[mdlug] Global Linux Meeting March 7 Sat BerkeleyTIP -Global - For Forwarding

[john_re]

Great Mark!  :)

I'm gonna try to make a spot in my schedule to connect with your
virtuallug meeting tomorrow - at least long enough to say "hi". :)  
IIgotItCorrectly: 9P Detroit = Eastern time = 6PM Pacific time.

One suggestion for you:  If you're gonna try to get online with BTIP, &
are able to commit yourself for any specific time, put in your message
that info, & find a public place (or your home if you prefer, but a
public place, like a wifi cafe, or a school, is often more convenient) &
just say "we're all gonna meet here - anyone who is interested."

This is my suggestion based on my understanding & internalization of
Evan Prodromou's BAD shotgun rules:
http://bad.debian.net/shotgun_rules.txt
[Props, Evan. ;)  ]

On Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:56:59 -0500, "Mark Thuemmel"
<ldaphelp at thuemmel.com> said:
> Hi John,
> 
> I don't think I have much pull, but here is a go at it.....

It is not _us_ who has pull, merely our ideas & our efforts.  ;)
 

> 
> John is in a LUG in CA that meets the first Saturday of each month.  I
> found them interesting in that they try to use Ekiga to VOIP the
> meeting.  I have joined in the last two months.  I was able to meet a
> couple of people that shared my interest in Linux and chat with them
> over my Linux box and USB headset with Ekiga.  The sound quality was
> great, at least until a bunch a people get in with open mics.  But

BTIP members - note that last sentence - I think we need to implement
some sort of "push to talk" mechanism, for this VOIP conference to work
properly.  Is that possible in Ekiga?  Or, maybe using a headset "mute"
button? - at least for when each is not actively in a conversation.



> showing up early let me participate in some good chat.
> 
> The BerkleleyTIP group was great, but I was dreaming of something a bit
> more frequent than once a month.  I didn't think I could commit to the
> first Saturday of each month, especially with Spring around the corner.
> So I started www.virtuallug.com with the idea of Ekiga meet-ups on
> Thursday nights at 9:00.
> 
> So, please consider joining the BerkleyTIP this Saturday and/or
> www.virtuallug.com this Thursday for some extra Linux stuff.
> 
> 
> 
> john_re wrote:
> > Hi Mark, MDLUGgers :)
> > 
> > Mark - (I've got the correct Mark, right?) Why don't you organize a
> > local simultaneous meeting this Saturday? Then a group of yall can join
> > in.  :)
> > 
> > Hey - ain't those /. folks not too far from you?  Any chance you got an
> > inside track to getting this meeting announced there?  ;)
> > 
> > ====
> > Ekiga(Gnome meeting), Asterisk, Xen, Virtualbox, Debian 15 Years, Free
> > and Open Future, Amarok, ZFS, FreeBSD, Python, OLPC
> > 
> > 
> > =====  SCHEDULE
> > Schedule: All times Pacific Std Time = GMT -8H 
> >              ex: 10A PST = 1P Eastern ST
> > 10 A    Begin:  Set up.  Get on IRC & VOIP
> > 11 A    Ekiga3 talk LIVE
> >         INSTALLFEST begin
> > 12 N    Asterisk, OLPC;
> >         PROGRAMMING PARTY: VOIP Conference client & server
> >  1 P    Xen, Virtualbox; GNOME
> >  2 P    KDE &#8211; GUI; Macintosh