[nmglug] GLug meetings

[Mark Galassi]

I just wrote to Ana about this and she wrote saying that it has 
been a
coincidence that we did not have the upstairs room.  The schedule 
for
the near future is:

> *Thursday, April 13* (Theater production in theater - actors use 
> the
> studio up there as their dressing room) - GNU downstairs admin

> *Thursday, April 13 *- GNU upstairs room

> *Thursday, April 27*- GNU upstairs room

> The month of May should still be upstairs unless something comes 
> up. I
> will notify you in advance!

I will ask her if she can consider us "first class" to use the 
upstairs
-- i.e. that we are considered a "pre-existing" meeting that other
people (like theator) have to work around.  Of course we don't 
pay, but
...

My general feeling is that Warehouse 21 has given me this 
springboard to
turn a hundred or so kids into GNU/Linux users, and they are very
supportive, even though they live with horrible logistic and money
constraints.  I would like it if we could support them as much as
possible.

For me it's also the case that the times that I do manage coming 
to
nmglug with my busy "single-parent-with-huge-obbligations 
schedule" are
more frequent when it's in the railyard -- I was virtually never 
able to
do SFBCC.

As for Ted's points: you are pretty much correct on all of them, 
but I
have suggestions for them:

    Ted> lighting is so-so

Yeah, but if we move upstairs it's better, and we have been 
replacing
some of the many burned out bulbs.

    Ted> power outlets minimally present

Upstairs we can configure that more to our liking and maybe make 
it
permanent.

    Ted> and seating is limited

Upstairs I think we can reconfigure that.

Jason's point about the wi-fi is definitely damning.  What would 
y'all
say if I proposed to Ana that we take a hard-nosed approach to the
wi-fi: we (by "we" I mean SITC, of course :-) ) set it up as we 
had done
once and she is committed to not let random people who know 10% 
more
than her about networks come in and mess it up.

I think that if with a tiny bit of work we can do it, then we are
supporting something quite nice at W21.