[kwlug-disc] I miss KWLUG so badly!

[Kyle Farwell]

> I go to GTALUG to drink beer.  And, you can't do that over email.

Challenge accepted.

What if there was an international LUG (say, DrunkLUG) with a mailing
list where you were only allowed to post drunk? You could coordinate
regular meetings where everyone drinks beer from home and posts on the
list at the same time.

You could even get USB breathalyzers and put your BAC in a custom mail
header!

-- 
Kyle Farwell
https://kfarwell.org/

On 2017-11-26 05:35 PM, William Park via kwlug-disc wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 04:25:11PM -0500, Andrew Sullivan Cant wrote:
>> Hi Ron,
>>
>>>> I've been kicking around the idea to fork VanLUG for months - just
>>>> as a bit of mental exercise.
>>>
>>> Unlike others on this thread I am going to put a note of caution
>>> against this. Starting your own group involves: 
>>
>> I am going to second Paul on this. Forking in the real world or a
>> project always feels like it should be the final option.
> 
> Sorry to be late comer...  I'll third Paul's.
> 
> I was moderator of "west TLUG" group which died long ago, mainly due to
> logistic.  We were meeting at a bar.  Barrie LUG died recently due to
> the same cause.  There are 4 active LUGs in Southern Ontario that I'm
> familiar with, and they are still active only because of meeting place.
>     - Kitchner-Waterloo,
>     - Toronto (Ryerson computer science lab),
>     - Peterborough (retirement home).
>     - Owen Sound (united church),
> 
> That said, LUG in general are declining, simply because they provide
> less and less value to members.  You can download and install Linux
> yourself, ask questions online, etc.  All these things, you can do
> without LUG.  I think people meet at LUG for social reason, or to talk
> about something that cannot be done over email.  I go to GTALUG to drink
> beer.  And, you can't do that over email.
> 
> If Vancouver has a venue, then it may be worthwhile to work within the
> group.  It's difficult.  I know.  I've tried to elicit interest from
> GTALUG members about "tutorial series".  I don't mean just talking about
> it with powerpoint slides.  I mean, hands-on practical tutorial, so that
> it makes sense when you actually read the doc or manpage later.  But, it
> seems that everyone knows everything.
> 

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