<div dir="auto">I just wanted to note that we have some new regulars at our meetings, which is nice.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I was pretty stunned by the turnout today, as there wasn't a topic. I think we had 17 tonight and 5 of them are not regulars.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We had Wendell from Orange County who is starting to get into Linux and found us on Meetup. There was Nathan who had come last month and will be going to SCALE for the first time.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">There was a person who had come to Dustin's talk on C or C++ at Du-Pars years ago and a couple of people I didn't have a chance to talk to.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Very lively conversations all around</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We weren't able to use the back room because of some ceiling issues. But we took a number of tables and booths towards the front of the restaurant. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Lan</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 7, 2024, 00:33 Lan Dang <<a href="mailto:ldangmlist@gmail.com">ldangmlist@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>HI all,</div><div><br>We are meeting this Thursday, Feb 6th at 7:00pm at IHOP. I called today just to check that the rain hadn't affected the back room; looks like they have a minor leak towards the front of the restaurant only. No reservations, but generally, we haven't had a problem using the back room on Thursday nights. When we've had to identify ourselves, we just say we're the computer club.</div><div><br></div><div>We will be at IHOP (880 S Arroyo Pkwy, Pasadena, CA), in the back room <br><br></div><div>1) SGVLUG meeting tonight. It's an open meeting, so a great opportunity to chat. <div><br></div><div>Meetup:: <a href="https://www.meetup.com/sgvtech/events/298668108" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.meetup.com/sgvtech/events/298668108</a>/</div><div><br></div><div><div>2) If you weren't paying attention, the <a href="https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x/schedule/thursday" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">SCALE schedule is up</a>, though there may be some adjustments. If you are registering for SCALE, you can use promo code SGVLG to get 50% off.</div><div><a href="https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x</a><br><br>3) If you want to volunteer with SCALE for the A/V team or The Next Generation teen activities, you can contact Lan. Otherwise, you can sign up on the SCALE google form here:<a href="https://forms.gle/3yLw8muwGTKC1qec6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://forms.gle/3yLw8muwGTKC1qec6</a></div><div><br></div><div><br>Lan<br><a href="mailto:ldangmlist@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ldangmlist@gmail.com</a></div></div></div></div>
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