> Thanks for compiling this! I was bummed that I couldn't make it up
> tonight, but I hope to be at the next meeting.

> I am definitely interested in each of the topics listed there and look
> forward to each of them.

> Have a great evening!

> Jason

> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:49 PM, Heather Morris
> <heather.morri...@gmail.com> wrote:
>         Hi Folks,

>         I'm going to do my best to quickly summarize the first LUG
>         meeting of 2012 (Wednesday, 9/26)!  In attendance were
>         Michelle, myself, Ryan, Seth, Frank, Dave and Darrick.  

>         First and foremost, the date of our next meeting is Thursday,
>         October 25th at 6:30PM - 8:00PM in the Small Meeting Room at
>         the Missoula Public Library.

>         We spent a little time going around the room to find out how
>         we're all using Linux -- distros we're currently running or
>         have some experience with.  We chatted about what the group
>         had done in the past, what we as individuals would like to get
>         out of the group and some ideas for keeping it going in the
>         future.   Some of the ideas we tossed out were:

>         Demos/Presentations
>         * Raspberry Pie
>         * Arduino
>         * Using Linux to Monitor Windows-based network (Cacti, Nagios)

>         Group Projects
>         * Build a Gentoo box
>         * Build a Media/Streaming/DVR box/system (XBMC, MythTV)

>         Guest Speakers
>         * Seth knows folks around the state that would be willing to
>         come to a meeting to speak on a variety of topics.

>         This year, I attended DEFCON, so I'm in possession of one of
>         these cool badges. The badge itself came with some additional
>         parts (2 PS/2 and 1 VGA port) so we decided that for the next
>         meeting, I'll bring the badge, additional parts, a soldering
>         iron and we'll hack it!   (Again, that meeting will
>         be Thursday, October 25th at 6:30PM - 8:00PM in the Small
>         Meeting Room at the Missoula Public Library.)

>         We also learned the Missoula has it's own Makerspace! If
>         you're into hardware hacking, they should be right up your
>         alley. Maybe we want to think about having the next meeting
>         there instead of at the library?  I'm not sure how much
>         physical space there is, but if there's interest in meeting
>         there, and someone wants to contact them to see if it's ok for
>         a group of us to show up at once, then I'm game.

>         For now, we'll meet monthly, and Thursdays actually works real
>         good for a number of us so maybe/hopefully that will work
>         better for some of the folks that weren't able to come
>         tonight.  I hope that doesn't mess anyone up. :/ Also, some
>         people were headed to Sean Kelly's after the meetup tonight so
>         an after-get-together is always possible and something that
>         could be planned in the future!

>         So, that's all I wrote down. :)   Comments/additions are
>         welcome.  

>         ~h

>         --
>         Sometimes to save the world, you have to push a few old ladies
>         down the stairs.