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-!!Kyle's notes from WLUG AGM #1, 28/01/02  
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-Need to work out donations of some type to radio club for use of rooms.  
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-need to work out internet connection. Trying for free golive connection.  
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-I will look to see if i can find a system to donate to run as a router for the net connection.  
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-Meetings possibly every 4th monday of the month, to make easier to keep track of.  
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-2002 meetings to be a short presentation on anything, recent packages etc, then hands-on. this way everyone can present something whether it just be how you use linux in your network/ home / business etc.  
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-!!Other ideas  
-Another idea that cropped up during the discussions on IRC was something to do with X basics. Basically things like:  
-* How to change WMs/desktop environments && how to set these as defaults  
-* how to setup a scrollmouse  
-* [how to get X to not start on boot ]  
-* various tricks to do with startx & similar  
-* some basic errors & how to fix, or where to go for troubleshooting help  
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-!!Notes from Minutes of WLUG "AGM #2", %%%  
-!!Sahil's Basement, 25/02/02  
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-!Regarding the WLUG group itself  
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-Group has no formality - we could ask for gold coin donations at radio club  
-Use this money to buy box of stuff for WLUG to keep at radio club - power boards, network gear etc  
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-Appoint a hierarchy - group president?  
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-Traditionally we have meetings only, need to do something to get new people, start doing installs, bringing boxes, start presentations etc.  
-Momentum will eventually gather.  
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-Group needs to develop a purpose  
-* have 2 groups of people - large group of people that don't particularly want help with anything (know what they're doing) that can all sort themselves out  
-* group of newbies that are starting to arrive...  
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-!Regarding Linux and advocacy  
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-The mission of the group needs to be to "Promote Linux use" and NOT to discourage Windows use - as such, people considering public advocacy  
-should read the [LinuxAdvocacy] how-to document.  
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-Daniel refers to a pro-Microsoft story on "Breakfast" TV program. A guy wrote a letter to the show explain alternatives (crossposted to NZLUG  
-list.) While a great idea, it was filled with "Micro$haft" etc - bad advocate. This from the head of a reputable firm in Auck. Profanities,  
-allegorical stuff, "Evil Empire" etc. Not the right way to go about it.  
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-There is a resources for advocacy link on WLUG page.  
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-Question asked of how did everyone get to know about Linux:  
-* newspaper articles are becoming more prevalent  
-* Lots of press in the business market (Linux can do things that other solutions can't)  
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-(story of backing up to can't back up to SQL database)  
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-St John school administrator impressed with install of Redhat  
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-Hamilton school has citrix webterms in labs, 2 boxes,  
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-! Regarding future meeting plans  
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-Can we get bandwidth. talking to GoLive. Daniel follow up GoLive connection.  
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-People are being thrown into 2nd year Linux labs - grads at at Uni will be teaching tutorials on Linux. offer people WLUG as a point of contact.  
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-Format of meetings - presentation or hands on. 20 mins, little presentations.  
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-things Bruce is doing: simple floppy disk insatller. Fax server on samba. aaron: dynamic DNS  
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-ACM chapter - uni thing - can invite people from there.  
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-get a rhythm. see presentations - worth going to. everyone would like to get something out of it  
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-Meetings need to have an audience. Not going to put a couple of hours into preparing anything Good turnout to Daniel's samba thing.  
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-Aaron wants to learn about Advanced Samba something like setting up services WANd (james)  
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-Aim to have a definate goal with talks - show how to do something specific?  
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-* Daniel: LDAP talk  
-* Craig: package management  
-* Aaron: something on DynDNS and bind  
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-differences between easy stuff and hard stuff. Simpler talks. Have to interest everyone, including those who know a lot though . Perhaps have  
-more depth  
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-Linux in business - presented by a man in a suit (Greig :) proprietry standards and vendor locking  
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-!Plan an INSTALLFEST  
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-* Prepare leaflet  
-* Have CDs for people to take home  
-* Should we focus on a single distribution?  
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-* Obtaining Linux  
-* Getting PPP working  
-* Session on the command prompt  
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-Ads in community newspapers - especially the Loot  
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-Provide people a good introduction to Linux - a good way of doing this is showing it doing "something it can do that windows can't"  
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-Firewall box etc  
+Describe [WlugFuture ] here