[ale] Potential ALE at SPSU meeting OCT 28

[Geoffrey Myers]

On 10/06/2010 02:35 PM, Joshua Roberts wrote:
> Hello ALE,
>
> When:  October 28.  7:30 - 9pm
> Where:  SPSU Room J161
>
> I have spoken with my academic adviser here at SPSU and we would like to
> host the first ALE at SPSU meeting.
>
> I am looking to line up a speaker for the first meeting.
>
> The topic is still undecided, but I had great success a Lanier Tech with
> a What is Linux!  presentation.  If that presentation is workable in
> this time frame that would be great.  If another topic is preferred we
> are open to suggestions.

Sounds like a good first meeting to me.

>
> I looking to have a small leaflet to handout during the meeting that
> will let people vote on what topic they would like to hear about for the
> next meeting.  I am not sure how ALE handles this for their primary
> meetings.  If anyone knows of a better system, please let me know.

Unless you plan on doing all the presentations, I suggest you drop the 
voting process and simply work diligently to find presenters.  Based on 
previous experiences with ALE NW, this will be a challenge.

>
> Other concerns:
> This current date is the last Thursday of the month.  This will prevent
> meetings from taking place at the same time of the month in November and
> December because of the Holiday season.  If the meeting is pushed back
> until Nov. 4 or 11 it will allow ALE at SPSU to create a stable meeting
> schedule.  Or we can just have a meeting now and then worry about the
> meeting schedule next year/semester.

Now and worry about th shcedule later...

>
> Setting up a remote seat for ALE central meetings:  I had spoken about
> this while at Laneir Tech, but Lanier Tech lacked the infrastructure to
> support it.  I believe will be able to setup a client for a Live feed at
> SPSU for those who would like to attend the central meeting remotely.  I
> believe that there is a enough bandwidth available on this end to
> support video and audio.  What is available at the ALE Central location
> will determine what we can setup.
> This will enable SPSU to host at least 2 LUG meetings a month, one for
> ALE at SPSU (ie ALE NW), and another for the ALE Central meeting via a
> virtual seat.
>
> Please voice any questions or concerns to myself: jrtroberts at gmail.com
> <mailto:jrtroberts at gmail.com>
> or Orlando Karam: okaram at spsu.edu <mailto:okaram at spsu.edu>
>
> Directions to SPSU
> http://www.spsu.edu/home/prospective/visit.html
>
> SPSU Campus Map
> http://www.spsu.edu/home/about/campusmap.html
>
> The J building is in near the Center of the map.
>
>
> See you there,
>
> Joshua Roberts
>
>
>
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Until later, Geoffrey

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