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First message!
GardenSLUG is go, we had our meeting. When and where is the next one?
Chris
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How about early fall? We 'll need to decide what we want to cover/do at the
next meeting. Unfortunately I missed the first one so I don't know what you
folks agreed on (other than our cool name of Gardenslug).
Jeff
"Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message
news:FyEo4s.87@lugnet.com...
> First message!
>
> GardenSLUG is go, we had our meeting. When and where is the next one?
>
> Chris
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In lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, Jeff Stabile writes:
> "Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message
> > GardenSLUG is go, we had our meeting. When and where is the next one?
>
> How about early fall? We 'll need to decide what we want to cover/do at the
> next meeting. Unfortunately I missed the first one so I don't know what you
> folks agreed on (other than our cool name of Gardenslug).
Well, we talked about meeting every six to nine weeks. That would point us at
9 September give or take. If I recall correctly Erik and LJ both suggested
that they could host sometime (not that I'm trying to put a specific invite
into anyone's mouth). Does anyone want to volunteer their place for a meeting
at a specific date?
What would we like to cover/do? I listed a bunch of possible activities in a
previous note, most of which we didn't pursue. Do any of those or others
sound good to people? Who would be planning to come to the next meeting? (Me.)
We basically fooled around at my place. Is that what we'll be doing in
general, or will we have a more structured situation in the future?
Chris
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Christopher Weeks wrote:
> In lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, Jeff Stabile writes:
> > "Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message
>
> > > GardenSLUG is go, we had our meeting. When and where is the next one?
> >
> > How about early fall? We 'll need to decide what we want to cover/do at the
> > next meeting. Unfortunately I missed the first one so I don't know what you
> > folks agreed on (other than our cool name of Gardenslug).
>
> Well, we talked about meeting every six to nine weeks. That would point us at
> 9 September give or take. If I recall correctly Erik and LJ both suggested
> that they could host sometime (not that I'm trying to put a specific invite
> into anyone's mouth). Does anyone want to volunteer their place for a meeting
> at a specific date?
I'd offer, but somehow I think the airfare would be prohibitive. :)
> What would we like to cover/do? I listed a bunch of possible activities in a
> previous note, most of which we didn't pursue. Do any of those or others
> sound good to people? Who would be planning to come to the next meeting? (Me.)
Hey, if you could WebCam it, I'd check in. ;) As far as a building pile or
something like that, I'd be happy to contribute a few bucks to get
something--although I do wish I were going to be around, because I could find us
some nifty clearance LEGO, no problem!
Perhaps I'll have to be member-at-large, sending interesting things from Europe.
> We basically fooled around at my place. Is that what we'll be doing in
> general, or will we have a more structured situation in the future?
Structure in building = good
Structure in meeting = ?
As a non-attending observer, it sounds like everyone had a capital time just
building, chatting, and swapping ideas. I'd guess that unless we're planning
shows, 'fests, or the like, there's not too much need for rigid structure (so long
as nothing's degenerating into total chaos).
best
Lindsay
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I checked my calendar. September was nearly full. We had talked about Sep 1-3
(Labor Day) but I found out I'm busy then. I'm available Aug 26-27, Sep
30 and Oct 7-8 plus all of October.
Whether to have a meeting of GardenSLUG at my house some day:
First, my home is 77 miles from Chris' house, formidably surrounded by Queens,
New York. It's not what you would call *centrally located*. So I'll check now:
who would likely make the trip over? Not necessarily next time, just any time.
1. By train, it is 15 minutes from Penn Station (New York) if you catch the
half-hourly Kew Gardens LIRR, plus a 5 minute walk down 3 blocks of picturesque
Building Ideas. Trains rule!
2. By subway it's about 30 minutes on the E-train from Manhattan and a 10 minute
walk (or just take the bus.)
3. Finally by car (street parking available) it is about 2 hours from NJ. For
upstate NY, it's about 20 minutes from Whitestone.
The LIRR schedule is at http://www.lirr.org/lirr/html/ttn/kewgarde.htm but click
on "weekends, To Jamaica" because the default is weekdays. For example find the
train that leaves "New York" at 1:05 and visits Kew Gardens at 1:21.
