KLUG Meeting Minutes 05-MAY-1998

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RE: Kalamazoo Linux Users Group
    Meeting Minutes
    05-MAY-1998
     
Attendees: Bruce Smith, Bob Brown, Adam Williams, Brian Ritz, Scott Yellig,
           Chris Gidman 
(Attendees listed in no particular order.)
     
Presenter: None
Topic:     None
Food:      Bruce brought milk
           Brian brought cake
     
     
General Discussion in the lobby of Building 298
     
As usual, we began our meeting in the lobby so we could watch for people to 
arrive.  For those of you who don't know, B298 is a secure building so we 
must let people in as they come.  If you come to the meeting after 7:00PM you 
probably won't get in.
     
The first topic that came up was the increase in mailing list activity.  The 
activity risen quite a bit in the last two or three weeks.  This is a good 
thing.  Bob reported an approximate 40% increase in mail list subscribers.  We 
welcome the newcomers!
     
Adam brought in a Red Hat 5.0 boot disk for MCA support.  The hope was that 
Richard Harrison would be bringing his computer.  It turns out that this 
avenue had already been tried.  The people who provide this kernel no longer 
support it.  Furthermore, they didn't compile CD-ROM support into the kernel, 
so it was useless for this situation anyway.  Good thing Richard didn't bring 
his PC.  Adam or Bob can provide the URL where they got this boot image if 
anyone is interested.
     
There seems to be some problems with the power supply for KLUG's PC.  When 
voltage is applied, nothing happens.  Adam will bring in others to try.
     
KLUG will have a table in the upcoming computer show.  We discussed who might 
be willing to man that table sometime between 10AM and 4PM.  Since the meeting, 
Bob has also called for volunteers via this mailing list.  This is a great 
opportunity to further the cause of Linux before a select audience.
     
     
At 6:40 we went upstairs to the room.