Subject: Fw: Re: Friday Nites @ APU
From: Fielder George Dowding (fgdowding@iceworm-enterprises.net)
Date: Thu Mar 07 2002 - 00:18:24 AKST
Forwarded to the list as requested. fgd
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Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 19:31:15 -0900
From: Anthony Valentine <amv@akvalentine.com>
To: Fielder George Dowding <fgdowding@iceworm-enterprises.net>
Subject: Re: Friday Nites @ APU
I work at Spenard Builders Supply. We have on our small campus, a
building that we use for training and on-site clinics (we call it
the Clinic Club). However, as far as I know, the building is never
used outside of the normal 8-5 Mon-Fri work days.
The building has two large areas; one has several cafeteria style
folding tables, and the other has a classroom type setup with desks.
They are seperated by a small kitchen. We have a fractional (512K)
T1 into our site and we do not pay by the bit.
I am one of two Admin's at SBS.
Would a place like this work? I cannot promise access, however if
there is interest, I can inquire about the possability.
Anthony
P.S. I am currently having difficulty posting messages to the list.
Would you be so kind as to forward this there?
On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 02:01, Fielder George Dowding wrote:
>
> On Tue, 05 Mar 2002 20:23:00 -0900
> Anthony Valentine <amv@akvalentine.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello all.
> >
> > Is there a particular reason to be looking to schools for a
> > location? I.E. will any location work if it has enough room and
> > bandwidth?
> >
> > Anthony
> SNIP!
>
> Hmmm... The Friday night mini-install fests were quite informal,
> no-cost/charge for help, social (inspite of ourselves), and
> benefitted from the 501(c)(3) status of APU as an educational
> institution. With the exception of the lack of APU student
> participation, although I have no idea of the level of this lack,
> the Friday night get-together's fit the picture of a club under
> the auspices of a university. I doubt it would have worked at a
> high school or lower grade school. The university (APU and UAA are
> in fact typical examples of small universities, believe it or not)
> encourages student organizations as part of the transition from
> the cloistered halls of academia to the rough and tumble of the
> work-a-day world. Hence, the university administrators require a
> minimum level of organization to give the students a maximum level
> of freedom.
>
> To address your question, any location would work if it has enough
> room and bandwidth. However, all such locations have an
> administrator. The problem is to find that combination of location
> with an administrator who wants such a group to meet on its
> premises. The group's task is to discover what benefit it will
> provide to the location's administrator. Answering this question
> will provide insight to the type of organization that would have
> an administrator likely to put out the welcome mat.
>
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