[TriLUG] Welcome new TriLUG member! (was Re: The Direction of TriLUG)

Matt Pusateri mpusateri at wickedtrails.com
Fri May 25 09:08:29 EDT 2007


Welcome Chess!

Matt P.

Chess Griffin wrote:
> Tanner Lovelace wrote:
>   
>> On 5/24/07, Chess Griffin <chess at chessgriffin.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi everyone --
>>>
>>> Been lurking, but wanted to pick up on this point.
>>>
>>> My wife and I have two small kids and we both have extremely hectic
>>> jobs.  Thus, I have only made it to a small handful of monthly meetings.
>>>   I would _love_ for there to be semi-regular lunches around town.  I
>>> don't really know anyone in the LUG and would very much like to meet
>>> folks.  The monthly meetings in the evening are usually just too hard
>>> for me to get to, but I'm all about lunch meetings.  :-)
>>>       
>> Chess,
>>
>> Welcome to TriLUG!  Glad you spoke up.  If you would like to
>> meet some TriLUG people, how about organizing an informal
>> TriLUG lunch?  Just take a look at http://www.trilug.org/wiki/TriLUG_Lunch
>> and create a new page on the wiki for the time/date/location. :-)
>> Talk about it on the list beforehand and come to some consensus
>> for date, or just propose a date and see who can come!  Anyone
>> can call a "TriLUG lunch"!
>>
>> Also, since you've already spoken up, how about telling us a bit
>> more about yourself?  Are you new to the area?  What interests
>> you the most about Linux and/or FOSS?  Let us know! :-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Tanner
>>     
>
> Thanks for the welcome, Tanner, and thanks for pointing me to that wiki
> page.  I'll definitely work on organizing an informal TriLUG lunch.
>
> As for myself, I am not really new to the area.  I'm a NC native, but
> moved around for many years while growing up, and now have been back in
> Raleigh for about 10 years.  I'm in my late 30's, married, two kids, and
> 6+ Linux boxes -- including a nifty NSLU2 running Debian Etch.  :-)  My
> first computer was an Apple ][ we got in the late 1970's, and I've been
> hacking around with them ever since.  Unfortunately, I don't work in IT
> nowadays, although I am certain I did so in a former (or future?) life.
>
> I've been using Linux as my primary operating system since 2001 or so,
> and have spent most of my time with Slackware, although I also use
> Debian, Arch Linux, and some FreeBSD thrown in for good measure (my
> OpenSolaris Starter Kit is also sitting on my desk just asking for some
> of my time).  I think what interests me most about F/OSS is the freedom
> itself; plus, I have discovered that I simply love UNIX-like operating
> systems.  I enjoy helping new users discover Linux and I dabble in
> various F/OSS projects here and there.  I have been to a few TriLUG
> meetings but kept pretty quiet.  I look forward to meeting people in
> person and becoming more involved with TriLUG.
>
> Best regards,
> Chess
>
>   




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