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Re: [PLUG] some work on the letter to usip.edu
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Suggestions.
On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 03:15:13PM -0400, Darxus@chaosreigns.com wrote:
> The Philadelphia Linux Users Group (PLUG) is a computer user group,
> focusing on the Linux operating system, which is very similar to UNIX.
> The group has been meeting monthly since December of 1995. The PLUG
> website is http://www.PhillyLinux.org.
^^
"can be found"
(You're writing a *bullshit* letter, remember. ;^>)
> We were suddenly notified that the place we have been holding meetings
> became unavailable on July 3rd. We are currently attempting to arrange
> a place to meet on July 11th.
The change-over between these two paragraphs seems a bit rough. It's
unclear whether we want to use their space just 7/11, indefinitely
but not 7/11, or both 7/11 and indefinitely. (We want the third,
right?)
> We are looking for a new home. We are contacting you because we
"We are also looking for a new long-term home."
> discovered that your Dr. Guillermo Moyna, Department of Chemistry &
> Biochemistry, built and runs a Beowulf Linux Cluster. Dr. Moyna has
> told me that he and several other faculty members in his Department and
> in the Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science are very
"Departments of Mathematics, of Physics, and of Computer Science"
(I'm an English Minor, cut me some slack.)
> interested in the possibility of having USP as the hosting institution
> of PLUG meetings.
>
> Over the last 5 months, our attendance has ranged from 38-44. Our only
> requirement is seating for at least 50 people. This number will
> probably increase.
"Our only requirement presently is seating for at least fifty
people. This number will probably increase over time, and we may end
up needing a larger space in a year or so."
(Or whatever time-frame you expect that to happen.)
> Other things that we could make good use of are a
> Computer Projector, and Internet Connectivity, but these are certainly
> not requirements.
>
> Our meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month, or postponed
> a week in the event of major holidays. For example, the July meeting
> is scheduled for the 11th. They start at 7pm, and run to about 10pm,
> but can go later, if the space continues to be available.
>
>
> Our meetings include:
>
> * A structured Question and Answer period, where people discuss their
> problems and interests related to Linux.
> * A presentation, given by a scheduled speaker, on some topic related to Linux.
> * General discussion.
>
>
> Scheduled presentations are as follows:
>
> 7/11/2001
> How to run Windows applications in Linux
> Leonard Rosenthol & Michael Leone
>
> 8/1/2001
> PHP Scripting
> Bill Patterson
>
> 9/5/2001
> XML Document Markup Language
> Wes Powers
>
> 10/3/2001
> PostgreSQL vs. MySQL (free Database software)
> Bernie Falor, RDA Consultants
>
> 11/7/2001
> ext2 (Linux) filesystem internals
> Mark Jason Dominus
>
> 12/5/2001
> IPTables (Linux firewalling, etc.)
> LeRoy Cressy
>
> 1/2/2002
> Apache Web Server
> Rebecca Ore
>
>
It would be good to restate the precise request here ("We would
greatly appreciate it if USP would allow us to use some of their
space during the times listed above. We would obviously be willing
to publicize USP within our users group and on our web page in some
reasonable way, if you would like. We have never collected dues,
though if a good space were available for not too much money,
members of PLUG have expressed enough interesting in chipping in
a few dollars each that this is not impossible." Or similar.)
> Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
There needs to be some kind of contact info tacked on the end (or,
really, the beginning, I guess, being as this is a bull^H^Hsiness
letter), obviously.
--
~ g r @ eclipsed.net
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