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[PLUG] LINUX meetings at the Exton Library
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The Exton PC Council http://www.extonPCcouncil.org which meets at
the Exton Library (which is next to the Exton Mall and shares
parking with the Mall http://www.ccls.org) can offer meeting space
to PLUG, but we have some constraints imposed on us by the library,
since we are guests of the library.
The EPCC Board discussed helping PLUG at our meeting Thursday night
and we can help with a couple of venues. EPCC is composed mostly of
home users, with a main meeting & presentation the first monday of
each month, with smaller Special Interest Groups (SIGs) meeting
various other nights throughout the month, Mon to Thurs, handling
smaller groups and individual Q&A. In the past 15 months, we have
had meetings reviewing Corel LINUX and StarOffice, so we are familiar
with the open source movement and LINUX.
Our nights are assigned several months in advance by the library,
and we try to plan our meeting content so that we can get the word out to the
local papers and our membership.
So here is what I want to ask the PLUG listserv... Do you think PLUG
could work within the bounds of EPCC and the Exton library?
Our meeting room can hold up to 100 people, and we can provide it
at no cost. We currently have a Special Interest Group for LINUX, but only
3 people consistently attend it.
One drawback for you is our distance from downtown Philly, and public
transportation to the library is a train and a public shuttle bus. I
don't know how many of your membership are interested in coming this
far, nor how many need public transportation. How many members of
PLUG live in the Western suburbs? One option we have is that
on the assigned nights, a couple of our members could meet the train
with their cars and shuttle attendees. I can provide a Caravan.
The Exton Library is 20 minutes from King of Prussia (South on Rte
202, West on Rte 30 Bypass, North on Rte 100) -or- the Downingtown Exit
22 on the PA Turnpike then South on Rte 100 2 miles.
No food or drink is allowed in the library. We have T1 internet
hookup. We have a color SVGA projector. And within 2
minutes of the library is Rino's Pizza & Beer as well as the food
court in the Exton Mall.
So we would like to suggest that . . . .
We plan a joint meeting, where our LINUX SIG host you on Monday
August 20th. Our LINUX SIG could also host you on Weds September
19th. And we would be excited to have a LINUX presentation of some
sort on LINUX Desktop Apps for our general membership on Monday
October 1st. Do you think these dates are a possibility? (We do not have the
first Weds available at all from now till the end of the year.)
We can try this joint venture and if your attendence drops
off, then you can move PLUG back into the city. What do the others
in the listserv think?
John Voris jvoris@axs2000.net
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