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On Tuesday 18 January 2005 9:06 pm, Ben Goodger wrote:
Next time can we have something in Plymouth or something? An hour and a half is not really very convenient for a Thursday night.
Meetings can be arranged by any group member, find a venue, let us all know and put it on the dcglug website events list. (members area). We have had meetings in Plymouth but Paul has a regular venue that he can arrange quickly and easily. If we come up with somewhere (and someone) like that in Plymouth (and Exeter and Truro/Falmouth), we'd probably have more meetings all over the area. Everyone wants more meetings, everyone tries to attend those meetings that are within reach. Unfortunately, Devon and Cornwall is a large and awkward area to cover. Public transport is poor, members are spread over the entire geographical area and beyond . . . We try to have as many meetings as we can but it's rare to have a meeting that gets >12 people because of the pressures of distance. Most meetings get between 4 and 10 people.
Also.. Is there anything anyone can suggest to force my Computing teacher to accept Open Source?
No-one should ever be forced to use open source - thereagain, no-one should be forced to not use open source or to only use proprietary. It's open and it's free because it's about more than cost; it is about freedom and choice. We are here to help persuade, it can take a long time. Find out if a room is available for a meeting and invite current staff along. We don't need access to the existing network, although it would be nice to have access to the internet, we've had successful meetings many times with only the software we can bring along and a few judicious extension leads to the mains. (The Paignton venue is the same, no internet connection and limited electrical sockets.) -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.dcglug.org.uk/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/isbnsearch/ http://www.williamsleesmill.me.uk/ http://www.biglumber.com/x/web?qs=0x8801094A28BCB3E3
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