we MUST elect a new one this autumn or disband the LUG. None of the tasks are that onerous: We need to simply arrange as many meetings as is possible, 6-7 per year is typical - w

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Meetings and such

2012-06-05 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, I would like to thank Richard our host at the University on Saturday. I think we all wish him well with his exams and hope to see he in the new term. Our next meeting at the University should be as planned in October. We really do need to sort out the committee elections at the October meet

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] June Meeting

2012-05-27 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, Here is your 1 week reminder that our next meeting will be on Saturday 2nd of June at Southampton University as planned. It will be our last meeting there until the autumn. There are also slots for anyone to give a talk! Note incorrect date in earlier announcement. It's on a Saturday and t

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] June Meeting

2012-05-21 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, This is a friendly reminder that our next meeting is scheduled to take place as planned on Saturday 01 June at Southampton University. This will be our last meting at the University until October as our contact there is a student and they aren't at University in summer - they have a nice lo

[Hampshire] [ADMIN]

2012-05-07 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, I would like to thank our host Richard for allowing us to use the University again on Saturday. I would also like to thank both our speakers for their excellent talks. I hope everyone enjoyed the meeting and I'd like to remind everyone that the next scheduled meeting is Saturday 02 June at

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] May meeting

2012-05-02 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, Mid-week reminder of our LUG meeting this Saturday 10:00-14:00 (note shorternerd hours). If you need WiFi access please send your MAC address to Richard Oliver: rjo2g10 ecs [dot] soton (dot) ac {dot} uk Two people have volunteered talks, but there is still space for mor

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] May meeting, Saturday 5 May, 10am to 2pm

2012-04-30 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, This is the confirmation of Saturday's meeting. Note that it's from 10am until 2pm (only) our host has exams and can't be there all the time and the meeting is therefore slightly trimmed. You will see that a few people have offered talks so it should be a good meeting. I'm on a training co

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] May Meeting

2012-04-28 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, This is a one week reminder that the next Hants LUG meeting will take place as planned on Saturday 05 May at Southampton University. More details will follow. -- Adam Trickett Chairman, Hampshire Linux Users Group http://www.hants.lug.org.uk/ signature.asc Description: This is a

Re: [Hampshire] Meeting Talks

2012-04-10 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
On Tuesday 10 Apr 2012, James Bensley wrote: > Howdy all, > > The second was on the bring-a-box page people can offer to give a talk at > these meets, and fill in the days schedule. > > SurreyLUG is a bit too far from me, so I'm a hantsLUG goer only (well soon, > still waiting to go to my first m

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] May Meeting reminder

2012-04-01 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
All, Just a little reminder that the next scheduled Hampshire LUG meeting is planned to take place on Saturday 05 May 2012. If you want to give a talk, you have plenty of time to prepare it. If you want to listen to a talk you should speak up now so people can prepare one for you. -- Adam Tri

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] May Meeting

2012-03-07 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, Just a quick thanks to Richard for hosting us at the University last Saturday. It was a good meeting with two brief talks. Our next scheduled meeting at the University will be 05 May. If you can't wait that long, the next Surrey LUG meeting is at Nokia on 10 March (confirm with them before

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] March Meeting reminder

2012-02-28 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hello, Here is your midweek reminder of our next meeting on Saturday 03 March 2012. Start up from 10:00, main meeting from 10:30, clean up 15:30 and doors close around 16:00. If you want WiFi access at the meeting can you please email you MAC details to Richard by midday Friday so he can add t

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] March Meeting

2012-02-26 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi. As previously stated the next meeting will take place next Saturday at Southampton University. Arrangements as previously. Meeting this year after that date at the University have been pencilled in the diary as: Saturday 05 May 2012 Saturday 02 June 2012 Saturday 06 October 2012 Saturday 0

[Hampshire] Fwd: [UKUUG-Announce] UKUUG & O'Reilly presents: 'Presentation Skills' Training Day - 16th April

2012-02-11 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
May be of interest. -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: [UKUUG-Announce] UKUUG & O'Reilly presents: 'Presentation Skills' Training Day - 16th April Date: Monday 06 Feb 2012, 15:50:12 From: Jane Morrison To: annou...@ukuug.org Full day Training Course by Damian Conway - 'Presen

