[Leaplist] Auto-subscribe announce membership -- WAS: Can kids

[John Simpson]

On 2008-03-02, at 1002, Robin (Bartow FL) wrote:
>
> I rarely attend installfest because of the 3 hour round trip travel  
> time. When I have attended, it seemed as though everyone there had  
> more technological savvy than I.

all the more reason to show up. i can't speak for everybody, but when  
i'm not busy rebooting the firewall, i'm usually there for the express  
purpose of helping people with strange issues- although it seems like  
the two most common issues have to do with wireless cards and video  
drivers, neither of which i'm an expert on... i build servers running  
linux, my desktop and laptop machines are running mac osx.

> I would expect a group of this caliber to be discussing how to
> use a .mobi URL to poll for dining establishments (to patronize)
> before, during, or after the meeting.

overkill. we already have our regular places for the "meeting after  
the meeting"... and while we have changed for a month here and there,  
we seem to end up back at the same places... so why change?

as for finding the places, if somebody is in from out of town and  
does't want to mess with having to find it, there are plenty of locals  
(myself included) who would be happy to give you a ride up to the  
"meeting after the meeting", and then bring you back to your car when  
it's over. just ask before or during the meeting, it's not a big deal.

that's one thing i've noticed about LEAP which is different from most  
other user groups- it "feels" a lot less formal and structured, but it  
seems to work just as well, if not better, than any other computer- 
related group i've been involved with. maybe it's because most of us  
are all just a bunch of laid-back people to begin with?

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