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

[John Simpson]

On 2008-03-04, at 1336, Gavin Baker wrote:
> 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".)

i doubt the group would be willing to provide beer... and i also kinda  
think that, because the installfest happens at a church, they might  
not want beer around as well. the "BBQ and beer" idea fits in more  
closely with a ham radio "field day" than it does with a linux  
installfest. (field day is in june, i'm sure a bunch of us will be  
organizing some kind of get-together, you're more than welcome to come  
down and watch/help even if you're not a ham.)

usually at the installfest there's a group of people who chip in for  
pizza around lunch time... i'm sure if somebody announced on the list  
ahead of time that they would be bringing BBQ on the way in, taking  
orders via email ahead of time, and collecting cash at the meeting,  
i'm sure you'd have a few takers. especially if you're going to  
someplace like sonny's or bubbalou's, where most of us are already  
familiar with what's on the menu.

as a matter of fact, if you're volunteering to do this on 4/5, put me  
down for a pulled pork sammich with fries and beans (either sonny's or  
bubbalou's, they're both pretty good) and let me know how much i'll  
owe you.

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| John M. Simpson  --  KG4ZOW  --  Programmer At Large |
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