[ale] How Do I Join?

Fri Feb 20 15:36:05 EST 2009

I was weirding out here for a minute. I thought you said "first post"
and was having slashdot flashbacks.

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Robert Reese~ <ale at sixit.com> wrote:
> Now y'all have gone and done it.... made me Top Post *and* send garbage to the
> list.
>
> Do us a favor, guys, and SNIP?  Look below for what I am referring.  Really, we
> only need the salient points kept in each post.
>
> Cheers,
> Robert~
>
>
>
>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:11 PM, James Sumners
>> <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> What are you expecting ale.org to do? Really the only purpose it
>>> has is to inform people of the meetings and allow them to sign up
>>> for the mailing list. In the several years I've been
>>> participating in the list, I've been to the website only a few
>>> times. I could probably count the number of times on both hands.
>>>
>>> 2009/2/19 Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Marc Ferguson
>>>> <marcferguson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to jump back on this project of mine and redesign
>>>>> the ALE website (thankfully, that's running on Wordpress)
>>>>> I'm a PHP web developer and I have some graphic skills.  I
>>>>> tend to create web sites from start to finish and I take user
>>>>> experience into heavy consideration.
>>>>>
>>>>> Personal Blog
>>>>> http://www.fergytech.com
>>>>>
>>>>> World of Warcraft Guild Blog
>>>>> http://www.eyesoftheeast.net
>>>>>
>>>>> Design Portfolio
>>>>> http://www.digitalalias.net/portfolio
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for any feedback, especially from the webmaster of the
>>>>> ALE.org domain. ;)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 3:57 AM, Kresnik Igor
>>>>> <kresnik.igor at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I like know how i can join Georgia Open Source Education
>>>>>> Foundation via emails? power builder, Qt designer, Visual
>>>>>> studio, Macromedia Dreamweaver Macromedia Fireworks
>>>>>> Macromedia Flash, Open Office. i can create presentation,
>>>>>> tutors, example. My web site http://pingusclip.890m.com/
>>>>>> http://linux4you.freewebpages.org/
>>>>>> https://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/5x/installing/ im redy c
>>>>>> reated scren shoots other linux too
>>>>>>
>>>>>> regards,
>>>>>> Igor
>>>>>> PS
>>>>>> Its possibly get pay for this or get donation for this job?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Greg Freemyer pravi:
>>>>>>> JIm,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How much traffic does the website even get?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I only visit once a year or so.  To me ALE is the mailing
>>>>>>> list.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Greg
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2008/5/15 Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Marc,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The website is a carryover from the prior hosting. It
>>>>>>>> is Wordpress with an
>>>>>>>> old style so multiple people can add stuff. I am one of
>>>>>>>> the machine admins
>>>>>>>> and the admin for the mailing list. Aaron Ruscetta
>>>>>>>> handles much of the site updates.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you have a better style for Wordpress you would like
>>>>>>>> us to see, cool!
>>>>>>>> Toss it over and we'll take a look. We are looking at
>>>>>>>> doing some stuff on
>>>>>>>> the site in a bit but haven't given much thought (that
>>>>>>>> I know of - common
>>>>>>>> state for me) to a look and feel. I think the key thing
>>>>>>>> for the current
>>>>>>>> setup is we will probably keep with Wordpress as it
>>>>>>>> nicely does the update
>>>>>>>> job we need. But it is pretty expandable so ....
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Welcome to the ALE list!   Grab yer fav distro, load it
>>>>>>>> up and start asking
>>>>>>>> questions. Unless the grouchy people are missing their
>>>>>>>> nap we pretty much
>>>>>>>> like helping people get moving along with Linux. Most
>>>>>>>> of the obnoxious,
>>>>>>>> feeble attempts at humor will come from me. On occasion
>>>>>>>> I can point someone
>>>>>>>> in the right direction on a problem. The cool thing is
>>>>>>>> we have people that
>>>>>>>> are from all over Linux tech: programmers, admins,
>>>>>>>> graphic arts, engineers,
>>>>>>>> scientists, medical professionals, and many others that
>>>>>>>> have not been listed.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't think we currently have anyone here with direct
>>>>>>>> experience as a
>>>>>>>> circus elephant trainer but we do have an avid juggler
>>>>>>>> and several people
>>>>>>>> known to make beer (and quite a few know to drink beer!
>>>>>>>> ).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2008/5/15 Marc Ferguson <marc at fergytech.net>:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I did a google search for "georgia lug" and I dug my
