[Tfug] A LUG for UA?

[Jim Secan]

At 09:32 AM 07/19/04 -0700, you wrote:
>Let's come up with a plan as far as days, etc.

It would make sense to try to avoid already-established dates set by other
related computer organizations.  This may prove to be difficult, but it
should be a consideration.  Four spoken-for dates I know of are:

Tucson Computer Society (TCS) general meeting - 3rd Tuesday 7PM
TCS Linux SIG meeting - 4th Sunday 2-4PM
Tucson MAC User Group - 3rd Wednesday 6PM
Tucson Java User Group - 2nd Tuesday 6:30PM

I'm sure there are others, this is just a starter list.  I've also heard
complaints in the past about Sunday meetings (not just on TFUG).

RE the question of a separate UALUG and TFUG, I would suggest a single LUG
with a serious attempt made to have the meetings near the campus.  I know
parking is an explitive-deleted problem near the U, but having it far from
the U will serious cut down on UA student participation.  The resources
available to support these is limited (peoples time, mostly), so spreading
it over two organizations might be a mistake.  We've already got some
spread between TFUG and the TCS Linux SIG, although they may serve
different constituencies.

Jim
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