[sf-lug] SF-LUG Linux Discussion Group at Noisebridge

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

On 01/27/2016 06:12 PM, Michael Paoli wrote:
> Uhm,
>
> I beg to differ.  I don't think because some meeting is no longer happening
> is a particularly good reason go go about rewriting (list) history.  It
> ought suffice to have it said/noted on the list (if) that such-and-such
> meeting isn't happening anymore - folks ought be able to figure out from
> list(s) and web page(s), etc., if a meeting is still active or not ... and
> if that's still ambiguous, inquire on relevant list(s) or with relevant
> contact(s) and find out more definitively.
>
> Would be kind'a like removing all records of an extinct culture or species
> from history merely because it was no longer alive and ongoing - seems to
> me not the optimal approach.
>
> And hopefully (most) folks are smart enough to realize that just because
> someone once said something once-upon-a-time, doesn't mean it's true
> forever (e.g. just because someone said "always meets at such and such
> location, high noon 'till 1pm local time on leap days" - doesn't mean that
> event still goes on or will do so in perpetuity).

So, I suppose you also want recurring new notifications of meetings of 
the Homebrew Computer Club just because it existed back in the '70s, 
since "folks are smart enough to realize" it no longer meets?