[klug] Meeting day / time

[kluglinux.grp.lancer at xoxy.net]

Hannah K - hannahk at arac.net.nz wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>
>I must apologise for not coming along to the meeting.  I am very keen to
>become involved, but as things worked out that last meeting was not
>possible for me.  In general, however, the first Thursday of every month
>should be fine.  Is the next meeting going ahead on the 5th of October?
>  
>
Yes. As I have stated in the summary I made of the last meeting "This 
movie to show on Thursday 5th October", meaning that is when the next 
meeting is planned.

>I won't really have a whole lot of knowledge to contribute as I am more
>of an enthusiast than an expert.  Something I would like to be able to
>help with is promoting linux as an alternative to M$.  
>
>Also, a pressing issue for me is that I would like to see if the group
>could help with the cursed winmodems.  I did an install on a friends AMD
>laptop (Ubuntu) and all went well apart from the modem.  We tried
>installing drivers from the linuxant website but came up with errors
>when they were trying to install.  There was no reason given in the gui,
>just "installation failed".  
>I guess the best thing would be to take her laptop to a meeting and see
>if any of you more knowledgeable types could see what the problem is?
>  
>

There are a lot of people in KLUG with plenty of experience at such 
tasks. However, I cannot say whether those members would be showing at 
the meetings or not.  Steve has mentioned the low attendance of the 
meetings, which is very true... the ones who have been showing of late 
are open about being inexperienced but keen to learn more. The 
ultra-savy members seem to be staying away or, as with Steve's case, 
have had changes of circumstance making their attendance impractical.

It might be a good idea if you post specific questions about your modem 
(which version of Linux, make & model of the winmodem etc) on this board 
to see if members can reply with solutions. The answer may require 
drivers and things, and these could take time to find, so it's better 
not to leave the searching for the meeting itself.

So, yes. There is a meeting planned for Thursday 5th October. It is to 
beat 7:30pm. All going to plan, we will watch a movie about the history 
of Linux called "Revolution-OS" ( see http://www.revolutionos.com ) The 
meetings are held at the West block of Thomas Kennedy Junior Academy, 
which is on the corner of Mennin Road and Glen Rd, Raumati South. Map 
available here: http://www.tinyurl.com/hpd3d Be aware that the meeting 
room in on the West (sea side) of Glen Rd, behind the blue fence (map 
shows the other half of the school which is on the opposite side).

The KLUG seems to have been hitting something of a critical state in 
recent times with members having confused expectations of the roles of 
the club and of people involved. This is manifesting in a variety of 
ways, including people not being informed about whether there is a 
meeting or not. Such issues badly need to be addressed, and I will 
likely start the ball rolling in another post when I have a little time.

In the meanwhile, please feel welcome to come to the next meeting.

Lancer.