[dvlug] dvlug Digest, Vol 154, Issue 2

[Adrianna Frick]

Hi!

I last attended a Berkeley LUG meeting, but I'm in Contra Costa and I'd
love to meet up with anyone out here. I haven't been able to do Friday
evenings because we have a preschooler and, frankly, 7pm is like midnight
for me now. I was also hesitant to spend a Friday night trying to park in
Walnut Creek for something that wasn't a certainty. I tried to join the
mailing list on the website, but it didn't seem to go through so I wound up
here. I'd be happy to meet up with people in central CoCo (Martinez,
Concord, PHill, WC) if anyone is up for it, although a weekend with an
earlier time would be easier for me to coordinate. I was trying to work out
child care logistics for Scala at 7pm, but haven't figured it out yet.

Adrianna Frick

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>    1. Re: Wondering if these meetings still happen (Michael Paoli)
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> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 01:29:31 -0700
> From: Michael Paoli <michael.paoli at berkeley.edu>
> To: Don Smith <don at livinginthefuture.rocks>
> Cc: "Diablo Valley Linux Users Group \(DVLUG\)" <dvlug at linuxmafia.com>
> Subject: Re: [dvlug] Wondering if these meetings still happen
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> Not sure how (in)active DVLUG is.
> I haven't been to meeting on-site since before pandemic when
> my work was still located in Walnut Creek.  I've changed
> employers (and employer location) since then, so these days
> Walnut Creek would be quite significantly out-of-the way for
> me (much more than a moderate occasional detour on the way home,
> that it once was).
>
> I think Ian Lynn and Grant Bowman were the last relatively active
> folks in DVLUG,
> there might be another one or two folks possibly, but as far as
> I am aware / recall, mostly those two.
>
> As, for list(s) for DVLUG, there's "of course" this one
> (longest continuously running), and, in theory, there may be
> one other - web site https://www.dvlug.org/ does also refer to
> another list ... but to add to the confusion, there was never any official
> communication on this list about having shifted over to that (or any other)
> list, so ... this one continues to exist and function ... not sure how
> functional
> the other is (I occasionally also send to it, but don't know if it
> actually works or reaches
> anyone).
>
> Anyway, perhaps Ian (or Grant) or others might respond regarding DVLUG
> meetings - I don't recall, but I think at some point they also added
> virtual,
> e.g. switched to virtual during pandemic (perhaps, I forget)?, and then
> maybe/probably went hybrid after that?  But I really don't recall in
> detail,
> I've been sort'a out-of-touch with DVLUG meetings for fair while now.
> Ah ... web site makes reference to IRC ... yeah, that sounds vaguely
> familiar now that I think of it.
>
> I know they also used to still have regular meetings, even without list
> and/or
> website activity ... so ... lack of web and list activity doesn't mean
> nothing's
> happening regarding meetings (e.g. in person).
>
> Anyway, I'd think there are probably at least some interested folk(s).  I
> recall going to meetings there on occasion, and sometimes someone
> from pretty fair distance away would come - as it was the closest LUG
> meeting to them ... even if for them, "close" was, e.g. North of
> Contra Costa county.
> I think the closest LUG meetings North (or East) of San Francisco
> (SFLUG.org, BALUG.org),
> Berkeley (BerkeleyLUG.com), and Walnut Creek (DVLUG.org) are
> in Marin or Sonoma county (NBLUG), or Davis (LUGOD) meetings,
> I think there is(/was?) also SACLUG if I recall correctly? - in Sacramento,
> other than those, don't think there's anything further North in California,
> but I may not be up to current on that.
>
> And, last I was aware, Ian was (semi-?) active with DVLUG.org.
> And Grant had mostly gotten sidelined with other stuff keeping him quite
> busy, so hadn't been as active in DVLUG.org in a while (I don't know if
> that's changed).
>
> Oh, web site also has information on more recent (e.g. 2022) podcasts and
> such ... so some of that data, etc., may provide additional clues as to
> who's been active more (semi-)recently with DVLUG.org, etc.
>
> On Sun, Jun 2, 2024 at 9:20?PM Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
> >
> > Quoting Don Smith (don at livinginthefuture.rocks):
> >
> > > Hi Rick,
> > > My name is Don and I've been to a few Dvlug meetings in the past.
> > > Thanks for the reply, I showed up to a few CABAL meetings during the
> > > pandemic.
> > > The best address to reach me at is don at livinginthefuture.rocks
> >
> > Thank you, Don!  If I might give your effort any assistance, please
> > ask.  (Sadly, I no longer believe I have Linux/tech contacts in
> > Contra Costa County.  I did live in Moraga and then in Concord for a
> > while, but that was long ago.)
> >
> > BTW, my real telephone number is completely public, along with my real
> > residential address.  The former is (650) 283-7902, which along with my
> > address and everything else is on the linuxmafia.com Web site.
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