<p dir="ltr">Many thanks to those that have stepped to support ALE with their hard earned cash!</p>
<p dir="ltr">We are 2/3 of the way to the $90 needed. Just another $30 to go.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><puts on public broadcasting pledge drive voice></p>
<p dir="ltr">This is your ALE. From mailing list support for newbies to professional sysadmins alike to meetings in 3 (soon 4!) locations for face to face interaction, interesting topics, ALE is a Linux users group driven by your needs. That's what ALE has always done - inform, educate, collaborate, and inspire. </p>
<p dir="ltr">For more than 2 decades ALE led the Linux revolution in the Atlanta area and worldwide (mailing list members in several countries and an article in a UK Linux magazine mentioned ALE with a photo of yours truly holding a glass of ale). Many of the more focused tech topic groups are (very) loosely tied through members with ALE. It's almost like ALE had children that are all grown up now <sniff ;-)></p>
<p dir="ltr">As ALE provides support for your Linux collaboration needs, we need your support for ALE. Usually, I'm asking for topics and speakers but this time it's for your financial support. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Send your contribution to:</p>
<p dir="ltr">Paypal.me/drlinux1992</p>
<p dir="ltr">We need $30 more to meet our obligation to fund the meetup account. We've had 5 members step up with generosity to get us to $60 so far. A huge (HUGE!) thank you for that! </p>
<p dir="ltr">So take a short break from your regular Monday morning and support ALE in whatever amount you choose. </p>
<p dir="ltr"></public broadcasting voice></p>
<p dir="ltr">Hmm. I wonder if we could get Ira Glass to write a guilt filled email. :-}</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thanks everyone!</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 6, 2016 8:54 PM, "Jim Kinney" <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Next week, <a href="http://meetup.com" target="_blank">meetup.com</a> wants $90 for another 6 months. Donations are welcome.</p>
<p dir="ltr">We have 800 people signed up and at least half were members of more than 20 other groups at the time they joined ALE's meetup. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I am very happy to see people at meetings. Let's keep it going. </p>
<p dir="ltr">At this point, it looks like May will be an off month. June will be a multiple person presentation covering various virtualization and containerization tools by request. Plan to be there or at least be ready for the debut of ALE live web conferences! </p>
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