The last Portsmouth LUG meeting on October 17th was an unexpected success.
Matt Withers unfortunately had to cancel his talk at the last minute due to
illness. I apologise to those who did not know. I sent an email out within
about 15 minutes of receiving one myself, having made a quick attempt to
contact Paul to discuss it with him I think that I clicked the sixth send
button at about 23:40.
But it is an ill wind etc. One of the functions of a LUG, in my view, is to
help newbies; install Linux for those who want it but cannot manage the
install themselves; help each other out with our problems: in other words to
spread the word. This takes time and it takes people: those who need help,
but also those in a position to give help; those who can impart knowledge and
those who listen. And it is valuable just to have Linux and FLOSS chat.
There were more of us there than there would normally have been for a BaB
meeting with no talk. But the result was, in my view, and that of others who
have commented to me, a particularly enjoyable meeting. There was a great
buzz about it. When those who leave early, leave immediately after the talk,
it inevitably breaks the meeting up, and others follow. This time, when
those who leave early left early, others looked up briefly to say goodbye, if
they noticed them going, and carried on with what they were doing. The last
person, other than Paul and I, left at 6:15. \o/
So, next time there is a speaker-less meeting, do come. Come to help and be
helped. Come to chat and come to proselytise.
I myself was helped enormously this last time by Luke, and I very much doubt
that I would have solved the problem on my own. But it was very time
consuming, and I am glad that people had not all disappeared.
Next time, Saturday 21st November, we shall have a talk by Dr. Jacek Kopecky.
Jack will talk about the new Atom.io editor, of which Jack is one of the
developers. Jack is one of our members and is a Senior Lecturer at
Portsmouth University. Let's welcome him with packed room. I hope to put
something more about it and him up on the web within the next week.
Do have a look at our website. Paul has been working hard on it. It still
superficially looks the same, but it is evolving and has improved
immeasurably since he took over. Even where I interfere on the talks pages,
it is only the content that I have any input in. The design evolution and
credit are Paul's. But whereas before, if I wanted a speaker's name put up,
I nagged Paul mercilessly, I now put the name up myself!
Lisi
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