[Hampshire] Breaking the Silence

2012-02-11 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hello, You may have noticed a certain absence from me, this has been due to too many things piling up at once. I'm through most of it now - it wasn't bad stuff but too much stuff. I've spoken with Richard who is happy to host us at Soton on the following Saturdays this year: 03 March 05 M

[Hampshire] Fwd: [UKUUG-Announce] UKUUG - FLOSS UK Spring 2012 - Google Bursaries available

2012-02-11 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
May be of interest -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: [UKUUG-Announce] UKUUG - FLOSS UK Spring 2012 - Google Bursaries available Date: Tuesday 07 Feb 2012, 11:50:52 From: Jane Morrison To: annou...@ukuug.org We are pleased to announce that Google, as part of their ongoing comm

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Final reminder for December meeting

2011-12-01 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hello, Here is your final reminder of our next meeting on Saturday 03 December 2011. Start up from 10:00, main meeting from 10:30, AGM at 12:15, clean up 15:30 and doors close around 16:00. We now have a full list of candidates including a volunteer for chair! If you want to be on the committe

[Hampshire] Fwd: Perl Workshops from Dave Cross

2011-11-28 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
The following may be of interest, I know Dave and can recomend him. This event is not free but if you can persuade someone to pay it's probably worth it. -- Forwarded Message -- Perl - Intermediate & Advanced Training Courses Intermediate Perl 21st & 22nd February 2012 Th

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Meeting reminder and AGM Information

2011-11-27 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
On Sunday 27 Nov 2011, hants...@googlemail.com wrote: > On Sunday 27 November 2011 17:09:08 Hants LUG Chairman wrote: > > Can I also call for someone who will attend but is NOT standing for a > > position to act as returning officer. You lose your vote, cannot second > > a

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Meeting reminder and AGM Information

2011-11-27 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hello, Saturday 03 December will be our next meeting and AGM. It is important that we have sufficient attendance to elect a new committee so please come along if you are able. Wifi will be availble, please email you MAC address to Richard: rjo2g10 ecs DOT soton DOT ac DOT uk Committe

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Meeting and AGM

2011-11-22 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
On Tuesday 22 Nov 2011, Tony Whitmore wrote: > On 20.11.2011 18:18, Hants LUG Chairman wrote: > > > > Just a quick reminder that the next meeting will take place as > > planned on Saturday 03 December at Southampton University. > > Sadly I won't be able to make th

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Meeting and AGM

2011-11-22 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
On Tuesday 22 Nov 2011, t...@engineering.selfip.org wrote: > > Previous message, vastly cut... > > > > Just a quick reminder that the next meeting will take place as planned on > > Saturday 03 December at Southampton University. > > > > It will be our second attempt at our AGM for this year. > >

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Meeting and AGM

2011-11-20 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, Just a quick reminder that the next meeting will take place as planned on Saturday 03 December at Southampton University. As previously there will be WiFi but no wired network. It will be our second attempt at our AGM for this year. I'm pleased to say that there has been a number of volunt

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Reminder October meetings

2011-09-29 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hello, This is your chirpy last minute reminder that our next meeting will take place this Saturday at Southampton University from 10am. Our AGM will take place around 1pm and pack up time will be 4pm. At the moment we have had some self-nominations on the list but there is, as yet, not a full

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Meeting, Saturday 01 October 2011

2011-09-26 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
bject line, such as "Hants-LUG" so he can spot your email from the rest. Please send your details before this Thursday to give him time to sort things out. We will not have wired network access at this meeting. ### We need to hold the AGM where the current committee will stand down and

[Hampshire] Committee Elections 2011

2011-09-18 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, It's that time of year again, when we must elect a new committee. At the moment Adrian has indicated his intention to stand down from the LUG committee and I also wish to stand down as Chair though I'm willing to remain on the committee. We need a committee so that the LUG can function, so

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] July Meeting, or lack thereof

2011-06-29 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hello, You may have noticed that I've not announced a July meeting yet. I must confess I've been rather busy* and not had time to arrange one yet. However don't feel glum I will still see what I can sort out. * Work, life, cycling London to Paris and such...! -- Adam Trickett Chairman, Hamp

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Hants LUG meeting Saturday 04 June 2011 at IBM Hursley

