[Chixla] Memorial Day Weekend meeting

[stephanie huang]

Both Raad and I cannot make it this weekend as we have prior commitments.  
Everyone, have a nice weekend!
Stephanie and Raad 
On 5/27/05, Stephen Carter <carter at sncarter.com> wrote:
> I'm a new person, so my "vote" shouldn't really count. I'll do my best
> to make the meeting if it is indeed held on Sunday May 29th, but it
> won't hurt my feeling one bit if I don't have t make the decision, and
> it is put off until June 26th.
> 
> The curriculum  for the tutorial classes is very similar to the I the
> distance learning Linux SysAdmin course I'm taking that O'Reilly
> "sponsors"-- http://oreilly.useractive.com/courses/sysadmin.php3
> --which is WAY too expensive for what a person gets.
> 
> While the course has the good feature of an online "sandbox" server
> where one can experiment, and guidance to do so, the course material
> itself is so-so--not bad, just not what it could, and some day will,
> be. I think every thing could be better obtained by tutorials such as
> the one LinuxChixLA is doing, other free online material, a few books,
> subscription to some of the user group mailing lists for "live" help.
> The SMC course Sharon has mentioned sounds pretty good as well. So,
> lot's of local/internet resources, and I don't see anything in the
> expensive that isn't easily available--there's nothing special there.
> 
> BUT Wait! In addition to everything else, on completion the loyal
> student gets a very nice certificate from the University of Illinois
> and CEU's for those who can make use of them, or for whom they are
> required. On the other hand, our now living-below-the-poverty-line
> student might just as well take publicly available tests and get Linux
> Certification, which might be even more useful than the above touted
> Certificate.
> 
> So I'm looking forward to the LinuxChix sessions on SysAdmin.....not to
> mention moving on to actual applications. I've just seen OpenOffice for
> the first time, and it looks wonderful!
> 
> Steve Carter
> 
> On May 27, 2005, at 3:23 PM, SMichelle wrote:
> 
> > OK, so the only people I've heard from are those who do not want to
> > meeting on Memorial Day weekend, even if that means that there is no
> > meeting until the June meeting on the 26th.
> >
> > The decision to cancel the Sunday May 29th meeting will be by majority
> > ... so if you want to get together this Sunday now would be the time to
> > speak up :)
> >
> > /SMichelle
> >
> >
> >> Thank you all for being so understanding about the rescheduled meeting
> >> of last Sunday (term paper turned in, test results only so-so).
> >>
> >> However, there is a wrinkle for the meeting this Sunday as this is
> >> Memorial Day weekend. This is apparently causing some problems for
> >> some people who want to make the meeting, but have family BBQ
> >> commitments. I can be there, but how much of a problem is this for
> >> everyone else?
> >>
> >> If this is a problem for enough people, then the possibility is that
> >> the meeting will need to rescheduled ... note that I'm not available
> >> for the next few week following this Sunday due to finals.
> >>
> >> So please let me know your preference and/or suggestions.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> /SMichelle
> >>
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