[GRLUG] The Geek Group Has a New Lab

[Bill Pribble]

I work for Haworth and though I do not get free office furniture, I do have access to our company store and get a discount if they Geek Group is interested.  I have gotten office chairs for $10 and tables for $20 there before.  It all depends on what they have in stock at the time.  My office phone is 616-393-3143.

Thanks
Bill Pribble

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From: grlug-bounces at grlug.org [mailto:grlug-bounces at grlug.org] On Behalf Of Casey DuBois
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 10:57 AM
To: Casey DuBois
Cc: Mailing List for LUG in greater Grand Rapids, MI area.
Subject: Re: [GRLUG] The Geek Group Has a New Lab

Geek group location is still under construction and needs anybody that can help. Currently I am trying to find desks and chairs for the space (anybody on the list have some)? The official opening for the space is may 31 and they are planning a cafe with coffee and such. The Internet is up but no heat, water or working bathrooms. I have invited Chris Boden to our Monday meeting and it's looking like he'll be able to attend and talk more with the group. The GRLUG group and members are 

Regards,
Casey DuBois
616-808-6942

On Jan 22, 2011, at 10:43 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Ben Rousch <brousch at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The Biggby/Subway in Grandville is obviously more convenient for some
>> people than others, however there is absolutely nothing preventing a
>> gathering at an alternate location or alternate time. As it is, GRLUG
>> meetings/gatherings only happen if someone takes the initiative to do
>> a minimal amount organizational work. The group itself is basically
>> open source, so grab the SaturdaySocialMeeting repo and create a
>> friendly fork.
>> 
>> Contact the Geek Group for availability information, pick a date and
>> time (or use Doodle [1] to find a good date/time), announce it on the
>> list, and make it happen. A few suggestions are: Saturday or Sunday
>> morning, or Sunday afternoon; until the Geek Group Cafe is open, bring
>> some donuts/chips and ask for donations from attendees to cover them;
>> have people bring a little project to work on or make sure there's a
>> MM-like random conversation generator in attendance.
> 
> I'm a random-conversation generator(1)! Sweet! Does that mean I pass
> the Turing test, or am I a simple chatbot?
> 
> I've been mulling over moving the Saturday Social gathering as it is;
> I don't think there's currently anyone attending at least once a month
> who is significantly less likely to show up to the Leonard location,
> so that's not a major issue.
> 
> What I do see as potential issues:
> * Parking (even when ULX was at that location, I didn't know where to park)
> * Food (I wasn't aware they were going to open a cafe. That's good.)
> * Other environmental things. Are they open already? From outside last
> week, it looked like they were still doing construction.
> 
> I wonder...is their network finished being set-up? It'd be pretty
> slick if we could have a hand in getting it put together flexibly and
> competently(2). If anyone wants, I can show them how to install a
> wired network. :)
> 
> (1) Actually, that's one of my two primary functions at the Saturday
> Social; keep the silence filled, engage people who come by. The other
> primary function is simply to be there.
> (2) Well, I'm primarily experienced as a physical-layer guy. I'd bet
> ATW has the mad skillz for layers 2-3, but I can competently get by on
> layer 2 if there's no VLANs or 802.1x involved.
> 
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