2011-06-02 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, Here is your reminder that the next LUG meeting will take place at IBM Hursley on Saturday 04 June between 10:00 and 16:30 ish. Please let Anton know you are going to attend so he can do the security dance: anton piatek uk ibm com I will be giving a short talk on the topic of "PC Buses

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Meetings

2011-05-15 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, I would first like to thank Chris and his volunteered friends for hosting the last LUG meeting on Saturday 7 May at Southampton University. It has made a big difference being able to get into our own home twice in a row! Next month, Anton has offered us the use on IBM Hursley on Saturday 4

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Meeting, Saturday 7 May, Southampton

2011-04-29 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, Royal/Republican/Apathetic greetings to fellow LUGers. As planned the May meeting will take place at Southampton University on Saturday 7 May between 10:00 and 16:30. Chris will arrange wired network and the LUG will bring it's own wifi access point. As last month, if you want to connect p

Re: [Hampshire] Apress ebook discount?

2011-04-26 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
On Tuesday 26 Apr 2011, Michael-John Turner wrote: > Hi > > Does Apress still offer the LUG a 50% discount on their ebooks? I seem to > remember such a discount being mentioned when they started offering books > for review, but for the life of me I can't find the original mail :( I do not recall

[Hampshire] Fwd: [UKUUG-Announce] UKUUG - OpenTech Update

2011-04-18 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
The following may be of interest. OpenTech 2011 Saturday 21st May - ULU, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HY http://www.ukuug.org/opentech/ OpenTech 2011, from UKUUG and friends, Saturday 21st May ULU, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HY Tickets

[Hampshire] Meetings

2011-04-04 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, Our most recent meeting took place at Southampton University last Saturday, we had a small but very good meeting. I would like to thank Chris and his friend for letting us in, getting the network working and providing entertainment! Chris has also agreed to host us at the University next mo

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Meeting / 2 April / 10-16:30 / Southampton University

2011-03-27 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hello, Here is the 1 week reminder that our next bring a box meeting will take place next Saturday (02 April) at Southampton University Seminar Room 1 between 10:00 and 16:30 [0]. There have been no volunteered talks as of today - if you want to give a talk please let me know there is plenty o

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Soton Meeting network provisions

2011-03-22 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, I can now confirm the networking arrangements for these next two meetings at Southampton University. Chris can connect wired computers to the campus network by bridging to the wireless network - or that is the plan! Here is what Chris will try to provide: - A single 54Mbps link to the Unive

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Meetings

2011-03-19 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
On Saturday 19 Mar 2011, Stuart Biggs wrote: > is this Southampton university ? Yes, I should have made that clear. -- Adam Trickett Overton, HANTS, UK My organ doesn't work properly and emits strange burning smells -- seen on Usenet -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Inte

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Meetings

2011-03-19 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, I am pleased to announce that thanks to Chris Malton we now have two meetings booked at the University, Saturday 02 April and 07 May. Chris hopes to be there with a few other students from ECS so I hope this is the start of a stable relationship with the University. Because of building wor

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Meetings

2011-03-10 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, MARCH - Meeting reminder. I know it's a long way but if anyone wants to join the Surrey LUG at the Sirius Corporation offices this Saturday they are more than welcome. http://surrey.lug.org.uk/bab20110312 Laura Czajkowski, the host at Sirius explicitly said we are welcome but if a lo

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] March meetings (part 2)

2011-03-08 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, For those who want another helping of Linux this month Surrey are having a meeting at the Sirius Corporation offices in Addlestone Surrey. http://surrey.lug.org.uk/bab20110312 I am still chasing options in the south of the county for the rest of the year but we are not going to be able to

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] March Meeting

2011-02-28 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, Though I am still hoping to establish contact with the University to gain free and regular access to it we will not be able to hold our March meeting there are I originally hoped. There are two alternatives for this month, not mutually exclusive. 1) A pub meeting on Saturday at the "Giddy

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] March Meeting

2011-02-26 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, On paper the next meeting should take place on Saturday 5 March, however I have not been able to arrange free access to the University for that date. I am still exchanging emails with a contact provide by Hugo but it does not look like we will be able to use the University on that Saturday.

