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        <div dir="ltr">Hi Rich,</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">This group is primarily organized on Meetup these days.  <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">We meet on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 7pm.  For what it's worth, you can always put that on your calendar with a reminder to ask where the meeting is the day before.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I am never sure who receives my emails and do think it sometimes goes into the dead letter box, because I send out so many announcements.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I generally post the info  on the #sgvlug channel on Slack, but I rarely use the @ mention that would trigger notifications to online -or- offline folks.  <br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">(Those of you who are unaware of our Slack space can join it here: <a href="http://bit.ly/sgvtech_slack)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">http://bit.ly/sgvtech_slack)</a></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The website is the least reliable source of timely information. I periodically update it so I can have a history of our previous meetings.<br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Many of these things are solvable and could be automatable, and I have some ideas, but I do not have the bandwidth to pursue it.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Lan<br></div><div><br></div><div><br clear="none"></div>
        
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                    On Friday, March 12, 2021, 6:27:26 AM PST, Rich Pinder via SGVLUG <sgvlug@sgvlug.net> wrote:
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    Bummed I missed ... I"m a VERY old 'regular' member of the group 
    (back in the pcc days), gone for years, and somehow got a ping
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    There was no calender link (time, zoom) in the slack, so I was
    figuring I'd get an email (like this one) to the list.<br clear="none">
    Then getting this last night from you Lan... i realized I blew it ! 
    missed this interesting topic discussion.....<br clear="none">
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    But I did not see an email with the event ANNOUNCEMENT ??   I
    checked spam and trash and at least i dont THINK I got the event
    email !  (but I see below you did send one to the entire list ?)<br clear="none">
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    I dont do facebook.  Dont do instagram.  dont do meetup.  DO slack
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    Anyway.. thanks so much for organizing this group - I miss scale -
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          workshop and our speaker was able to pull off a live demo
          using Colab Notebook.   We had about 29 people at one point
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        <div dir="ltr">Afterwards, we bounced around
          to various topics from Repair Cafe Pasadena's next virtual
          skill sharing event to blowing up electrolytic capacitors to
          rockets to drones to ham radio to 3D printing.</div>
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        <div dir="ltr">Shockingly, I have some
          volunteers for short talks for April for mini-talks.  Topics
          to be announced.</div>
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        <div dir="ltr">Here's our main Linux in the
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          <div> On Tuesday, March 9, 2021, 12:18:55 AM PST, Lan Dang via
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                          <div>This month, we have a guest speaker from
                            CodeDay to reprise his beginner-friendly
                            Python 101 workshop. I really liked his
                            presentation and his material.  He does a
                            good job of introducing the basics, and then
                            he provides a bunch of resources on where to
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                            Andrew is a high school senior that
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                            CodeDay aims to get more students involved
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                            Python 101 is an introductory course to the
                            most beginner-friendly programming language
                            around. In this presentation, Andrew will
                            cover what sets Python apart from other
                            languages, an introduction to basic features
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                            <div dir="ltr">In other news, Dustin started
                              an unofficial Discord for SCALE and SCaLE
                              volunteers and regulars are having fun
                              sharing photos and memories, while looking
                              forward to SCaLE 19x.</div>
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