On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:19:03 -0600
"Charles Paul" <charles.paul@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am new to this mailing list, and to New Orleans. I moved into the
> Marigny at the end of December, and am a computer programmer and a
> Unix/Linux user (Debian and NetBSD are my current favorites).
>
> I have been a Linux User Group member and organizer since 1998 (whew!
> that's ten years... funny how little has changed on the command line
> since then) - and am happy to see an active LUG in this city. I am
> already on the IRC channel as the user "epsas" - and am at BarCamp if
> you want to say hello and geek out about Unix.
>
> The user's group I was involved with in California was the Berkeley
> Unix User's Group. A great thing that this group does is provide an
> venue for people to get together and talk about their projects and
> ideas with other serious users. They hold their meetings at a great
> coffee shop, and there always have new books to give away to members.
>
> I don't know if nolug is hooked into the Pearson User's Group book
> promotion program, but it is a good way to have books sent to bring to
> LUG meetings as giveaways (free books are a great way to promote ;)
> and deep discounts to members of Linux/Unix users groups.
>
> In any case, I hope to meet you all at the next meeting.
>
> Yours Truly,
> Charles Paul
>
> PS - (If anybody is driving to the next meeting from downtown/marigny,
> it would be great if I could possibly get a ride from there)
>
>
> ----- Forwarded message from "Fox, Heather" <heather.fox@pearson.com>
> ----- Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:10:57 -0500
> From: "Fox, Heather" <heather.fox@pearson.com>
> Reply-To: "Fox, Heather" <heather.fox@pearson.com>
> Subject: Book Mailing from Pearson Education User Group Program
> To: "Fox, Heather" <heather.fox@pearson.com>
>
> Hello User Group Leaders,
>
>
>
> We hope you're enjoying the Pearson Education User Group Program,
> including- among other benefits- an ongoing 35% member discount, a
> monthly contest and a quarterly UG Program newsletter. All details are
> available here: www.informit.com/usergroupwelcome
> <http://www.informit.com/usergroupwelcome>
>
>
>
> As your Linux liaison, I'm writing to tell you about the new books you
> will soon receive for your LUG. These include:
>
> - the latest book from bestselling author Mark Sobell! "A Practical
> Guide to Ubuntu Linux". www.informit.com/title/013236039X
>
> - a new "Unleashed" title from SAMS Publishing: "Ubuntu 7.10 Linux
> Unleashed", 3rd Edition, authored by Andrew and Paul Hudson;
> www.informit.com/title/0672329697
>
>
>
> We have additional new titles which I'd be happy to ship you, but you
> must first reply to me to with your specific picks:
>
> -- Joomla! A User's Guide: Building a Successful Joomla! Powered
> Website by Barrie North;
> http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0136135609
>
> -- RailsSpace Ruby on Rails Tutorial (Video LiveLessons) by Aurelius
> Prochazka; http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0321517067
>
> -- New Paperback Edition! Advanced Programming in the UNIX
> Environment: Paperback Edition, 2nd Edition by W. Richard Stevens
> <http://www.informit.com/authors/bio.aspx?a=e1e71361-53ac-42f0-97c2-131c
> 6fb02d32> , W. Richard Stevens
> <http://www.informit.com/authors/bio.aspx?a=2021c3ba-3c4c-478a-a8ef-8251
> e39f2d4a> , Stephen A. Rago
> <http://www.informit.com/authors/bio.aspx?a=9d0900f8-cd4c-4976-8949-62c1
> e58512f6> ; http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0321525949
>
> -- Implementing ITIL Configuration Management by By Larry Klosterboer;
> http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0132425939
>
>
>
> As always, please ask your members to return their support with
> feedback-good, bad or indifferent! We encourage UG members to post
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> technical site that accepts user content.
>
>
>
> A couple more news items!
>
> -- Linux Journal 2008 Readers' Choice Survey- Be sure your members
> cast their votes! (Polls close Feb 14th!);
> http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1006101
>
> -- 40% Discount to The 6th Annual Southern California Linux Expo!
> (SCALE) To be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, February 8-10, 2008 at
> the Westin Los Angeles Airport. Register today with a 40% User Group
> discount!! The promo code is PEAR2:
>
> http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/
>
>
>
> REMINDER: ONGOING MEMBER DISCOUNT!
>
> Pearson UG members receive up to 35% off every purchase on
> InformIT.com and our partner imprint sites (ciscopress.com
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> savings:
>
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> -- Enter the following member code: USERGROUP
>
> -- LOGIN at any time to automatically receive the special pricing!
>
>
>
> Many thanks, Heather Fox
>
>
>
> *****************
>
> Heather L. Fox, Senior Publicist & User Group Liaison
>
> Addison-Wesley Professional < IBM Press < Prentice Hall Professional <
> Que Publishing < Sams Publishing
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Yeah, seems interesting..could use with a few reads, doubt the library
has anything useful...And welcome to the group Charles
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