[Shenlug] Ideas... (Re: 1st Evening Meeting test IRC & VOIP online Linux at BerkeleyTIP-Global

[Jeff Stoner]

On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 08:58 -0500, Larry Butts wrote:
>   This post got me thinking....what if we did something like this?  I
> mean, most of us have hi-speed internet right? (well, I don't, but I will
> soon) Either way, maybe have some online video conferences as a way of
> meeting.  :)  Just a thought.

Video and voice conferencing has always been real pita unless everyone
uses the same network/software and even then, there's problems. It's a
lot better than it was 5 years ago, though.

I've created* an IRC  #shenlug channel on irc.freenode.net and will hang
out there (when I'm online, which is 9-6 Mon-Fri.) If you have an IRC
client (chances are, you do) then come say Hi.

*IRC channels are created dynamically and without any authorization.
That's why they're so popular.

>  However, the drupal setup for our LUG would be
> just awesome.  We can set it up like we please, give out permissions/roles
> to various users to maintain content (without the need for full-out user
> accounts on the servers), and it has some pretty cool gadgets as well as
> makes it easy to produce very professional looking sites quickly.  :)  And
> with the collaborative nature of it, no one person has to do all the
> updates, etc.  However, I would imagine we'd have one person (or two, one
> an alternate) to be "Editor" and just double check content for grammar,
> spelling, content (no porn), etc.  :)

This is exactly what NovaLUG did - www.novalug.com. I forget who,
exactly, set it up but I can find out if you like.

-Jeff