>>>>>>>>> way through the results and/or sites to www.ale.org.
>>>>>>>>> Followed the link to the mailing list and here I am.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Btw, who handles the web site?  I'm a web developer
>>>>>>>>> and I'd like to help
>>>>>>>>> design the site and get a more community feel to it,
>>>>>>>>> forums, blogs, articles, etc.  Thanks for the
>>>>>>>>> welcomes.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 15:49 -0400, Stephen R. Blevins
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And check out this web site, if you haven't already:
>>>>>>>>> http://www.ale.org/new/index.php
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> BTW, how did you find out about us and this email
>>>>>>>>> address?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Stephen R. Blevins
>>>>>>>>> srblevi at worldnet.att.net
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Harold Bieber wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Marc... Welcome.. you have now joined the Atlanta
>>>>>>>>>> Linux Enthusiasts.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> No, Seriously, there are no fees or anything. If
>>>>>>>>>> you want to show up at any of the meetings we have,
>>>>>>>>>> or the Installfest this weekend feel free. You can
>>>>>>>>>> lurk and learn, and participate in any/all the
>>>>>>>>>> discussions. If you have questions, just post them
>>>>>>>>>> to the list. There
>>>>>>>>>> is also an IRC channel (#ale on freenode), but it
>>>>>>>>>> is often quiet, a couple of us camp out there and
>>>>>>>>>> sometimes even talk.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Welcome to ALE....
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Harold
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 2:32 PM,
>>>>>>>>>> <marc at fergytech.net <mailto:marc at fergytech.net>>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>   Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>   I'm linux noobie and I'd like to join this LUG.
>>>>>>>>>> How do I go about     doing     it?  Thanks.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>   Marc F.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>   _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>>>>   Ale mailing list     Ale at ale.org
>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:Ale at ale.org>
>>>>>>>>>>   http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>> --------------------
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ Ale
>>>>>>>>>> mailing list Ale at ale.org
>>>>>>>>>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ Ale
>>>>>>>>> mailing list Ale at ale.org
>>>>>>>>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Marc F.
>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ Ale
>>>>>>>>> mailing list Ale at ale.org
>>>>>>>>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> James P. Kinney III
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ Ale
>>>>>>>> mailing list Ale at ale.org
>>>>>>>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________ Ale mailing
>>>>>> list Ale at ale.org http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Marc F.
>>>>>
>>>>> www.fergytech.com
>>>>> Registered Linux User: #410978
>>>>>
>>>>> "When life gives me lemons... I make Linuxaide, hmm good
>>>>> stuff!" -Marc F.
>>>>>
>>>> One last bit.  Are you guys using any web analytic services,
>>>> like Google Analytics or Omniture SiteCatalyst?  I looked at
>>>> the home page code and I didn't recognize any.  It would be
>>>> very interesting to see what your web stats are, in greater
>>>> detail.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Marc F.
>>>>
>>>> www.fergytech.com
>>>> Registered Linux User: #410978
>>>>
>>>> "When life gives me lemons... I make Linuxaide, hmm good stuff!
>>>> " -Marc F.
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________ Ale mailing
>>>> list Ale at ale.org http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>> James Sumners
>>> http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/
>>>
>>> "All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
>>> pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but
>>> that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a
>>> tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they
>>> are quickly addicted."
>>>
>>> Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
>>> CH:D 59
>>> _______________________________________________
>>>
>>>
>>> Ale mailing list
>>> Ale at ale.org
>>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>>
>>
>> Hi James,
>>
>> What I want to do is totally presentational only.  I totally
>> understand the action is in the mailing list and I do not want to
>> change that in any way.  To be honest, I think the site looks ugly
>> and there are some User Experience things I'd like to change.
>> Other than that, the site will still have the same information...
>> maybe a blog section, but not needed.  I just want the site to look
>> prettier, keeping up with the "times". :D
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