New Jersey Gentoo Users?

dweigert · Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2003 8:43 pm Post subject: New Jersey Gentoo Users?

Folks, I'm wondering if there is interest in creating an New Jersey Gentoo Linux Users Group (NJ-GLUG)

I live in Central NJ near Rutgers University.

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dweigert · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 10:25 pm Post subject:

Come on now, there has to be more Gentoo users than just me in the Garden State!!!

Seriously though, I'm interested in organising a group (informal at first) sort of an extension of the forums...

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profse · n00b Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 7

i live in NJ, in metuchen actually.

dweigert · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 2:15 pm Post subject:

Good

That's a start then. I have a couple of friends up in Bergen county that also use Gentoo. With any luck we can get some interest going for a once a month type of meeting.

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latexer · Retired Dev Joined: 05 Mar 2003 Posts: 239 Location: NYC

i'm in jersey city, while attending school at NYU. i'd be up for this if it was some place easily commutable sans car.

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dweigert · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 10:07 pm Post subject:

How about someplace in New Brunswick?

Can be gotten to by train from Penn Station (NYC or Newark)
Any thoughts?
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profse · n00b Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 7

i'm down with it, but the weekends(which is probably going to be the day of choice) are bad for me.

dweigert · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2003 2:46 pm Post subject:

I don't mind some day during the week in the evening, like 7:30 pm or so
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profse · n00b Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 7

any day during the evening is good for me. where are we looking to meet? house? burger king?

dweigert · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2003 5:01 pm Post subject:

I'm thinking maybe one of the coffee houses. There is one on Easton Ave, I think it is called Cafe 52.

I'll check and post something.

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dweigert · Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2003 8:43 pm Post subject:

Ok,
Cafe52 it is, 52 Easton Ave., New Brunswick, NJ

Just a short walk up the hill from the NE Corridor line train station.

Any ideas, for which weeknight? I'm voting for a Thursday or Wednesday night, but I'm open every day except Monday.

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AlexUsesGen2 · n00b Joined: 31 Mar 2003 Posts: 3 Location: NY

I live in NY and use gentoo..does that count?

dweigert · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 2:41 pm Post subject:

Sure, if you want to come for some comraderie, and Gentoo discussion, I certainly won't keep people away :-)

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exhilaration · n00b Joined: 03 Dec 2002 Posts: 18

Heyyyyyyy - I live in Old Bridge, about 10 miles south of New Brunswick.

I'm totally in!

If we do it on a weekday please make it late - 8pm or later (if nobody minds). But I have no problems with weekends.

I vote for Wednesday night - 8pm.

I think that New Bruswick is a pretty good choice due to its location in central NJ. It's an hour north of Philly and an hour south of Manhattan. It's highly accessible by rail and automobile - Route 1, Route 18, Route 287, and the Turnpike all pass through New Brunswick.
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dweigert · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 4:29 pm Post subject:

*Grin* Equally painful to get to from anywhere

Besides, maybe we can start a Gentoo revolution at Rutgers ;-)

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exhilaration · n00b Joined: 03 Dec 2002 Posts: 18

Let's set a date. How about in two weeks, on Wednesday 4/16?

How's that for everyone?

The reason I think we should wait two weeks is so that we can get the word out. Perhaps the fine folks at the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter would be kind enough to give us a plug in the 4/8 and 4/15 issues.
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dweigert · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 9:38 pm Post subject:

That's good for me... April 16th at 8:00 pm at the Cafe52 on Easton Avenue in New Brunswick.

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darkenigma · n00b Joined: 01 Apr 2003 Posts: 4 Location: Earth

I'm located in Union, NJ half of the year, seeing as how I'm a student at Kean University. I've been using Gentoo for a while now, but I just signed up for the forum today to see if I could help some noobs out.

If the meet is on one of the nights I'm actually sober, I'm down for it :twisted:

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profse · n00b Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 7

April 16th is good for me. Any hints on where to park? Easton is a pain to park on. =)

dweigert · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2003 9:51 pm Post subject:

the Ferren parking deck, next to the train station will be pretty good.

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exhilaration · n00b Joined: 03 Dec 2002 Posts: 18

Dan:

Since you're in charge by default, I just wanted to remind you to send a message to the newsletter people (gwn-feedback@gentoo.org) and ask them to mention the date, time, and location of the meeting.

Here's some suggested text:

New Jersey Gentoo Linux Users Groups

We're a couple of Gentoo users trying to start a "NJ-GLUG" in the Central New Jersey area. We hope that those of you living or working in this area can join us for our first meeting. The address is below (Mapquest is your friend) if you have any questions, feel free to e-mail us (your e-mail here, or mine: usmanc~bigfoot~com.

New Jersey Gentoo Linux Users Group
**********FIRST MEETING************
Cafe52, 52 Easton Ave, New Brunswick, NJ
Wednesday, March 16 2003 at 8:00pm

- Usman

dweigert · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2003 7:10 pm Post subject:

Ok,
I am registering the domain njglug.org. I have space on a server (not gentoo, unfortunately) and will be putting up a page there, once the domain is created. Anyone want to do content? I suck at drawing ;-)

Dan
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PhantomNJ · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2003 7:18 pm Post subject: NJ Gentoo LUG

Heya all,

I'm very interested in joining an NJ based Gentoo LUG, however I won't be able to attend the meeting.

Will someone be putting together the beginnings of a membership roster? This would be the first LUG I've had the opportunity to join so I'm sketchy on the details.

Regards,
Rob
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dweigert · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2003 8:47 pm Post subject:

Sure, we can certainly do that, and I think we can even put up a on line thing at some point. Keep minutes, etc, if anyone is interested.

Dan
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exhilaration · n00b Joined: 03 Dec 2002 Posts: 18

Dan - I'll do the content. But please don't spend too much money on this - we have no idea how this is going to turn out.

Rob - Come on, what could POSSIBLY be more important than a meeting with your fellow Gentoo users? Jefferson Twp is ONLY an hour away from NB - just hop on 287 and take the Easton Ave exit.

:wink:

- Usman
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