[NTL] Organizing TLUG/newTLUG meetings for the west end of Metro, Golden Horseshoe

[Bill Mudry]

At 11:15 PM 11/4/04 -0500, Colleen Beamer wrote:
>I would be interested re:  NewTLUG.  There have been a couple of meetings 
>that I would have liked to go to, but since I live in Hamilton, it has 
>been too inconvenient for me to attend.  However, note that I am not a 
>programmer, just a user, so unless the meetings are directed toward users, 
>I probably wouldn't get much use out of them and my attendance wouldn't be 
>of benefit to anyone there.
>
>Regards,
>
>Colleen Beamer

That should be the difference between TLUG and newTLUG, shouldn't it. One 
advantage to our being able to
have our west end meetings would be that you can gently corral the 
attention of one of our mentors at a
meeting off to the side and ask questions even if they might not interest 
other new Linux users :-).

So far two members from Hamilton :-) :-). Looks promising.

Bill



>Bill Mudry wrote:
>
>>In a conversation on the phone today with Matthew Rice, we got talking 
>>again about the idea
>>of having meetings for the west end of the lake. I said I would help get 
>>the word around more,
>>so here goes :-).
>>
>>On first thoughts, it would be situated in Mississauga. That should make 
>>sense since it is
>>central to a number of west end places including Etobicoke, Brampton, 
>>Oakville, Burlington,
>>Mississauga itself (of course), perhaps even Hamilton, Kitchner, etc. 
>>Matthew suggested somewhere
>>along Dundas in the west end of Mississauga.
>>
>>How ironical, I thought, since I just happen to live five minutes walk 
>>from the Woodchester
>>Mall off Dundas. Hehe..... honest, no prompting from me. Nevertheless, I 
>>highly recommend
>>it. There are all kinds of eateries on Dundas between Erin Mills Parkway 
>>and the 403 (and
>>Dundas). The #1 Mississauga Transit bus runs the whole length east-west 
>>to Islington station,
>>other routes north-south. the #19 bus goes all the way to Shoppers World 
>>in Brampton.
>>By car, the QEW is not that far and the 403 crosses Dundas even closer. 
>>The closest train
>>station is Clarkson, so members even from Hamilton could ride GO. 
>>Everything for the
>>region is well supplied with inroads.
>>
>>For a start I don't think we really need a large meeting room. Nor should 
>>we need a special
>>speaker ---- at least not at first. I am sure there are many of us that 
>>would be glad simply to
>>meet each other, share time and a meal once a month in a restaurant. One 
>>person suggested
>>days ago re. the new downtown restaurant that programmers could present 
>>the projects
>>they are working on. That could work well even in restaurant settings up 
>>to 30 -50 people with
>>arrangements at a restaurant, even easier with a smaller group --- west 
>>end, too :-).
>>
>>A number of years ago, when I was membership manager of the International 
>>Programmers
>>Guild, a whole bunch of us used to meet once a month first at Movenpick 
>>in Toronto and
>>later in another restaurant (... forgot the name for now) and that worked 
>>out fine. Everyone
>>got used to where the meetings would be. If the response is larger early 
>>on, we will have to
>>rethink how and where to meet but there is no use over-planning at the start.
>>
>>Lets see a show of hands on how many of you would be interested. Share 
>>your ideas, what
>>you would want but be realistic for a start. Write to either list, email 
>>me personally or feel free
>>to call me (905) 822-6088.
>>
>>Bill Mudry
>>
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