[Charlug] Re: CharLUG Library

Mon Apr 6 03:47:48 EDT 2009

I am not opposed to that. Joe had mentioned something similar: donate them
to CPCC library, with the caveat that the LUG members could always check
them out...

Sounds similar. I will ask next week at PLCMC...

Thanks, Jason.

-be

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 2:33 AM, Jason Edgecombe <jason at rampaginggeek.com>wr=
ote:

> What about donating them to the Charmeck Public library?
>
> Ideally, they would put them in circulation and allow LUG members, and
> everyone else in CharMeck to access them.
>
> Jason
>
>
> Bob Evans wrote:
>
>> Gang...
>>
>> I'm not sure if we should continue the "library". We have Safari access,
>> which, in a pinch, is better than hardcover books, IMHO...
>>
>> I use the hard copy books when I am delving in to something in depth. But
>> in
>> our case...
>>
>> I suggest that anyone who wants any of the LUG books should feel free to
>> take them. After all, we paid nothing for them. It is a  big pain in the
>> back side to store them. We don't have a place where we can set them up
>> for
>> everyone to use. So lets distribute them out to the members of the LUG. =
If
>> you really want to track them, we can use the online library tool on the
>> web
>> site...
>>
>> That being said...
>>
>> I will bring the books to the next several meetings. If you see a title
>> you
>> are interested in, take it.
>>
>> DO NOT RETURN ANY TITLES TO ME.
>>
>> -be
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Leam Hall <leam at reuel.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> The LUG Library seems next to unused. Far as I know I'm the only person
>>> who
>>> wrote reviews for O'Reilly. Even got me a small spot on their website a
>>> few
>>> weeks ago. Maybe it's just a personality difference; I love reading boo=
ks
>>> and learn better from a page than a class. For the most part I slept
>>> through
>>> grad school, read the materials, and got my edu-ma-cation.
>>>
>>> How many folks still use a book to dive into a topic? Do you get more a=
nd
>>> better from web-sites? Or do you prefer man pages and hands on testing?
>>> Or
>>> something else entirely?
>>>
>>> We know there are different learning styles.
>>>       http://www.businessballs.com/kolblearningstyles.htm
>>>
>>> and various was to learn (class, read, one on one). Anyone want to speak
>>> up
>>> on how they learn best? That might give us as a LUG some ideas on raisi=
ng
>>> our own bar.
>>>
>>> As noted, I read to learn and tend to assimilate although I'm converging
>>> more and more in my old age... How about you?
>>>
>>> In other news, a big "THANKS!" to Bob for getting the LUG paperwork.
>>> Organizationally we probably want to figure out where we what to go from
>>> wherever we are.
>>>
>>> Leam
>>>
>>> Bob Evans wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Sorry
>>>>
>>>> (Hit enter before I could say...)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> A big "Thank You" to Joe Josey for keeping track of all this stuff. It
>>>> points out a huge need for the LUG long term - we need a location where
>>>> we
>>>> can keep all the books, CDs, DVDs, etc, where we can
>>>>
>>>> 1) Have member access to these resources on an as needed basis.
>>>>
>>>> 2) We don't dump on folks like Joe, Leam, Sean, etc, to store vast
>>>> quantities of stuff forever.
>>>>
>>>> Let's all think about alternative solutions to this one. Surely other
>>>> clubs
>>>> have had this dilemma.
>>>>
>>>> I will add a general  discussion topic to the April agenda, but don't
>>>> wait,
>>>> email in your ideas & thoughts now...............
>>>>
>>>> -be
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 3:39 AM, Bob Evans <bobevans19 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Yo -
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I met Joe Saturday & transferred over the following:
>>>>>
>>>>> The LUG library...
>>>>>
>>>>> The paperwork for the LUG - incorporation, etc...
>>>>>
>>>>> The software inventory.
>>>>>
>>>>> I will bring all or most of this to the next Saturday meeting - on my
>>>>> calendar that would be April 25, 2009.
>>>>>
>>>>> -be
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 3:08 PM, <bobevans19 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  I open this to discussion....
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>> From: Joe Josey <joejosey at gmail.com>
>>>>>> Date: Apr 1, 2009 2:17pm
>>>>>> Subject: CharLUG Library
>>>>>> To: Bob Evans <bobevans19 at gmail.com>, joejosey at gmail.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Hello, Bob.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Glad to see CharLUG is on the move again.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have the CharLUG library consisting of
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 5 or 6 large totes of mostly dated books along with a cd/dvd
>>>>>>> collection
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> in a notebook.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am cleaning out my storage area and need to know if CharLUG wants
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> library books/media?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If so, please let me know where I can drop it off.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Joe Josey
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/bobevans19
>>>>>
>>>>> Cynically speaking, one could say that it is true to life to be cynic=
al
>>>>> about it.
>>>>>  - Paul Tillich
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's a tip to avoid death by celebrity: First off, get a life. They
>>>>> can't
>>>>> touch you if you're out doing something interesting.
>>>>>  - Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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