[ale] ALE Central discussion from Jan meeting

[leam hall]

Jim,

I appreciate all the support you and the other ALE folks have provided. A
friend of mine mentioned ALE a decade or two ago when he lived in ATL. I've
never been closer than three hours so have never actually met anyone else
from the group. I have tried to contribute where I can and appreciate when
others contribute in my direction. Looking forward to another 23+ years!

Leam


On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 8:28 AM, Jim Kinney <jkinney at jimkinney.us> wrote:

> Two central topics that affect meetings were decided last night:
>
> 1. In order to avoid schedule issues with Thanksgiving, ALE Central
> meetings will be held on the third Tuesday of each month beginning with the
> March meeting.
>
> 2. While I would prefer that ALE Central continue to meet at a university,
> I've not been able to secure a sponsor in another department at Emory. Our
> current meeting space in the BioMedical Informatics classroom is looking to
> go away due to our move in March. The new location is not situated for use
> by off campus crowds. However, the Decatur Makers space has been generously
> offered as a new home and we will begin meeting there for the March
> meeting. It has the added advantage of being adjacent to an outstanding
> Irish pub, The Marlay.
>
> Preston Ladd is a current DM member and key holder. Phil Turmel is looking
> to join as well. Between those two ALE should have hosts set up. I look
> forward to the knowledge exchange between alers and all the cool makers at
> DM! They had a Lego build night last night which Preston was at. I'm sure
> that was much fun!
>
> As part of this transition, the ALE server will also get a new prime
> admin. Robert Tweedy will take the reins of the server. I will coordinate
> with him and our hosting provider to get the new server setup, migrate the
> history of the web and mailing list spaces and help on the back end as
> needed.
>
> Many, many thanks to the great people from Xilogic for their support over
> the past, wow!, nearly 10 years. As part of the server change, we will
> finally update the ale.org website to reflect the new name of Xilogic
> after their merger several years ago. My apologies for the delay.
>
> Mark Ulmer has expressed an interest in doing some publicity work for ALE.
> Hopefully that will make getting speakers easier.
>
> JD is handling LPI training at KSU as well as meetings every Sunday at
> Harrys Pizza for hands-on how-to Linux help.
>
> ALE-NE is still working on logistics for a location.
>
> ALE-SW meets with Phil Turmel and has a small but steady group.
>
> The ALE meetup has a ridiculous head count, over 900, costs $90 every 6
> months, and has generated several new people that attend meetings often.
> Need to generate a script that can automatically send mailing list traffic
> to meetup members.
>
> I expect that by April, all aspects of ALE that I'm currently responsible
> for will be under new and very capable hands. Thanks to everyone who has
> volunteered their time to take a role as Linux moves into it's 26th year
> and ALE into it's 23rd year. It's also been nearly 19 years since my first
> post on ALE.
>
> http://www.ale.org/pipermail/ale/1998-August/005923.html
>
> What a ride!
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