2022-04-19 KCLUG Meeting, Parking, and Room Reservations

[Jeff G]

I decided to come to the meeting tonight but one other fella was here 
and myself.  The door was not unlocked.  I am not for sure if that is 
kinda normal-ish how things go.  First time visiter; long time reader.  
;)

--Jeff

On 2022-04-18 11:16, Billy Croan wrote:

> Greetings Everyone,
> 
> I've gotten various questions from individuals and I wanted to answer 
> them to all in one message.
> 
> KCLUG is a member-supported "dis-"organization.  So if you show up for 
> a meeting, there is a meeting.  If you don't, there isn't.  Nobody is 
> paid or obligated to run the group, so if there's something you think 
> someone should be doing, "patches welcome", in the spirit of libre 
> software :-)
> 
> Anyone is free to book the room.  I have no unique authority or title 
> to enable me to do so.  You don't have to live in KCMO, or even MO.  I 
> just asked Nicole Brewer (at the library) nicely last month and said I 
> wanted to try to start the group up again and she was happy to oblige!  
> She said she'd like to stop by sometime, so let's all be welcoming!
> 
> I decided to try to re-activate the group again last month, so it's 
> happening.  I'll work on the website tomorrow at the meeting, at least 
> the list-email-going-to-spam problem.  This will be a good opportunity 
> to show off opendkim and email signing.  And I'm signing others up with 
> shell accounts on the server to help with other website updates.
> 
> This is a community project.  KCLUG is, what all of you, choose to make 
> of it.  It's probably long overdue to replace the static html website 
> with some CMS, so I'm accepting volunteers to take that on, and it's a 
> great opportunity to resume-build.  I can not guarantee I will be able 
> or willing to do any specific task myself, on any schedule, but I'll 
> try to make it to the meetings more going forward.
> 
> "Breakfast" on the website, refers to the group heading to a restaurant 
> after the meeting.  It's always been sort of an 'afterparty thing' that 
> folks talk about as they're packing up in the library and pick a spot.  
> The Denny's that we went to before covid burned down again last year I 
> think, and they didn't rebuild this time.  I'll miss the free life 
> entertainment that location provided....
> 
> We have the 1st Wed and 3rd Tue through June, reserved for room 312 in 
> the downtown public library.  (The original corner room we had).  As we 
> go forward if people always attend, we will get more reservations on 
> the calendar.
> 
> Each of us can demonstrate a technology or program to the group each 
> week, so email the list with what you want to share and when to drum up 
> attendance.
> 
> The KCLUG meeting at the downtown location is a 'Library Sponsored 
> Event'.  Not that they're literally paying us, but they're providing 
> the room for free.  So if you park in the library's garage (to the west 
> of the library itself) tell the front desk it's a library event when 
> you come in, and let the librarian validate your parking ticket, not 
> using the self-service validator on the south counter which is only 
> good to discount 120 minutes to $3. --  If the librarian validates it, 
> then it's free through the end of the night.
> 
> The garage is more secure than the street, right next to the library, 
> free now, and never full.  Unless you drive a chevy bolt apparently.  
> There's a big no-bolt or no-volt sign at the gate.  I guess someone 
> caught fire before that recall!  They have a DC fast charger in the 
> garage, but no L2 charger
> 
> I have a few more 3d prints to share tomorrow, and I'll demonstrate 
> setting up DKIM on linux tomorrow, because that seems to be something 
> affecting our mailing list.  (Hope this message finds you all well)
> 
> -Billy Croan
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