[Luna] The Future of LUNA

[Shane Lofgren]

The time and location changed the last post per Deborah.  It is now:

Las Mananitas
Thursday, November 2
6:00PM

-Shane




On 10/23/06, James Dean Palmer <James.Palmer at nau.edu> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I would love to get together with some of the LUNA folks and talk
> about possible collaborations with the local ACM chapter.  I'm a new
> faculty member this semester - I had heard a little about LUNA but
> hadn't had the chance to check it out.  I'll try to make the Wednesday
> November 1 meeting at 12 (if that is what everyone agrees on).
>
> I was very involved with both the ACM club and Linux club at Texas A&M
> when I was student and hope to see the ACM club even more successful
> here.
>
> James
>
> 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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> > ----------------------------------
> > Deborah Lee Soltesz
> > Web Development & Administration
> > USGS Astrogeology Research Program
> > 2255 N. Gemini Dr * Flagstaff * AZ
> > http://astrogeology.usgs.gov
> > (928) 556-7088
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Dr. James Dean Palmer
> Department of Computer Science
> Box 15600, College of Engineering and Natural Sciences
> Northern Arizona University,  Flagstaff, Arizona 86011
> (928) 523-5376 ;   (928) 523-2300 (FAX)
>
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