[plug] Last nights First Wednesday Meeting

[Bret Busby]

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Kimberly Shelt wrote:

> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:32:55 +1000
> From: Kimberly Shelt <kim at linmagau.org>
> Reply-To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] Last nights First Wednesday Meeting
> 
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 12:41:23AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> > So, how is there nine days' notice, from 6 October (the first notice of 
> > what the presentation was about, until 8 October?
> 
> WRONG !!!!!! actually I started spamiming about this as early as 4th Sept.
> AND there was a fair amount of info in the latest edition of LinMagAu
> AND even on the PLUG calendar 1st Oct.
> 
> Details below
> 
> It would be perfectly ok Bret, to just 
> a) say you were not interested so didn't come..
> b) say nothing..
> 
> Of course all of my updating was mostly related to LinMagAu I am guessing 
> your next rebutal will be that you were interested in the SAGE speakers 
> and details of their presentation rather than supporting LinMagAu.. 
> 
> Then join the SAGE group, or the First Wednesday group and get in the loop.
> Or better still, ACT on my last mail about "community" and how we in WA 
> should ALL get together and organise more of these speakers etc..
> 
> Kim
> --
> http://www.linmagau.org
> 
> Details for Bret:
> 
> > From: Kimberly Shelt [mailto:kim at linmagau.org]
> > Sent: Thursday, 4 September 2003 9:00 PM
> > To: linux-aus at linux.org.au
> > Cc: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> > Subject: [plug] [gordon at customtech.com.au: MEDIA ALERT: Winners of the
> > Australian Open Source Awards Announced]
> >
> > Woohoo :)
> >
> > I have just chatted with Greg, Michael and Steve live from the
> > conf dinner.. and the plan is that someone will bring me the
> > little statuette back, to Perth and hopefully Perth folks
> > can all get together for the official handing over ceremony     
> > with the next 1st Wed Group meeting..
> > I will post details to the appropriate WA lists  when we have them..
> 
> ---------------
> Ran 31st Sept under LinMagAu Updates section.
> 
> 
> http://articles.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=344&page=1
> 
> " We will be having a semi offical "handing over" ceremony of the lovely tux statuette donated 
>  by Silicon Breeze (Patrick Zad)at the next First Wednesday Group meeting.. 
>  probably at the same time as this edition is going public.. 
>  so pictures will come either mid month October.. or in the next edition. "
> ---------------- 
> Ran 31st Sept under LinMagAu Updates section.
> 
> http://articles.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=340&page=1
> Same edition..
> 
>  "I believe my little tux will be winging its way to, WA soon and we will 
>  have an offical handing over ceremony shortly.. :) "
> 
> (Taken from email..)
> Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 23:37:12 +1000
> From: Kimberly Shelt <kim at linmagau.org>
> To: Gordon Hubbard <gordon at customtech.com.au>
> Cc: Greg.Lehey at auug.org.au
> 
> ----------------
> >From the plug calendar db, updated 1st October 
> 
> mysql> select pc_eid, pc_title, pc_time from  postnuke_postcalendar_events where pc_eid="21";
> +--------+-----------------+---------------------+
> | pc_eid | pc_title        | pc_time             |
> +--------+-----------------+---------------------+
> |     21 | First Wednesday | 2003-10-01 15:00:32 |
> +--------+-----------------+---------------------+
> Special meeting, deferred from 1st Oct :) 
> 
> Presentor from the east, courtesy of SAGE-AU. 
>   
> Also the presentation of the Community award to Kimberly Shelt for "startup" 
> LinMagAu an online *nix/Open Source magazine. 
> 
> ---------------
> Kim
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> 

So, when was the first item posted on the PLUG list, with a meaningful 
and relevant subject, such as "Next First Wednesday Group meeting?"

Your response above is reminiscent of the response from the Vogon 
Destructor Ship Captain, to the person complaining that people did not 
know that the Earth was about to be demolished to make way for the 
Intergalactic Highway Extension.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............

"So once you do know what the question actually is,
 you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
  Chapter 28 of 
  "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
  A Trilogy In Four Parts",
  written by Douglas Adams, 
  published by Pan Books, 1992 
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