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] March Meeting

2011-02-14 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, I hope everyone enjoyed the meeting at Nokia Southwood. I would like to thank Bob for letting us all in and our friends in the Surrey LUG for hosting the meeting. On paper our next meeting should take place at Southampton University on Saturday 5 March. I am contacting our friends at the u

[Hampshire] Fwd: O'Reilly User Group Newsletter, February 2011

2011-02-14 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
O'Reilly news letter. -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: O'Reilly User Group Newsletter, February 2011 Date: Monday 14 Feb 2011, 15:36:39 From: "josette garcia" To: "chair...@hants.lug.org.uk" View in browser http://connect.oreilly.co.uk/oreillyuklz//lz.aspx?p1=05068S86&p=0&cI

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] February Meeting, 12 Feb 2011

2011-02-08 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, Our next meeting will be a joint meeting with the Surrey LUG at Nokia Farnborough. Basic details can be found on the LUG web site: http://www.hantslug.org.uk/wiki/12February2011 If you think you may go please email Bob so he can let Nokia security know who you are so they can let you in.

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] January meeting

2011-01-15 Thread Hants Lug
From: Adam John Trickett > > Here is your 1 day reminder, our next meeting is tomorrow 15 January at the > University. Please come along if you are able, details are on the LUG web > site: Nice to catch-up; thanks to Robin for facilitating, Damian -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.or

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Meeting: January 15 at Southampton University

2011-01-09 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, This is your one week notice, our first meeting of the year will take place at the University of Southampton in the normal room on SATURDAY 15 JANUARY 2011, between 10:00 and 17:00. I would like to thank Robin Wilson for arranging the room for us. I will update the wiki after my morning bik

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] RSS Feeds for the Hants-LUG planet

2011-01-03 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, Happy New Year Greetings! We have a few dead feeds in the LUG planet feed. If you have an RSS or Atom feed into the LUG planet and you don't want us to use it any more please let us know and we'll take it off. At the same time if you have a feed that's not on the planet and you want it add

[Hampshire] Lowered barriers - Linux archiving appliance in minutes

2011-01-02 Thread Hants Lug
Happy New Year Group! I have significantly lowered the barriers for testing and review of the long-term archiving system, DIASER, as discussed in previous threads. Minutes - (depending on bandwidth). You can now download a 3 node, fully pre-configured appliance test pack for use with VirtualBo

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Saturday Meeting

2010-11-29 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, Ashwin has very graciously managed to pull the rabbit out of the hat for us and there will be a meeting at the University as planned this Saturday. Normal times. If your name and MAC address isn't on the list already, please send your name and MAC addresses to him BEFORE the end of Wednesd

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] December Meeting

2010-11-28 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, As the LUG wiki says the next meeting should take place on 04 December 2010 in Southampton. Alas we no longer have a formal chaperone to let us into the University, so we really do need a contact, staff or student at the University who is able and willing to let us in and be there during th

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Meetings

2010-11-17 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hello, I would first like to thank Red Hat and the Surrey LUG for last Saturday's meeting, it was very well attended and a visit to Red Hat now and then is appreciated. http://surrey.lug.org.uk/content/bring-box-13th-november-2010 I believe it's full up, but Saturday 27 November is a Barcamp i

[Hampshire] [OT] Small biz lunch or coffee

2010-11-16 Thread Hants Lug
Hi, dropping this idea, some aspects of it made a few people uncomfortable and it wouldn't be kind to say who. Damian  --- Hi List ... That said, I still think it is important to meet other Linux professionals in person i.e. LUG meetings are good for that, but weekends are not always con

[Hampshire] Fwd: Apress November 2010 Newsletter

2010-11-04 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Latest newsletter from APress. -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Apress November 2010 Newsletter Date: Wednesday 03 Nov 2010, 16:52:56 From: "Apress" To: adam.trick...@iredale.net *** Apress November 2010 Newsletter *** If you’re trying to stay on the cutting-edge of web devel

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Small biz lunch or coffee

2010-10-23 Thread Hants Lug
Roger Munford wrote: >I would be keen to come along > >Roger Great, I for the sake of simplicity I created a blog post and corresponding hashtag for comms: #bizlunchhants Blog: http://interlinux.co.uk/wordpress/?p=746  #BizLunchHants Tues January 18th 2011 Damian http://www.interlinux.co.uk

[Hampshire] [OT] Small biz lunch or coffee

2010-10-22 Thread Hants Lug
Hi List I'm one of those personality types who is comfortable in my own space and (company - in both senses) and can happily keep going/working for days without much need for interaction with other professionals aside from digitally or during site visits. My wife (who is often out on site) and

