[Luna] The Future of LUNA

[Shane Lofgren]

I can make that.  So lets make that the new time and date as Deborah
suggested.

Las Mananitas
Thursday, November 2
6:00PM

-Shane


On 10/23/06, Deborah Lee Soltesz <dsoltesz at usgs.gov> wrote:
>
> Wednesdays I'm usually gone by noon. I recommend we hold this over dinner
> somewhere -- lunch is WAY too short for this topic. Also, Fratelli's is far
> too noisy and small for a meeting. Kyle recommended Las Mananitas downtown,
> which seems both large enough and quiet enough. How about:
>
>   Las Mananitas
>   Thursday, November 2
>   6:00PM
>
> If that works for folks, Kyle or I can look into making reservations.
>
> deborah
> dsoltesz at usgs.gov
>
> At 04:04 PM 10/23/2006, you wrote:
> >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 <<mailto:dsoltesz at usgs.gov>
> 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
> >>(<mailto:James.Palmer at NAU.EDU>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" <<mailto:jp at jpbonn.com>jp at jpbonn.com>
> >>To: "Linux Users of Flagstaff/Northern Arizona" < <mailto:
> luna at lists.flaglug.org>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>
> 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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