From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Mar 10 2:36:33 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from pike.cdrom.com (pike.cdrom.com [204.216.28.222]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51C5337B993; Fri, 10 Mar 2000 02:36:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rab@pike.cdrom.com) Received: from pike.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by pike.cdrom.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id CAA02322; Fri, 10 Mar 2000 02:36:32 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200003101036.CAA02322@pike.cdrom.com> To: Michael Chin-yuan Wu Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, rab@pike.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Organizing a Texas FreeBSD User Group In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 10 Mar 2000 04:07:36 CST." Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 02:36:32 -0800 From: "Robert A. Bruce" Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Michael Chin-yuan Wu said... > >I have been thinking about organizing a FreeBSD user group for >the Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston, Austin, San Antonio and surrounding >cities. (Sorry El Paso people, but 8 hour drives don't seem to >be feasible. You are welcome to come to our meetings though ;) ) I believe that Houton already has a FUG. See http://www.houfug.org/ >A: Providing or helping to search for meeting place Bookstores are often good places for meetings. Borders and B&N will often let you use their cafe areas for meetings if you schedule them in advance. >C: Coming to the meetings :) Sorry, Texas is too far from Concord, CA. >D: Sponsor some food/drinks (We could just have everyone bring some >food/drinks + their computers) Sure. My company, BSDI (formerly known as Walnut Creek CDROM), will be happy to sponsor food/drinks at your first meeting. We can also provide you with some brochures, install discs, and other advocacy materials. Let me know what you need. -bob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message