Meeting updates...

[Christopher Browne]

On 5/4/05, Anthony de Boer <adb-tlug-AbAJl/g/NLXk1uMJSBkQmQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Christopher Browne wrote:
> > > Note that a GTALUG already exists, or existed, with Thamer and others
> > > forming it after Jan cast him out of paradise.
> >
> > As nothing was ever formalized, that isn't particularly relevant.
> 
> They can claim prior art, or the organizational-naming equivalent thereof.
> Even if the law ignores unincorporated entities and allows it to you
> because you're the first to want to incorporate under that name, morally
> they had the name first.

Not when the incorporation process for GTALUG began in 2000, which
makes it the "prior art."
 
> > In the discussions on Tuesday, the myopia was quite interesting...
> > The assumption seemed to be made that an "Installfest" MUST occur
> > alongside a TTC subway station, despite the fact that the need for
> > people to transport PCs makes such locations more or less the WORST
> > possible.
> 
> However, for practical purposes, if you're moving computers around you
> want wheels, and that means a location with parking closeby and a
> preference for the non-vehicle-hostile suburbs.

There is also the notion that GTALUG shouldn't be vehicle-hostile, and
shouldn't be hostile to those that have vehicles.
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