Second, my living room is 20x12, a little bigger than Chris' lego room. It's got
Lego everywhere in one half with 2 tables for building. We could use the floor
in the other half. Six people would probably be comfortable, I think more would
start to be crowded.
Don't forget to chime in with "Yuck! Go into the city???" or "Sounds doable!" I
suspect there are some New Yorkers about, let me hear from you.
Oh, just for Lindsay: the Q10 bus is a 25 minute ride from JFK airport. (:
-Erik
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In lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, Erik Olson writes:
> I checked my calendar. September was nearly full. We had talked about Sep 1-3
> (Labor Day) but I found out I'm busy then. I'm available Aug 26-27, Sep
> 30 and Oct 7-8 plus all of October.
Until something comes up, I can make any of those days.
> Whether to have a meeting of GardenSLUG at my house some day:
>
> First, my home is 77 miles from Chris' house, formidably surrounded by Queens,
No sweat for me. I'm from the midwest where we view distance quite
differently. (The 17 hour drive do my folks' house is no biggie, so two hours
into The City is peanuts.)
> New York. It's not what you would call *centrally located*.
But it might bring other NY folks into the fold.
> Oh, just for Lindsay: the Q10 bus is a 25 minute ride from JFK airport. (:
Just don't take the SST!
Chris
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"Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message
news:398325A4.70F9F9F4@pilot.msu.edu...
> Structure in building = good
> Structure in meeting = ?
>
> As a non-attending observer, it sounds like everyone had a capital time • just
> building, chatting, and swapping ideas. I'd guess that unless we're • planning
> shows, 'fests, or the like, there's not too much need for rigid structure • (so long
> as nothing's degenerating into total chaos).
I think Lindsay has a point. Unless we are in the middle of a
project/exhibition, it may be fun just to continue to learn about one
another and gain members. Fun and friendship could be the current order
until we build on to bigger and better things. (for now, how about a
contest to design our mascot, does any other LUG have one?)
I'd be happy to offer my place (pending approval from the non-lego-spouse
tho my 2 year old builds on!) if we can nail a date in the fall.
Lindsay, hop over to Deutschland and grab some weiss-bier und fleisch bitte?
Jeff
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I can also offer the finished basement of my family house, which could
probably handle a meeting for about 8 people or so comfortably (less if they
are all into trains :-), with a max of about 13. As far as that goes, I'm
in central NJ, about 1 hour to 1:15 from Philly and 45 minutes - 1:20 from
Manhattan, depending on traffic, with lots of highway access. We have a
housecat who would rather be put down than have any contact whatsoever with
strangers, but a major caveat is our (friendly, non-dangerous) 50-lb
*long-haired* housedog who follows me around everywhere I go--I could always
lock him up for a few hours, though it would probably damage our
relationship for awhile, and that wouldn't get rid of the pet dander.
Anyway, I am very willing to travel and will still be in the NJ area at
least through the end of the year. AFAIK, I can make any of the dates in
the next couple months that people mentioned and should have my own vehicle
in a few days so travel will not be a problem for me. As for content of the
next meeting, I enjoyed meeting everyone for the first but because I had to
leave early, I didn't feel like I accomplished much besides having a bit of
fun. Fun is important and I personally hope will be the main goal of this
LUG, but I would like to have more than just casual get-togethers at the
meetings--the 2 can be combined, Shirley? Perhaps we could focus the
meeting and speed up discussion of organizational matters by thinking of the
content of a website for GardenSLUG (I think LJ volunteered her husband to
write one up, anyway...?). Then we would need to think a bit more about
content without having to have a real "formal" business meeting (which would
be pretty boring IMO) since brainstorming and playing with our bricks can be
done simultaneously, kind of how the last meeting naturally evolved, just a
bit too slowly for me to take advantage--it sounds like a lot more was done
after I left (which I'll try not to take personally :-p). One specific
thing for the next meeting I'd really be interested in discussing is coming
up with a mechanism for trades and services of that nature for the future.
binky
--
Motoslave Garage: http://home.att.net/~brgn/motoslave/index.htm
LEGO(R) trade list:
http://home.att.net/~brgn/motoslave/collections/L-trade/trade-list.htm
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J Stabile wrote:
> "Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message
> news:398325A4.70F9F9F4@pilot.msu.edu...