Re: [Hampshire] [Way OT] PVR recommendations

2010-10-08 Thread Hants Lug
   Hi Rob -Original message- From: Rob Malpass Sent: Wed 06-10-2010 19:17 To: 'Hampshire LUG Discussion List' ; Subject: [Hampshire] [Way OT] PVR recommendations Hi all   First post for a while so sorry it's so OT...   I've had a Freeview PVR for a few years now - it mainly records

[Hampshire] Book Reviews - "The Naught List"

2010-10-07 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, A bit later than planned but I have added a page to the LUG web site detaling books we have out on review that are overdue a review. I will not name names in public, but if there is any book on the list you would like to review, then let me know and I'll give whoever has the book at the mom

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] after a cheap screen and power cable

2010-10-03 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
James, > > (please inform me if this is in anyway inappropriate, im new :P) > Begging to obtain or get rid of kit is normal. I hope you are able to obtain what you need, I know it's made my life easier in the past! Also bringing along bit and assembling them into a functioning computer at a L

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] AGM

2010-10-02 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, For those who missed the AGM here is a summary report. Tony Whitmore acted as retuning officer: Chairman: Adam Trickett nominated: Andy Ransom seconded: Ian Brazier Treasurer: Ian Brazier nominated: Adam Trickett seconded: Andy Ransom Hostmaster: Adrian Brid

[Hampshire] Fwd: Join the celebration of Linux Magazine!

2010-09-30 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
>From Linux Magazine. -- Forwarded Message -- Dear Adam, We'd like to invite you and the members of your LUG to join us in celebrating the 10th anniversary issue of Linux Magazine! For the LUGs we've prepared 15 anniversary packages, which will be drawn from the list of all L

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] October meeting

2010-09-28 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
hough not confirmed it's hoped that the November meeting may be a joint Surrey/Hants LUG meeting at Red Hat. On 27 November there is the Barcamp meeting in Southampton. http://barcampsoton.eventbrite.com/ On 04 December there is the annual London Perl Workshop in Lon

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] AGM and next meeting

2010-09-25 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hello, Our next meeting will take place on Saturday 2 October at the University of Southampton[0]. Ashwin is our official chaperone for the day and he will send out the call for MAC addresses if you want WiFi access at the meeting[1]. According to the constitution[2] we need to hold an AGM and

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki, book reviews and AGM

2010-09-18 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, I hope everyone has had a good summer! I have a few important things to say. 1) The wiki is getting hammered with SPAM again. I do my best to keep on top of it but it's getting tedious. The wiki is also suffering from lack of attention, only a small number of people contribute and the conte

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Meetings

2010-09-12 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, I'd like to thank the Anton and the other IBMers for hosting us yesterday. I'd next like to thank all our speakers for their efforts. Finally I'd like to thank the people who made it to the meeting! Ashwin has arranged our next meeting at Southampton 2 October. Which should be our AGM - if

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Septmeber Meeting

2010-08-20 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hello, The September meeting will be hosted by our friends at IBM Hursley on Saturday 11 September. If you would like to give a talk or would like someone else to give a talk please let us know. Details on how to get to Hursley are on the Wiki. ### The October meeting should be our AGM, and i

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] August Meeting

2010-08-09 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hello again, > > The link is: > http://surrey.lug.org.uk/content/bring-box-14th-aug-2010-nokia- > farnborough > > I'll confirm with Surrey which venue it really is. Surrey have confirmed and their meeting will take place in Dorking, NOT Nokia as they originally planned. People are still more t

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] August Meeting

2010-08-08 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, The keen-eyed may have already noticed that the August meeting has been announced on the wiki for some time. If you hadn't noticed, then it's a joint meeting with Surrey at Nokia Farnborough. However as I write this email to confirm the details I see that Surrey have changed from Nokia to T

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki

2010-07-25 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, Since the Wiki re-fresh it has been plagued with SPAM, today I've checked and nearly a dozen pages have been spammed this weekend. All I seem to do with the site is remove spam from it. Our wiki is an open site that allows any one to edit them in the hope that people contribute to the site

