[GNHLUG] GNHLUG is turning 15! Let's have a party!

[Ben Scott]

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Jon 'maddog' Hall <maddog at li.org> wrote:
> IMHO the "obvious place" to have it is where it all began...at UNH in
> Durham.

  Ah, but as you've already successfully argued, duplicating first
occurrences exactly are not an essential element.  The celebration
will be symbolic of all efforts, regardless of date or venue.  Greater
NH, right?  ;-)

  Okay, I'm being slightly flip -- but only slightly.  Point stands.
:)  And, on a more practical and serious note, Durham is rather
out-of-the-way, as you go on to imply.  I think an event for all of
GNHLUG should be as easily accessible to as many people as possible.
As it is, I'm honestly disappointed that Manchester will still be
quite a hike for the DLSLUG folks.  Even Concord's a bit far.  Damn
inconvenient geography.

  (Durham's actually quite close for me.  I'm not arguing out of
personal convenience.)

> ... who ofter wondered about these strange people that gave
> away free pizza while talking about free software.

  People still tend to wonder about these strange people talking about
free software, I've noticed.  :)

> But I suggest either Manchester or Concord.  A reasonable drive for
> most, with a slightly longer drive for people like Bill and Rob and some
> of the people from Peterborough and Keene.

  Yes.  That.  :)

> But we would forgive (or even encourage) Bill and Rob if they decided to
> have simultaneous parties in their neck of the woods, IMHO.

  Absolutely!  And like I said, video conferencing.  Everybody's got
free wifi these days.  And surely someone on this list has a laptop
with a webcam they've used under Linux before?

-- Ben