>
> > Structure in building = good
> > Structure in meeting = ?
> >
> > As a non-attending observer, it sounds like everyone had a capital time • just
> > building, chatting, and swapping ideas. I'd guess that unless we're • planning
> > shows, 'fests, or the like, there's not too much need for rigid structure • (so long
> > as nothing's degenerating into total chaos).
>
> I think Lindsay has a point. Unless we are in the middle of a
> project/exhibition, it may be fun just to continue to learn about one
> another and gain members. Fun and friendship could be the current order
> until we build on to bigger and better things. (for now, how about a
> contest to design our mascot, does any other LUG have one?)
I like the brick separator with two trans-neon-orange eyes, maybe on green 1x1
cylinders for eyestalks. :)
> Lindsay, hop over to Deutschland and grab some weiss-bier und fleisch bitte?
Weiss-bier, was aus die Kühe kommt? Das hat kein Alkohol, und heißt "Milch."
Gut für Kinder!
I'm not sure I'll consume anything German, save possibly chocolate. I've seen
how they treat that meat, no thank you!
tschus!
LFB
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Christopher Weeks wrote:
> In lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, Erik Olson writes:
> > Whether to have a meeting of GardenSLUG at my house some day:
> >
> > First, my home is 77 miles from Chris' house, formidably surrounded by Queens,
>
> No sweat for me. I'm from the midwest where we view distance quite
> differently. (The 17 hour drive do my folks' house is no biggie, so two hours
> into The City is peanuts.)
Erik, your house is surrounded by formidable queens? What did you do to them,
steal all of the size-12 high heels in the city? ;)
If I may indulge an Anglophile moment, only Westminster is usually referred to as
"The City"--I'm not exactly sure why, but it dates from the 17th century. However,
if you do get it in mind to come visit the City, I'll be staying near there when
I'm in Britain, so we can have tea. (Just to keep the motif stable.)
> > New York. It's not what you would call *centrally located*.
>
> But it might bring other NY folks into the fold.
True! And, fortunately, NYC is very public-transit accessible.
> > Oh, just for Lindsay: the Q10 bus is a 25 minute ride from JFK airport. (:
>
> Just don't take the SST!
You'd be amazed at how fast you reach Mach when you're headed straight down. :(
Besides, I don't have $9,000 for a ticket, and they've grounded the Concordes
indefinitely. (Not that rectifying any of those would make it possible, mind you.)
Flying Air Canada,
LFB
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Hey Erik,
I'm not real fond of going into The City, but if the directions are good,
and I can use mass transit, then that improves the odds of my attending.
:-) On the other hand, I don't know what kind of MOCs I'd be bringing on
mass transit, either. I doubt that my being MOC-less would lessen my
enjoyment of a gathering though.
Also, if I were to head into the city, then my wife would probably come for
a time, as she loves seeing the sights.
So, in closing, sounds great! :-)
-Andy Lynch
----- Original Message -----
From: "Erik Olson" <olsone@spamcop.net>
To: <lugnet.org.us.gardenslug@lugnet.com>; <lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny@lugnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 1:01 AM
Subject: GardenSlug Meetings When/Where?
> I checked my calendar. September was nearly full. We had talked about Sep • 1-3
> (Labor Day) but I found out I'm busy then. I'm available Aug 26-27, Sep
> 30 and Oct 7-8 plus all of October.
>
> Whether to have a meeting of GardenSLUG at my house some day:
>
> First, my home is 77 miles from Chris' house, formidably surrounded by • Queens,
> New York. It's not what you would call *centrally located*. So I'll check • now:
> who would likely make the trip over? Not necessarily next time, just any • time.
>
> 1. By train, it is 15 minutes from Penn Station (New York) if you catch • the
> half-hourly Kew Gardens LIRR, plus a 5 minute walk down 3 blocks of • picturesque
> Building Ideas. Trains rule!