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Meeting thanks

2010-06-07 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, I'd like to thank Ashwin for getting us into the University this month. I'd also like to thank Damian for letting us in in the past. Thanks to everyone who turned up on a gloriously sunny day when I'm sure families had other plans... I'd like to thank Mat for his give away and impromptu ta

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Important news

2010-05-05 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
On Tuesday 04 May 2010, captain haddock wrote: > Hello Everybody, > a) Does anyone on this list work for the University of Southampton and > would be willing to allow us into the rooms 5 or 6 times per year? I know > it's an ask but if there is anyone it would make a lot of penguins happy. > I jo

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Important news

2010-05-03 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hello, Sorry for not writing earlier, but two house moves and a "cold" in one spring is enough for anyone! Anyhow, I'm now back online and starting to recover from my cold If you have been following Damian's blog or tweets you will have read that he is pursuing options elsewhere, which unf

[Hampshire] O'Reilly News letter

2010-04-06 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, Please find herein a link to the latest O'Reilly newsletter. It contains news and cash discounts on eBooks. http://connect.oreilly.co.uk/oreillyuklz//lz.aspx?p1=05068S13&p=0&cID=0&cValue=1 Hope everyone is okay and didn't go too overboard on easter chocolates... Thanks for everyone's book

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] April Meeting

2010-03-27 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hello, I hope everyone is enjoying spring - well the absence of snow if nothing else! Our next meeting will be a joint meeting with the Surrey LUG at the Nokia site between Fleet and Farnborough on Saturday April 10. The procedure is as previously, if you wish to attend can you please send an

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] February Meeting Thank You!

2010-02-07 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, I'd like to thank IBM and the IBMers for inviting us down and being excellent hosts. I'd like to thank all our speakers for their presentations. I'd like to thank everyone who made it for making the event so good. If you missed the meeting I sincerely hope we'll go again, and you will get

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] February Meeting

2010-02-01 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, For those not going to FOSDEM we have the privilege of visiting IBM Hursley again next Saturday (06 Feb 2010). We have some talks planned and there will be space for more normal bring a box events. There are some restrictions to be aware off: 1) Arrival and departure times need to be set s

[Hampshire] Fwd: User Group Newsletter: Issue January 2010

2010-01-26 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
From O'Reilly! -- Forwarded Message -- View in browser: http://connect.oreilly.co.uk/oreillyuklz//lz.aspx?p1=05068S62&p=0&cID=0&cValue=1 UG Programme Newsletter - January 2010 Issue: Welcome New Year resolution! I need to get this Newsletter out on time. That's going to be

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] February Meeting

2010-01-17 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hello, I would like to thank everyone who braved the January rain and made it Southampton yesterday for our first meeting in 2010. I'd like to thank our special guest speaker, Daniel James, who specially made the trip over from the Island to be with us and talk about publishing in the digital c

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] January Meeting

2010-01-10 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hello, HAPPY NEW YEAR! This is your one week reminder that our first meeting of 2010 will take place next Saturday (2010/01/16) at Southampton University between 10:00 and 16:30. As I said previously we have a special guest speaker making the trip over from the Isle of Wight, so I hope we will

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] January Meeting

2009-12-14 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, Seasonal greeting to everyone! For the new year meeting on 16th of January I have a special new year guest! I have been in contact contact with Daniel James: "director of 64 Studio Ltd, a company that produces a 64–bit GNU/Linux distribution designed specifically for creative users, and do

Re: [Hampshire] Hello

2009-12-14 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
On Monday 14 Dec 2009, robert.beat...@nokia.com wrote: > Hello HantsLUG, (Surrey, you have been copied) > > It was good to see more Hants people coming along to Saturday's event. > JohnW from Surrey LUG has prompted those users in the Eat of Surrey to > re-examine local venues, since the trip to

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] December Meeting

2009-12-10 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, Don't forget the next LUG meeting is this Saturday at Nokia with the Surrey LUG. Please let Bob at Nokia know if you plan to attend so he can let security know who you are and let you in. As recently posted here, Surrey are trying a GPG key signing session, so now could be you opportunity

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] December meeting

2009-12-07 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, Our next meeting will be a joint Hampshire/Surrey meeting at Nokia in Farnborough on Saturday 12 December. If you intend to go please email your details to Bob at Nokia so security will let you in. If you are not sure you will make the meeting it's okay to send your details in on the of ch

