[ale] Status of new ALE-NE at Gwinnett Tech

[Jim Kinney]

Did I miss an offer from you, Chuck? If so, my apologies. I'm rather overbooked for time and some things are falling through the cracks.

On April 4, 2016 6:56:34 PM EDT, Chuck Payne <terrorpup at gmail.com> wrote:
>Well that conflict a bit with the plans I have been working on since
>Nov
>Of last year. I been trying to find a place to host.
>
>I had offer since I am one if the administration to help you never hear
>back.
>
>The offer still stands to help out.
>On Apr 4, 2016 11:38 AM, "Brent Laminack" <brent at laminack.com> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> A while back I posted that Gwinnett Tech could host a new ALE-NE.
>Here's
>> the status:
>> I've now been set up as an admin on the Meetup and author on the
>Wordpress
>> sites.
>>
>> The paperwork has been submitted to Gwinnett Tech. We're now in
>"waiting
>> game" mode until that's approved.
>>
>> There were some tradeoffs. A "student-only" Linux organization would
>be
>> approved a lot faster and easier, but would have some drawbacks in my
>> opinion:
>> 1) it wouldn't serve the larger community
>> 2) it would be harder to get vendor demos and support, as students
>aren't
>> the purchase decision-makers that a lot of vendors look for.
>> 3) it wouldn't expose the students to industry sysadmins that could
>> provide employment opportunities for the students.
>>
>> That's where we stand, I'll keep you posted as I know more. Any
>feedback
>> and suggestions are welcome.
>>
>> brent
>>
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