>
> 2. By subway it's about 30 minutes on the E-train from Manhattan and a 10 • minute
> walk (or just take the bus.)
>
> 3. Finally by car (street parking available) it is about 2 hours from NJ. • For
> upstate NY, it's about 20 minutes from Whitestone.
>
>
> The LIRR schedule is at http://www.lirr.org/lirr/html/ttn/kewgarde.htm but • click
> on "weekends, To Jamaica" because the default is weekdays. For example • find the
> train that leaves "New York" at 1:05 and visits Kew Gardens at 1:21.
>
> Second, my living room is 20x12, a little bigger than Chris' lego room. • It's got
> Lego everywhere in one half with 2 tables for building. We could use the • floor
> in the other half. Six people would probably be comfortable, I think more • would
> start to be crowded.
>
> Don't forget to chime in with "Yuck! Go into the city???" or "Sounds • doable!" I
> suspect there are some New Yorkers about, let me hear from you.
>
> Oh, just for Lindsay: the Q10 bus is a 25 minute ride from JFK airport. (:
>
> -Erik
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Hi Bianca,
I doubt that I would have any problem with a dog wandering during our
meeting, as long as he was reasonably well-behaved, and didn't enjoy eating
Lego. I have a 110 pound dog myself, and enjoy having dogs around quite a
bit. Other people may have a problem with the dander, though. If anyone in
our group has a problem with dog allergies, then they would probably have a
problem meeting at my house also. Our dog is very much a member of our
household, sitting on the loveseat, with his paws over the back and his chin
on the windowsill, watching the street in front of our house. :-)
I would just like to take this opportunity to again thank Chris Weeks and
his wife for the extra effort that they put into cleaning up the room that
we used as a meeting room. I do occasionally have a problem with cats, but
I suffered very little during our meeting, and I even petted some of the
cats as they wandered by during the course of the meeting. I like cats, but
my lungs can only take them for a short time usually. Thanks again, Chris.
As for getting more things accomplished at our meetings, one thing that we
should do is register a domain name before someone else does. It would be
nice to have a time during the meeting when people can bring out items they
have to trade. I don't think it should dominate the meetings, however.
-Andy Lynch
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bianca Nebab" <brgn@worldnet.att.net>
To: <lugnet.org.us.gardenslug@lugnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: SCORE!
> I can also offer the finished basement of my family house, which could
> probably handle a meeting for about 8 people or so comfortably (less if • they
> are all into trains :-), with a max of about 13. As far as that goes, I'm
> in central NJ, about 1 hour to 1:15 from Philly and 45 minutes - 1:20 from
> Manhattan, depending on traffic, with lots of highway access. We have a
> housecat who would rather be put down than have any contact whatsoever • with
> strangers, but a major caveat is our (friendly, non-dangerous) 50-lb
> *long-haired* housedog who follows me around everywhere I go--I could • always
> lock him up for a few hours, though it would probably damage our
> relationship for awhile, and that wouldn't get rid of the pet dander.
> Anyway, I am very willing to travel and will still be in the NJ area at
> least through the end of the year. AFAIK, I can make any of the dates in
> the next couple months that people mentioned and should have my own • vehicle
> in a few days so travel will not be a problem for me. As for content of • the
> next meeting, I enjoyed meeting everyone for the first but because I had • to
> leave early, I didn't feel like I accomplished much besides having a bit • of
> fun. Fun is important and I personally hope will be the main goal of this
> LUG, but I would like to have more than just casual get-togethers at the
> meetings--the 2 can be combined, Shirley? Perhaps we could focus the
> meeting and speed up discussion of organizational matters by thinking of • the
> content of a website for GardenSLUG (I think LJ volunteered her husband to
> write one up, anyway...?). Then we would need to think a bit more about
> content without having to have a real "formal" business meeting (which • would
> be pretty boring IMO) since brainstorming and playing with our bricks can • be
> done simultaneously, kind of how the last meeting naturally evolved, just • a
> bit too slowly for me to take advantage--it sounds like a lot more was • done
> after I left (which I'll try not to take personally :-p). One specific
> thing for the next meeting I'd really be interested in discussing is • coming
> up with a mechanism for trades and services of that nature for the future.
