[wellylug] Administrivia: Wellylug Monthly Posting

[Callum Grant]

Yep, it can get pretty quiet around here. I'm a programmer at Datacom as
well now (based at JQ at the moment), so if you want to grab a coffee
sometime and talk open source that would be cool.

Cheers,

Callum


On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Simon Smith <mail at simonsmith.geek.nz>wrote:

> Yeah.... although,we're pretty quiet ;-)
>
> I'm an RHEL administrator at Victoria University.
>
> Simon
> On Jan 3, 2013 10:56 AM, "Pedro Worcel" <pedro at worcel.com> wrote:
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>> Hey there!
>>
>> Is anyone around here?
>>
>> I am a programmer working at Datacom, been in wellington for a year now,
>> coming from Uruguay!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Pedro
>>
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Callum Grant
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