Fwd: [Charlug] Re: CharLUG Library

Mon Apr 6 09:31:48 EDT 2009

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jason Edgecombe <jason at rampaginggeek.com>
Date: Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Charlug] Re: CharLUG Library
To: Bruce <blentzii at carolina.rr.com>, Bob Evans <bobevans19 at gmail.com>

Please resend to the list, not just me.

Bruce wrote:
> Dear Charlug guys,
> I don't "write in" very much,
> (really a "newbie" compared to most of yous guys)
> But I can tell you this about the Charlotte Public Library:
> STUFF-all stuff-GETS STOLEN!!!!
> I'm pretty sure that (even) a complete, encyclopedic Concordance of the
> Bible-24-26 Oversized, shoe-box width volumes got spirited out:
> If you(all) want the charlug library "taken out of circulation,"
> The quickest way is to donate it to those ya-hoos who don't value books:
> The Charlotte Public Library!!!!
> (I bought, recently, a George Carlin book for 50cents!!!!)
> --Please
> -If it's a manageable amount of work
> --I'D rather try to hold on to (some?) of it
> --Than let it disappear!!!!
> -Humbly,
> -Saltydog,
> -Center-city,Charlotte
> (no car, no cat, no enemies!!!!)
> I would ask for some tutelage/maybe meets up here???? (Only if desired.)
> "...seeking out the poorer places where the ragged people go,
> Lookin' for the places only they would know..." -- that's us!!!!
> Put on your cleaned-up grubbies and sign somebody else's name and you'll
fit
> right in!!!!
> We've got cameras on the doors, but put on glasses, etc., and you'll be
> ignored...that's it!!!!
> --Saltydog
> By the way: I have had family in (fed) government, so watch it on the
> phones, lol.
> I'm sendin' this offer-to hold the library and meet (and teach ME for
god's
> sake!!!!-- and I mean it: That's what "I" get out of this)-up the
flagpole,
> I'll provide the coffee-instant OR decaf, or tea, or minerally-water (it's
> an old-folks and disabled building (Edwin Towers)(#1212)and wireless(!) (a
> Linksys router-$50 bucks, new,from an IT friend) and Ethernet cable-if
> somebody's got a crimper and "ends"--
> --downside? I'm paranoid and superstitious and read scifi
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: charlug-bounces at charlug.org [mailto:charlug-bounces at charlug.org] On
> Behalf Of Jason Edgecombe
> Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 8:34 PM
> To: Bob Evans
> Cc: Charlotte Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [Charlug] Re: CharLUG Library
>
> 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
books
>>> 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
and
>>> 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
raising
>>> 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
cynical
>>>>> 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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