> binky
> --
> Motoslave Garage: http://home.att.net/~brgn/motoslave/index.htm
> LEGO(R) trade list:
> http://home.att.net/~brgn/motoslave/collections/L-trade/trade-list.htm
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In lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, Andy Lynch writes:
> Hi Bianca,
> I doubt that I would have any problem with a dog wandering during our
> meeting, as long as he was reasonably well-behaved,
Me too. Nice dogs are nice. (Much like people.)
> I would just like to take this opportunity to again thank Chris Weeks and
> his wife for the extra effort that they put into cleaning up the room that
No problem. Actually, that's usually their room, but I moved a bed and the cat
tree out before putting the HEPA air filter in. And as a correction on what I
said before the meeting, our vacuum is not HEPA, after doing the consumer
research, we opted to get a high powered non HEPA vacuum cleaner instead. (For
more bang for the buck.) I'm glad it all worked.
Except for interacting in a variety of ways with Cletus' boxes, they were
mostly well behaved.
> As for getting more things accomplished at our meetings, one thing that we
> should do is register a domain name before someone else does. It would be
OK, make it so! Actually, how does this work for a group? I've done web
sites, but I was the only one responsible for them. Is one or more of us going
to work on it? Should we dangle member pages from the home page? Who and how
are we handling the costs involved? Is someone volunteering space? What about
for DN registration?
> nice to have a time during the meeting when people can bring out items they
> have to trade. I don't think it should dominate the meetings, however.
I think that the role of trade/commerce can vary from meeting to meeting.
Almost no trading happened at my place. That was fine, but more would have
been OK too.
I'm still interested in participating with some group of people -- it needn't
be everyone, so long as it doesn't take forever -- on buying some clearance
sets and 'drafting' parts out as an alternative distribution method. It just
seems like a neat experiment as well as a good way for several people to get
the stuff they want.
Chris
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In lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> If I may indulge an Anglophile moment, only Westminster is usually referred to as
> "The City"
Well that is a nice sweetmeat, but, the residents of The City over bere beg to
differ. We also have The Street and The Avenue (Wall, and 5th). Westminster
huh...
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net>
<snip>
> In lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, Andy Lynch writes:
> > As for getting more things accomplished at our meetings, one thing that • we
> > should do is register a domain name before someone else does. It would • be
>
> OK, make it so! Actually, how does this work for a group? I've done web
> sites, but I was the only one responsible for them. Is one or more of us • going
> to work on it? Should we dangle member pages from the home page? Who and • how
> are we handling the costs involved? Is someone volunteering space? What • about
> for DN registration?
I'm not certain how we should handle this financially. The fee to register
a domain name used to be $70 for the first two years. A friend of mine had
offered us space back when I mentioned to him that we were forming a group.
I am in the process of contacting him to verify that his offer still stands.
Depending on the amount of space that we are allocated, I would at the very
least like to have some basic member pages, plus links to external personal
web pages, if needed or wanted. Plus, having a newsletter page that gave
updates of events and meetings would help to promote a community feeling and
hopefully encourage other lurkers to join.
> I'm still interested in participating with some group of people -- it • needn't
> be everyone, so long as it doesn't take forever -- on buying some • clearance
> sets and 'drafting' parts out as an alternative distribution method. It • just
> seems like a neat experiment as well as a good way for several people to • get
> the stuff they want.
I would be interested in this, but one concern is what happens if everyone
wants the same subset of pieces? How do we break a stalemate? Otherwise,
I'm all in favor of expanding my collection through discount purchases...
:-)
-Andy Lynch
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In lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, Andy Lynch and I write:
> > I'm still interested in participating with some group of people -- it • needn't
> > be everyone, so long as it doesn't take forever -- on buying some • clearance
> > sets and 'drafting' parts out as an alternative distribution method. It • just
> > seems like a neat experiment as well as a good way for several people to • get
> > the stuff they want.
>
> I would be interested in this, but one concern is what happens if everyone
> wants the same subset of pieces? How do we break a stalemate? Otherwise,
> I'm all in favor of expanding my collection through discount purchases...
