Re: [Nolug] Club LUG has been cancelled

Too bad Linux World Expo alternates only between Boston and San Fran :(

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On Friday 07 May 2004 01:24, Joey Kelly wrote:
> From the Club LUG site (http://www.clublug.org):
>
> "CLUB LUG EVENT CANCELLATION NOTICE
>
> Due to a limited number of participating LUG members, the Club LUG
> conference scheduled for May 31 - June 2 in New Orleans has been cancelled.
>
> All registration fees will be refunded immediately. We apologize for any
> inconvenience and hope to reschedule the event in the future.
>
> If there are any questions, please send them to
> questions@oss-institute.org.
>
> Thank you."
>
> Sigh...
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
>
> Subject: [Fwd: Re: Club LUG Enquiry]
> Date: Friday 07 May 2004 12:46 am
> From: Wendell Jones <gwjones@structurex.net>
> To: Joey Kelly <joey@joeykelly.net>
>
> Joey,
>
> I guess that you have seen that the Club LUG thing has been cancelled.
> Here is the response that I got from their contact person today.
> Are any of you guys interested in trying to take the tests anyway?
> Notice that he doesn't come out and say what the cost would be. In
> a previous e-mail, he said that there was a group rate of $200 per
> person for 5 or more for the Club LUG registration, so I'm hoping
> that we can talk him into something similar if we can get a sufficiently
> large number of people. I think that I can get 6 or 7 from LC.
>
> Wendell
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Club LUG Enquiry
> Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 09:30:24 -0500
> From: Wesley Duffee-Braun <wesley@lpi-us.org>
> Reply-To: wesley@lpi-us.org
> Organization: LPI-US
> To: Wendell Jones <gwjones@structurex.net>
> References:
> <E1BJKLC-00029E-H1@dallas.oss-institute.org><1083333526.2651.4.camel@meliss
>a. ossi>
> <40934D23.178E345@structurex.net><1083436345.4093ed39dbbf6@lpi-us.org>
> <4099E979.8A79F70B@structurex.net>
>
> Hi Wendell,
>
> We did do some promotion - LWN, SearchEnterpriseLinux, and Linux Journal
> all had postings of the event on their sites, there was just
> unfortunately not enough time to really promote the event.
>
> There is probably a way for me to arrange a group exam lab for your
> group in New Orleans near the beginning of June. Please draw up a list
> of who all wants to take exams, which exams they want, etc, and I'll see
> about getting that together.
>
> Thanks,
> wesley
>
> On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 02:30, Wendell Jones wrote:
> > Wesley,
> >
> > I saw the cancellation notice posted on the website today.
> > I'm sorry that it didn't pan out, we were looking forward
> > to going. I had just finished lining up six people who
> > wanted to go. Oh well, maybe next time.
> >
> > We were particularly interested in the certification tests.
> > Is there any possibility that there will be a discounted
> > price for the tests for those who can't take them at Club LUG?
> >
> > About the low turnout, was this event advertised or promoted
> > in any way? The only way that I heard about it was a
> > mention on the New Orleans LUG mailing list by someone who
> > happened to see a posting about it. I haven't seen anything
> > about it on Linux Today, Linux Weekly News, Slashdot,
> > comp.os.linux.announce, or any other place that I would
> > expect to see it promoted. Maybe a little more publicity
> > next time will bring better results. Just a suggestion.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Wendell
>
> --
> Wesley Duffee-Braun
> Linux Professional Institute, United States Affiliate
> http://www.lpi-us.org
> wesley@lpi-us.org
> 601-266-6034
>
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