[PLUG] No May PLUG Scheduled, ideas welcome

Ben Koenig techkoenig at protonmail.com
Thu May 5 20:32:18 UTC 2022


Well it's been raining in Vancouver, WA all day long so nobody is having a BBQ part here.

I don't have a Zoom account to host an online meeting but we could always go back to jitsi.

-Ben


------- Original Message -------
On Thursday, May 5th, 2022 at 12:46 PM, Patrick O'Connor <refugia at zoho.com> wrote:


> I'm already grilling on the porch when the sun peeks out.
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> I don't have OS side projects but I have a freezer full of grassfed meat.
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> Patrick
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> ---- On Thu, 05 May 2022 14:25:04 -0500 Timothy Scoppetta scoppettat at gmail.com wrote ----
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> > I'd be interested in hearing more about that and having a general chat/open
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> > forum. I'd venture to guess a number of us have small side projects that
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> > aren't entirely presentation-worthy but would be fun to share and discuss.
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> > It's also almost nice enough for BBQs if that falls within everyone's
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> > comfort zone.
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> > -Tim
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> > On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 6:42 PM Ben Koenig techkoenig at protonmail.com wrote:
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> > > ------- Original Message -------
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> > > On Wednesday, May 4th, 2022 at 5:05 PM, Michael Dexter <
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> > > dexter at pdxlinux.org> wrote:
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> > > > All,
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> > > > This is a strange time in which "the pandemic is over" yet I know more
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> > > > people with COVID-19 than at any point over the last two years.
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> > > > I have reached out to PSU and Free Geek about returning to on-site
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> > > > meetings but so far they would only stand by "probably in the fall".
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> > > > Hopefully we can return to in-person Meetings and Clinics sooner than
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> > > > that, but all we can do is wait and see.
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> > > > Here and now, I am happy to schedule meetings or others but personally
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> > > > finding speakers has been disappointing given that the offer of "yet
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> > > > another online meeting" is not a super-attractive proposition for people.
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> > > > I am open to ideas but here in now, am content with PLUG simply being
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> > > > the mailing lists until the in-person meetings can return.
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> > > > It's your org. Let's discuss what you want from it. I for one want my
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> > > > bento from Phat Cart down at PSU with a speaker giving a talk.
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> > > > All the best,
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> > > > Michael Dexter
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> > > > PLUG Volunteer
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> > > I feel like we don't really need a formal Talk just to hop onto a
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> > > chat/voice channel and have random conversations about Linux topics. Most
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> > > PLUG talks typically end with random small-talk anyway.
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> > > If anyone is interested, I've been working on a Linux-related statistics
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> > > project that some people here might find interesting. No presentation, but
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> > > it's something that benefits greatly from outside input, and has pictures :)
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> > > Just a thought.
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> > > -Ben
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> > --
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> > Timothy Scoppetta
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> > P: 845-459-3002
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> > E: scoppettat at gmail.com



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