[nycbug-talk] It's lonely up here

[Jonathan Franks]

Hey thanks for the advice. It appears that Albany does indeed have
craigslist... and it's new. Imagine the luck.

See now, I asked a simple question and now look what I've gotten myself
into!  :-)

Frankly, I never expected to become an "organizer" but what the heck? I'm
already thinking of where on earth we could meet. It also seems like
"Capital District *BSD Users Group"  (CDBUG ? ) might be more inclusive, as
we have three cities (Albany, Schenectady, Troy) right in the vicinity, and
rural areas abound...


I think that this needs to happen, though, so why not.

G - I'll take you up on the mailing list.




-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Spitzer [mailto:mspitzer at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:44 PM
To: Jonathan Franks
Cc: NYC-BUG talk
Subject: Re: [nycbug-talk] It's lonely up here


On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 19:19:08 -0500, Jonathan Franks
<jfranks214 at taconic.net> wrote:
> Absolutely. What do I need to do?
>
> I had thought about trying to start one up, but decided "Oh, I just don't
> know where to begin..."

>From my experience helping to get lispnyc started, do the following:

on bsd/unix/linux  newsgroups/mailing lists send out a message that
there will be a meeting of the  albany BSD users group on (date here)
and (time here) at (place here)

put some more stuff here about what is going to happen, we are
drinking or PF/CARP talk and then we are drinking. ...

be prepaired to do this annouincement/setup meeting stuff for at least
3 months.  By then you might have some help.  and get the word out
locally, does albany have craigslist?

you just might be supprised at the turn out.  And as stated below a
mailing list is most important.

marc


>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: G. Rosamond [mailto:george at sddi.net]
> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:03 PM
> To: Jonathan Franks
> Cc: NYC-BUG talk
> Subject: Re: [nycbug-talk] It's lonely up here
>
> On Dec 16, 2004, at 6:59 PM, Jonathan Franks wrote:
>
> > Hey folks-
> >
> > I was just wondering if anyone knows of a BSD users group in the
> > Albany (NY)
> > area....  It's just a little tough to make meetings in the city from up
> > here. (Although I had planned I coming to the party... I just couldn't
> > get
> > away mid week.)
> >
> > Anyhow I just thought I'd ask...
> >
>
> Sorry you missed the party.  It was pretty boring anyway.
>
> The first place to check is BSDUserGroups.org, hosted by BC Hosting and
> maintained by Daemon News (specifically me).
>
> There's nothing.
>
> First step, IMO, is to start up a mailing list, which we could do ond
> our box, and advertise.  You would be surprised.
>
> Give us the okay, and we'll setup a Albany BUG list for you.
>
> g
>
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