[PLUG] No May PLUG Scheduled, ideas welcome

[Patrick O'Connor]

I'm already grilling on the porch when the sun peeks out.

I don't have OS side projects but I have a freezer full of grassfed meat.

Patrick

 ---- On Thu, 05 May 2022 14:25:04 -0500 Timothy Scoppetta <scoppettat at gmail.com> wrote ----
 > I'd be interested in hearing more about that and having a general chat/open
 > forum. I'd venture to guess a number of us have small side projects that
 > aren't entirely presentation-worthy but would be fun to share and discuss.
 > 
 > It's also almost nice enough for BBQs if that falls within everyone's
 > comfort zone.
 > 
 > -Tim
 > 
 > On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 6:42 PM Ben Koenig <techkoenig at protonmail.com> wrote:
 > 
 > > ------- Original Message -------
 > > On Wednesday, May 4th, 2022 at 5:05 PM, Michael Dexter <
 > > dexter at pdxlinux.org> wrote:
 > >
 > >
 > > > All,
 > > >
 > > > This is a strange time in which "the pandemic is over" yet I know more
 > > > people with COVID-19 than at any point over the last two years.
 > > >
 > > > I have reached out to PSU and Free Geek about returning to on-site
 > > > meetings but so far they would only stand by "probably in the fall".
 > > >
 > > > Hopefully we can return to in-person Meetings and Clinics sooner than
 > > > that, but all we can do is wait and see.
 > > >
 > > > Here and now, I am happy to schedule meetings or others but personally
 > > > finding speakers has been disappointing given that the offer of "yet
 > > > another online meeting" is not a super-attractive proposition for people.
 > > >
 > > > I am open to ideas but here in now, am content with PLUG simply being
 > > > the mailing lists until the in-person meetings can return.
 > > >
 > > > It's your org. Let's discuss what you want from it. I for one want my
 > > > bento from Phat Cart down at PSU with a speaker giving a talk.
 > > >
 > > > All the best,
 > > >
 > > > Michael Dexter
 > > > PLUG Volunteer
 > >
 > > I feel like we don't really need a formal Talk just to hop onto a
 > > chat/voice channel and have random conversations about Linux topics. Most
 > > PLUG talks typically end with random small-talk anyway.
 > >
 > > If anyone is interested, I've been working on a Linux-related statistics
 > > project that some people here might find interesting. No presentation, but
 > > it's something that benefits greatly from outside input, and has pictures :)
 > >
 > > Just a thought.
 > > -Ben
 > >
 > >
 > 
 > -- 
 > Timothy Scoppetta
 > 
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 > E: scoppettat at gmail.com
 >