[QCLUG] A new computer users group in Le Claire

[Robert Jones]

This isn't just relating to Linux so I hope you will allow it and 
forgive me.  I am attempting to start a new computer users group in Le 
Claire and hope to have a Linux SIG at some time in the future.  I 
thought some of you may find it of interest even though most of you 
don't live near Le Claire.  Below is the e-mail I sent out to my e-mail 
contacts.
Bob Jones
QCLUG member
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The Le Claire Computer Users Group (LCCUG) will hold it's first meeting 
on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 and you are invited.  The meeting will be 
held at the Le Claire Library in the large conference room on the right 
as you enter the library.  There will actually be two meetings that evening.

The first meeting will be a new users workshop from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm.  
This will be the time for users of any skill level, not just new users, 
to ask questions and talk about the problems they have encountered.  If 
there are no questions we will demo software of interest to those attending.

The second meeting will be from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm.  This will be the 
main focus of the group and will vary from meeting to meeting.  This is 
your time to have an impact on the course that the users group will 
take.  At this time no format has been decided on.  Come to the meeting 
and express you desires for the course of the group.  My only desire, at 
this time, is to organize a group that will be interesting and 
beneficial to the computer users of Le Claire and the surrounding community.

The future of the Le Claire Computer Users Group could include many 
things that the members will find of interest.  We will be holding our 
meetings at the Le Claire Library on the first Tuesday of every month.  
The format of the first hour will be to assist users with their 
problems.  The second hour will vary.  It could include a discussion 
period, demonstrations, show and tell, whatever the group finds of 
interest concerning computers and the internet.  I hope that this 
portion of the monthly meetings will be semi-formal in that there will 
be a guided plan for each months meeting but still allow for a give and 
take with the group.  Hopefully, as the group gets larger we will have 
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) that will meet on different days and will 
be subject specific.  Such groups, if any begin, could cover subjects 
that are of specific interest such as genealogy, the internet, Linux or 
whatever a group of the members find of interest.

The Library has offered some of their laptop computers for our use (MS 
Windows Vista) and I will have my laptop (Ubuntu Linux) there also.  
 From time to time I will bring my desktop computer (MS Windows XP) to 
meetings for demonstration of software.

Now what we need is people.  Please mark your calendar on November 4th 
and plan on attending to help determine the future of the group.

_*Please forward this e-mail to all of your e-mail contacts that live in 
the Le Claire area and ask them to forward it to their friends and 
contacts.  We need your help and support to get the Le Claire Computers 
User Group off the ground.*_

I plan to establish a LCCUG website on my server space and hope to have 
this up in the near future.  The websites address will be www.lccug.us 
.  Please notice that this is a .us site (not a .com or a .org).

If you plan on attending please let me, Bob Jones, know so I can plan 
for enough seating for everyone.  You can call me at 563-289-5647 or 
send an e-mail to Robert@RM-Jones.com which is my website.

Thank You
Bob Jones