[Luna] The Future of LUNA

[Shane Lofgren]

Everyone is certainly welcome without discussion.  Anyone interested in the
group can voice their input.  I shouldn't matter if they have ever attended
or not.  The decision to change should be left to the regulars to make.  We
may want to define "regulars".  I may not actually be a regular if the
restriction is a year of attendance.  If it is judged by participation then
I would be up there.

Deborah,
Are you able to make the meeting time?


On 10/23/06, Deborah Lee Soltesz <dsoltesz at usgs.gov> wrote:
>
> Thanks Dan - I thought Eck was still the sponsor! I'd talked to John
> Placer (and I believe Eck too) at a couple DAC meetings about the lackluster
> participation in NAU ACM, and mentioned the idea of bringing LUNA and ACM
> together. There's been occasional interest in this group with being more
> involved at NAU. I've heard ACM's trying to have a bit of a resurgence, with
> hopes that the fancy new building will provide more stability for the group.
>
> If we're planning on having a meeting to discuss LUNA's future, perhaps we
> should invite James to the talk with us about ideas of bringing ACM and LUNA
> together.
>
> deborah
>
> At 03:19 PM 10/23/2006, Dan Li wrote:
> >I'm a faculty member in CS department at NAU. The answer to your question
> is
> >yes, the NAU ACM chapter is still active. Dr. James Palmer
> >(James.Palmer at NAU.EDU) is our ACM faculty sponsor. You might contact him
> for
> >more information on ACM. I followed your discussion here and feel strong
> >that the collaboration between ACM and LUNA will benefit both of us.
> >
> >DL
> >===========================
> >Dan Li, Ph.D.
> >Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
> >Northern Arizona University
> >15600 S. McConnell Circle
> >NAU bldg. 69
> >Flagstaff, AZ 86011
> >(928) 523-1468;   (928) 523-2300 (FAX)
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "JP Bonn" <jp at jpbonn.com>
> >To: "Linux Users of Flagstaff/Northern Arizona" <luna at lists.flaglug.org>
> >Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 2:16 PM
> >Subject: Re: [Luna] The Future of LUNA
> >
> >
> >> Does anyone know if the NAU ACM chapter is active?  The last message on
> >> their website was posted in 2004.
> >> (http://www.cet.nau.edu/Orgs/ACM/?page=mesgs)  There's no one
> subscribed
> >> to the main ACM listserve for NAU.  (I was going to say that the ACM's
> >> mandate is a bit broader than OSS/GNU/Linux but it appears that's a
> moot
> >> point.)
> >>
> >> Take the following with the caveat that I've only attended 4 meetings
> >> (but I have lurked on the list for many years)....
> >>
> >> My biggest complaint about Luna has been it's limited focus.  Flagstaff
> >> is a small town and it's hard to sustain a technical interest group.
> >> Luna's historically strong focus on Linux System Administration has
> >> meant it's been of little interest to me.
> >>
> >> For me Linux is a tool I use to get my job done - it's not the end all.
> >>  It's kind of like carpenters getting together and talking about the
> >> hammer they are using but failing to mention the house they are
> >> building.  There's people at USGS doing interesting stuff that has
> >> nothing to do with Linux - I would love to hear about it.  I could give
> >> presentations on porting the GNU toolchain, or a tutorial on subversion
> >> or how we spent $25 million on a internet company and have nothing to
> >> show for it.  I would like to hear someone talk about Microsoft's
> >> trusted computing platform.  Many of these things have nothing to do
> >> with Linux/OSS/GNU but would make for interesting meetings.  By
> limiting
> >> the focus you're limiting Luna's future.
> >>
> >> JP
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