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Book Reviews

2009-12-07 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, I've got some more Apress books in and the first wave of O'Reilly books. I may or may not make it to the December meeting but I'm planning to distribute what I have in January for sure. For those that have reviewed a book already, many thanks. For others if you have a book but haven't done

[Hampshire] [ADMIN]

2009-11-25 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hello, [0] First of all, sorry for the delay in getting this email, I've had more than a lot on at home and work. I've almost caught up with myself so before any more chaos breaks out here is an email! [1] I'd first like to thank the outgoing committee for their service over the last year. It

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] November Meeting Reminder

2009-11-05 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, Here is the last meeting reminder. Our November meeting will take place at Southampton University on Saturday 7 November from 10:30 - 16:30. To get in please email your name and contact details to Damian if you have not already along with the MAC address on any wireless device you plan to

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] November Meeting & AGM

2009-11-01 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, Here is your one week warning! Our next meeting takes place next Saturday on 7 November 2009 at Southampton University. Please let Damian know if you plan to attend so he can instruct security to let you in. We have one volunteered talk (OpenPilot) and I will be repeating my book reviewin

Re: [Hampshire] IBM Hursley

2009-10-17 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
On Thursday 15 Oct 2009, Lisi wrote: > On Thursday 15 October 2009 20:48:43 Hants LUG Chairman wrote: > > There is plenty of space at Hursley so we can have room dedicated to > > installing the latest distro of your choice. > > Is there any chance of something less focused?

Re: [Hampshire] IBM Hursley

2009-10-15 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
On Thursday 15 Oct 2009, Tim Brocklehurst wrote: > Adam, > > Sounds like a great idea. > > I'm still keen to do the OpenPilot talk in November, and would have no > probs updating it and repeating for a combined LUG meeting. Excellent! Look forward to your talk! -- Adam Trickett Overton, HANTS

[Hampshire] IBM Hursley

2009-10-15 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, As you know we were invited by some nice people down at IBM Hursley to go and hold a meeting there. I think it went very well and they have invited us back again (in principle). At the moment we are working out when that would be (see my previous email). It has long been an idea of mine to

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Meetings

2009-10-15 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, Our next meeting will take place at Southampton University on Saturday 7th November 2009 between 10am and 4:30pm [0]. There will be a short AGM at the meeting, as indicated by Hugo [1]. I believe that some committee positions are still open so should you wish for power now is your turn..!

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] October Meeting and Book Reviews

2009-10-03 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, OCTOBER MEETING --- This is your one week reminder. Our next meeting takes place at Nokia Farnborough as a joint meeting with Surrey LUG. Saturday 10 October 2009 from 11am. As every if you would like to hear a talk or give a talk just let us know. As with most meetings these

[Hampshire] Book Reviews

2009-10-01 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, Just to let everyone know that the first book reviews are arriving on the Book Review page. Many thanks to the contributors! http://www.hants.lug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BookReviews If you took a book at the Hursley meeting you are now a month into the review period, you still have a few we

[Hampshire] BT Innovate & Design - "Accelerating Enterprise adoption of Open Source".

2009-10-01 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
This may be of interest to some, when I checked a few minutes ago there were still some tickets left. Courtesy of UKUUG. -- Forwarded Message -- BT Innovate and Design is hosting the following event: "Accelerating Enterprise adoption of Open Source" on: Monday 5th October at:

[Hampshire] O'Reilly Newsletter

2009-09-22 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, Here is a link to the latest O'Reilly news letter. We even have two book reviews listed - not bad considering that they are really old ones of mine! http://xrl.us/bfnku8 (Link to connect.oreilly.co.uk) I've asked them for books but they still haven't sent any, I'll send another email to J

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Next meetings

2009-09-21 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, A quick note to let everyone know about our next meetings. Saturday 10 October Joint Meeting with Surrey at Nokia in Farnborough Saturday 07 November Southampton University As ever we'd like to hear any talks you think you'd like to give. Times and getting in instruction will be posted to

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] BIG THANKS!

2009-09-16 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
I would like to thank everyone you took part in the recent meeting at IBM Hursley. To the IBMers who let us in, many thanks, you work in a fanatic place and we were privileged to be invited to it and treated so well by you. To the speakers, it's always good to have talks and as usual the standa

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