[wellylug] Who is interested in rekindling WellyLUG?

[Daniel Reurich]

I'm keen for it.

Actually I think it's more important now then ever to establish 
meatspace meetings for building rapport and collaboration.  I find that 
face2face is a better forum for developing ideas and helping each other 
and conveying information.

We have a big bonus in that wifi & mobile data is so common, that 
internet connectivity is no longer the impediment it used to be.

PPP and http just don't quite convey the finer points of communication 
like gestures, tone of voice and expression well enough.  And beer just 
doesn't transmit...

So yes, beer would be a good draw card.

Daniel.

On 13/03/13 16:47, Bruce Hoult wrote:
> What is the purpose now?
>
> I know I found myself getting a lot less interested in such local
> groups after the invention of PPP (ok, actually I used SLIP at home
> for a while between UUCP and PPP) and HTTP.
>
> Unless they are one of two things:
>
> - a "chew the fat with old friends over beer/pizza" BS session, or
>
> - physically building something with others. e.g. the Makerbot I have
> a share in.
>
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Hugh Davenport<hugh at davenport.net.nz>  wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> Some of you may know me, and some may not. My name is Hugh, I used to work
>> at Catalyst IT,
>> and have recently moved to Aura RedEye Security as the development manager.
>> I have a big
>> interest in the open source world, and have been meaning on getting WellyLUG
>> set up again
>> for a while now...
>>
>> This email is just to get a sense of who would be interested in starting up
>> meetings again,
>> and what days suit everyone. Also, if you can help sponsor a room/beer/pizza
>> etc, that would
>> be good as well, though I may be able to get that covered on my front.
>>
>> So, if you are keen, reply :D
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Hugh
>>
>>
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