> :-)
Well, I guess we would randomly determine someone to pick first, and we would
just take turns drawing an element off the table or whatever. Not everyone
would get everything they wanted, but at a minimum you'd get 1/n of the pieces
which would be what you contributed financially and the "winnings" would tend
to be the type that you were interested in.
Alternatively, each piece (or lot of pieces) could be 'auctioned.' The total
winning bids of each person would be tabulated and the percentage of all the
bids that each person was responsible for placing would be the percentage of
the total bill that each bidder was responsible for.
Has anyone out there ever done something like this?
Chris
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Erik Olson wrote:
> In lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
>
> > If I may indulge an Anglophile moment, only Westminster is usually referred to as
> > "The City"
>
> Well that is a nice sweetmeat, but, the residents of The City over bere beg to
> differ. We also have The Street and The Avenue (Wall, and 5th). Westminster
> huh...
Doesn't New York also have "The Boulevard?" I know that LA gets "The Strip," right?
;)
LFB
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In lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, Andy Lynch and I write:
>
> > > I'm still interested in participating with some group of people -- it • needn't
> > > be everyone, so long as it doesn't take forever -- on buying some • clearance
> > > sets and 'drafting' parts out as an alternative distribution method. It • just
> > > seems like a neat experiment as well as a good way for several people to • get
> > > the stuff they want.
> >
> > I would be interested in this, but one concern is what happens if everyone
> > wants the same subset of pieces? How do we break a stalemate? Otherwise,
> > I'm all in favor of expanding my collection through discount purchases...
> > :-)
>
> Well, I guess we would randomly determine someone to pick first, and we would
> just take turns drawing an element off the table or whatever. Not everyone
> would get everything they wanted, but at a minimum you'd get 1/n of the pieces
> which would be what you contributed financially and the "winnings" would tend
> to be the type that you were interested in.
>
> Alternatively, each piece (or lot of pieces) could be 'auctioned.' The total
> winning bids of each person would be tabulated and the percentage of all the
> bids that each person was responsible for placing would be the percentage of
> the total bill that each bidder was responsible for.
>
> Has anyone out there ever done something like this?
>
> Chris
Auctioning would be a good idea in the case where there are just a couple of
"really good" pieces and not everyone can get one. For everything else we can
do a draft where the person who picks first in the first round picks last in
the second round. We could rearrange the order after each even round. This is
what we do in my fantasy football league and it works rather well.
Another thing that I would like to see if we could arrange is a mutual buying
service. Everyone could identify sets or themes that they are interested in
and what the highest price or percent off MSRP they would like to pay. Then
when ever someone goes Lego shopping, if they have this list they could pick up
sets for other members. We could then settle up at the next meeting. I know
there are some issues to work out but it could be quite mutually beneficial.
At the worst some sets would just have to be returned to the store.
Since I was out of town for the first meeting I would really like to make it to
the next. To aid in that, the sooner we can pick a date the better for me,
since I generally have to plan my schedules several weeks in advance.
Regards,
Matt
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In lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, Erik Olson writes:
> I checked my calendar. September was nearly full. We had talked about Sep 1-3
> (Labor Day) but I found out I'm busy then. I'm available Aug 26-27, Sep
> 30 and Oct 7-8 plus all of October.
>
> Whether to have a meeting of GardenSLUG at my house some day:
>
> First, my home is 77 miles from Chris' house, formidably surrounded by Queens,
> New York. It's not what you would call *centrally located*. So I'll check now:
> who would likely make the trip over? Not necessarily next time, just any • time.
>
> 1. By train, it is 15 minutes from Penn Station (New York) if you catch the
> half-hourly Kew Gardens LIRR, plus a 5 minute walk down 3 blocks of • picturesque
> Building Ideas. Trains rule!
>
> 2. By subway it's about 30 minutes on the E-train from Manhattan and a 10 • minute
> walk (or just take the bus.)
>
> 3. Finally by car (street parking available) it is about 2 hours from NJ. For
> upstate NY, it's about 20 minutes from Whitestone.
