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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sounds like a great idea. The more the merrier.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>/Raj<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jim Kinney<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 03, 2015 9:41 AM<br><b>To:</b> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!<br><b>Subject:</b> [ale] group merger ALE + GA400-Linux<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all!<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The addition of Meetup has brought more people to the ALE meetings. There is a proposal floating around to merge the ALE and GA400-Linux meetup groups under the ALE name.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Short story: the founder of the GA400-Linux group passed away and JD is one of the co-organizers.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Those folks meet weekly all around the the top end perimeter and Smyrna area for a "how do I..." session geared towards new Linux users.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The idea JD and I are kicking is to link ALE up as a central group with multiple sub-groups (sysadmin, desktops, language specifics connections, etc).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ideas? Feedback? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The GA400 group has 600+ members. ALE meetup is up to about 60. ALE mailing list has 462 (as of now - down from our high end of 1600+ about 8 years ago).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>NOTE: meetup is not free. I put up the start up money ($80? Will have to check for details.) The larger the group, the more the annual cost for meetup services. They have a donation widget I intend to use to help defray the cost for future years. Any extra we can blow on a party.<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>James P. Kinney III<br><i><br></i>Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail. It won't fatten the dog.<br>- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain<br><i><br><a href="http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/</a></i><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>