Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 22:19:57 -0500 (EST) From: Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: State of the union, 1999. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901102217130.724-100000@foobar.hyperhost.net> In-Reply-To: <3698EA50.66D2@webcom.com>
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Southern MD anyone?? I already have a small group of 3 that we meet together (one convinced that windows will fix everything in 5.0 and the other a slooow newbie, but it's a start). _____________________________ Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net> Hyperhost hosting and Design http://www.hyperhost.net On Sun, 10 Jan 1999, Graeme Tait wrote: > Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > Subject: State of the union, 1999. > > Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 22:47:50 -0800 > > From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> > > To: current@freebsd.org > > > > Well, it's another year behind us, folks, and probably high time for > > another state of the union report! > > <snip!> > > > Tech support: > > > > Our users also need to become more involved and I'm hoping that 1999 > > will be the year when a lot more local user groups and other self-help > > type of organizations are formed. > > > I'm not sure if questions is the right place to post this, but here goes. Please > steer me in the right direction if necessary. Any suggestions are welcome. > > I live in the Princeton, NJ area, and would be interested in actively > participating in a local FreeBSD user group. As I'm a newbie, I figure I would > easily get more out than I put in ;-) > > For me, local would include NYC - I'd gladly commute there for a suitably > scheduled meeting. My partner (although he's not very technically inclined) is a > Brooklyn resident with an intimate knowledge of the city, so he might be able to > help with organisational matters. > > The nearest group I see listed on http://www.freebsd.org/support.html#user is a > group forming in Washington DC, which would not be practical for me to attend > except on rare occasions. > > I've no idea how many users exist in the NYC area, who might be interested in a > FreeBSD users group, but it would seem a logical place to have one, especially > from an advocacy viewpoint. > > As a starter, I'd be willing to provide online resources (need to discuss this > with my partner though) for a local UG, including maintaining a mailing list. > > I'd also like to know if there are any guidelines for forming/operating a FreeBSD > UG. > > > -- > Graeme Tait - Echidna > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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