>
>
> The LIRR schedule is at http://www.lirr.org/lirr/html/ttn/kewgarde.htm but • click
> on "weekends, To Jamaica" because the default is weekdays. For example find • the
> train that leaves "New York" at 1:05 and visits Kew Gardens at 1:21.
>
> Second, my living room is 20x12, a little bigger than Chris' lego room. It's • got
> Lego everywhere in one half with 2 tables for building. We could use the floor
> in the other half. Six people would probably be comfortable, I think more • would
> start to be crowded.
>
> Don't forget to chime in with "Yuck! Go into the city???" or "Sounds doable!" • I
> suspect there are some New Yorkers about, let me hear from you.
>
> Oh, just for Lindsay: the Q10 bus is a 25 minute ride from JFK airport. (:
>
> -Erik
Maybe my place (St. George, Staten Island - 5 minute bus ride or 10 minute
walk from the ferry) would be more centraly located: easy driving commute from
Long Island and Jersey and public transportation from the NYC.
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From: "Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net>
<snip>
> > As for getting more things accomplished at our meetings, one thing that • we
> > should do is register a domain name before someone else does. It would • be
>
> OK, make it so! Actually, how does this work for a group? I've done web
> sites, but I was the only one responsible for them. Is one or more of us • going
> to work on it? Should we dangle member pages from the home page? Who and • how
> are we handling the costs involved? Is someone volunteering space? What • about
> for DN registration?
a Follow-up to this:
A friend of mine is offering us web space for our LUG, he is asking that on
each page that we host, we have a 1/2" tall by 1" wide "Hosted by Zarious"
logo with link to their page. No popups, no other ads, and no other fees.
If we start hosting some immense website, that may change I suppose, but for
now, it seems like a good deal to me.
I have no opposition to someone finding us a better deal, though.
-Andy Lynch
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In lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, Andy Lynch writes:
> A friend of mine is offering us web space for our LUG, he is asking that on
> each page that we host, we have a 1/2" tall by 1" wide "Hosted by Zarious"
> logo with link to their page. No popups, no other ads, and no other fees.
> If we start hosting some immense website, that may change I suppose, but for
> now, it seems like a good deal to me.
>
> I have no opposition to someone finding us a better deal, though.
>
> -Andy Lynch
Survey: how many here are webmaster geeks?
I'm not that talented at making things look good, but I can do Perl/CGI.
For some other sites I have planned, I was going to take out a pair.com account
(where lugnet is hosted if you didn't know). I could tack on another domain
there. However, free hosting still sounds good.
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Erik Olson wrote:
> In lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, Andy Lynch writes:
> > A friend of mine is offering us web space for our LUG, he is asking that on
> > each page that we host, we have a 1/2" tall by 1" wide "Hosted by Zarious"
> > logo with link to their page. No popups, no other ads, and no other fees.
> > If we start hosting some immense website, that may change I suppose, but for
> > now, it seems like a good deal to me.
> >
> > I have no opposition to someone finding us a better deal, though.
The value of such a small flog for the hosting site can't be overestimated,
though--it's not an obnoxious popup window or popout banner ad, so that's instantly
better.
> Survey: how many here are webmaster geeks?
I'm basically functional, although I think my "guruism" ended with HTML 3.0--I
never got into Java or Shockwave or any of that wonderful stuff.
Anyways, maybe we should look into getting on the LUGmap that people in Oz have
been talking about (someone there has constructed a "world LUG" graphic)?
best
Lindsay
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In lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> Anyways, maybe we should look into getting on the LUGmap that people in Oz
> have been talking about
http://www.lugnet.com/map/
> (someone there has constructed a "world LUG" graphic)?
Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.org>
--Todd
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Todd Lehman wrote:
> In lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > Anyways, maybe we should look into getting on the LUGmap that people in Oz
> > have been talking about
>
> http://www.lugnet.com/map/
>
> > (someone there has constructed a "world LUG" graphic)?
>
> Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.org>
Hm, that one too--but I was thinking of one specifically under discussion in
.loc.au, or was that to be appended to Eric's?
best
Lindsay
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