[wellylug] WellyLUG Future

[Hugh Davenport]

Thanks for running it all those years back. I wouldn't have got the idea to revive it if it wasn't there to revive :-)

On 27 April 2018 9:43:24 PM NZST, Jethro Carr <jethro.carr at jethrocarr.com> wrote:
>hi Hugh,
>
>Thanks for reviving it and running for a number of years.
>
>The combined efforts of WOSSAT sounds promising, a good way to build a
>wider open source community that can pull from a larger audience of
>speakers and attendees.
>
>regards,
>Jethro
>
>> On 27/04/2018, at 15:41, Hugh Davenport <hugh at davenport.net.nz>
>wrote:
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> It is with a bit of difficultly that I have decided that I am
>retiring WellyLUG for the foreseeable
>> future. Reasons behind this have included small turn out, lack of
>speakers, and personal time. I
>> have found myself that the group has been absolutely great to run,
>and have met a bunch of cool
>> people and heard many great talks.
>> 
>> I have run it for a few years now (I think 5?), which I picked up
>after a long lapse from its beginnings
>> way back when I was ---- this tall. Hopefully sometime in the future
>someone can pick it up and try
>> rekindle it again.
>> 
>> In the meantime, there is a new user group called "Wellington Open
>Source Show And Tell"
>> (https://wossat.nz) which has meetings which alternate between the
>3rd Tuesday and the 3rd Thursday of
>> each month. I would imagine that the current members of WellyLUG
>would fit right in with this user
>> group as it follows a similar set of topics to which we have had in
>WellyLUG. I'm bound to be there
>> myself from time to time as well so I will see you there.
>> 
>> If you have any questions about the above, feel free to contact me
>directly, or reply to the list. The
>> mailing list I plan to keep around for general discussions about the
>linux community.ts.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Hugh
>> 
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