[ale] group merger ALE + GA400-Linux

Pete Hardie pete.hardie at gmail.com
Fri Jul 3 09:50:11 EDT 2015


While I do not make meetings, it sounds like a good plan.

On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> 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.
>
> Short story: the founder of the GA400-Linux group passed away and JD is
> one of the co-organizers.
>
> 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.
>
> 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).
>
> Ideas? Feedback?
>
> 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).
>
> 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.
>
> --
> --
> James P. Kinney III
>
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> at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail.
> It won't fatten the dog.
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