[wlug_org] Linux Clinux...

[Jeremy Naylor]

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Hey Carl,

You can access CafeNet in the J'ville Community Centre now, yeah. There 
isn't an AP (access point) there - it's on the roof of a building over the 
road from it.

You can also access CafeNet from upstairs in J'ville McDonalds too.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,

Jeremy Naylor.

At 09:56 AM 5/12/2004 +1200, you wrote:

>Or Linux Clinics if you prefer... continuing on the theme of support groups
>for people starting out with Linux or wanting to expand their Linux
>knowledge would it be worth taking a look at organising something on a
>regular basis for this? Background to the thought is some things that go on
>in other parts of the world e.g. one of my colleagues in Belgium runs an
>IRC session every Sunday afternoon in conjunction with the local LUG where
>people can join and ask support type questions. He does it from a local
>cafe so people can drop by as well if they want to. Once people have been
>up and running for a while the mailing lists do a reasonably good job of
>this so the specific targets I am thinking of are the people who came to
>the Installfest and want to follow up on some of the things that were done
>there. e.g. Linda and the Dell and all those p*xy winmodems. I know that we
>kind of want to do this anyway within the LUG however I personally don't
>find LANPlace very conducive to this sort of activity. If someone wants
>assistance it is quite difficult to do that without causing distraction to
>others if there are presentations going on. It is also very daunting for
>first timers to get into. The old J'ville community centre was easier to
>get into but had a similar acoustic problem in this regard although it does
>now have a CafeNet link I believe (but it's still in J'ville...).
>
>Ideally I would like to see something that:
>a) has little or no cost to rent/run
>b) is easy to get to and get into
>c) has internet access
>d) has a separate area to work in if run as part of the LUG meeting.
>
>Some of the above can be a little difficult given today's commercial focus
>but would I be wasting my time if I started to do a bit of poking about for
>a venue? The other side of it is getting people to assist. Doing something
>every Sunday is a very big ask and I know I can't do it but a once a month
>thing would be ok especially if it was part of the LUG.
>
>On rereading the above I guess the net of it is that as a LUG we should
>be/are doing the hands on support thing on a regular basis and I don't
>believe LANPlace as it stands is the correct venue for that. I don't have
>an alternative venue yet but wouldn't mind looking. At the very least I
>think we need to work on trying to improve the access to LANPlace. That may
>be as simple as putting a sign on the main door giving instructions to
>first/one time visitors for example. We still have the interference problem
>between the fixit section and the presentation section though.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>Carl
>
>
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Jeremy Naylor
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