Austin Loco - Meeting (OP edited with latest Info)

[Druke]

*Updated*
What to know

• Meeting will be on November 29th, 2009 @ 9pm.
• Meeting will be primarily IRC. If you want to meet in meatspace, organize that separately.
• IRC Documentation

*/Updated*

We need to get the ball rolling on scheduling a meeting. I've never really planned something like this, so I'm not sure what venues are preferred and such. Another Question is, what would be needed?

Any ideas for Schedule/Venue?

If discussion does happen, it will likely happen here

[MichaelBurns]

I live in Georgetown. I noticed that there is supposed to be a meeting in Austin every 3rd Sun of the month, so I was going to show up. But there are no minutes since Jan., and now, you are saying that we need to schedule. So, am I to understand that there is no 3rd Sun meeting at the coffee house this weekend?

[catco_designs]

I believe that Waco is fairly Central for the entire state.

I beleive that the topic is suggestive. Texas is a huge state. Amarillo,Houston,Dallas, Austin among the many smaller areas with financially strapped users.
Let us hear the consensus

[Druke]

Austin's wiki is very out of date, I am working on catching it up. I just haven't had time to sit down and change anything but the front page.

This thread is mainly pertaining to Austin specific loco.

Also if you clicked the link in #2, you will see the mailing list where we are discussing an IRC meeting in two weeks (28th or 29th).

[MichaelBurns]

I believe that Waco is fairly Central for the entire state.

I beleive that the topic is suggestive. Texas is a huge state. Amarillo,Houston,Dallas, Austin among the many smaller areas with financially strapped users.
Let us hear the consensus

Are you suggesting that people from Amarillo come to Waco (of all places) to meet? I don't even want to go to a meeting in Waco, and I live in Georgetown. Since you're in Cleburne, is there a Dallas meeting that you can attend? I think that Texas is certainly big enough to justify at least a few regional LoCos that don't encompass the entire state.

Also if you clicked the link in #2, you will see the mailing list where we are discussing an IRC meeting in two weeks (28th or 29th).

I had to look up the meaning of IRC in google. That's apparently some sort of chat-room thing? I'll think about it. When the interaction gets that close to real-time, I prefer actual face-to-face interaction. I quickly lose interest (and patience, ironically) when confronted with all the typing "shortcuts".

[Druke]

Well, the meeting is mainly to be organizational. Austin Team has attempted to start up before; shortly fluttering into silence. So we are all lax to enter into a serious commitment until we know our members are fully on board. The meeting minutes will get posted onto the wiki page if you are unable to make it.