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

[Gavin Baker]

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John Simpson wrote:
| 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.

Personally, I find a compelling reason to attend installfests is when
there's food (and beer!) there. Then it becomes a combination BBQ and
helpfest -- in other words, something for everyone. (Or as I like to
call it, "New-B-Q".)

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Gavin Baker
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gavin at gavinbaker.com

I would engrave
this bare mountain on my mind
and take it home
~    L.A. Davidson
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