DLSLUG/Quarterly meeting 3 November 2005

[Ted Roche]

What a great meeting last week!

Thanks to Doug McIlroy for a fascinating presentation, and to Bill  
McGonigle for arranging and emceeing the meeting. Doug put on a  
whirlwind show featuring significant and memorable milestones and  
wonderful anecdotes. Several people took notes, audio and video  
recordings. We hope to see something on the DLSLUG site soon!

Forty-three attendees made this the most attended quarterly meeting  
of the year.

Bill started with the usual announcements about the group, thanking  
PTR/Addison Wesley for providing some books to raffle as well as  
paying for the delicious refreshments.

Bill had been contacted by a survey firm claiming to be looking for  
cases of Linux cost of ownership situations other than those that  
have been popularly reported. Bill expressed some scepticism on the  
legitimacy of this information and asked to contact him if you want  
to look into it.

Bill Stearns announced the results of the project to bring some  
networking gear to Pass Christian schools, and pointed to a link with  
pictures. Great job, Bill!

A raffle gave away a couple of Addison-Wesley books and some RedHat  
promotional DVDs.

At the end, I spoke for a few minutes on the on-going effort to  
gather feedback for the development of by-laws and the registration  
of GNHLUG as a non-profit organization. Reception was generally  
positive. Several attendees offered to send along by-laws for their  
organizations, so we can examine what others have done.

Thanks to all who attended!

Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
http://www.tedroche.com