[ale] as promised/threatened, an overly long post with probably nothing of real importance

[Geoffrey Myers]

Lightner, Jeff wrote:

> I'm interested in why one needs to form a SAGE group in Atlanta given
> that there is already an independent UNIX Users Group (Atlanta Unix
> Users Group a/k/a auug.org).   That group doesn't currently have a
> mailing list other than meeting announcements but for the past few
> months Lindsey Cleveland who maintains that list has been asking
> questions about reorganizing.   It might be a good idea to reach out to
> him about that.   Also the group is looking for a new meeting space as
> the current one is going away probably by September if not earlier.
> Most of the people that attend those meetings are "Professionals" and
> much of the time there is spent talking about Linux in addition to UNIX.

Because we want to take advantage of what SAGE can offer us.  As you 
noted, AUUG does not have a mailing list.  Further, I keep getting 
dropped from the announcements, thus the communication engine is not 
reliable.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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