On 07/12/11 17:44, George Tripp wrote: >> In addition, it may be of interest to mention here that I also >> run a couple of groups within the U3A 'clubs'.
> I've recently joined Northampton U3A. I'm intending to attend a > computing group next month however having spoken to the leader > there doesn't currently seem to be a lot of interest in open source > or Linux. Could well be that in the longer term I'll look to > starting a similar group to yours in Northampton. I let two years go by thinking there was no interest. But when I started up the groups, people turned up! The first Bracknell meet was in the Oldies Cafe I help with (PC also) and I was so convinced no one was going to turn up, I had ordered lunch to eat for something to do. Then four people arrived! Choke. Gulp. My suggestion is create a group!! Now! By all means copy my groups' blerb etc. I personally do not want to waste my time with Windows OS probs but if peeps are using FLOSS on Windows that is ok. But as you see my group/s are Ubuntu centric. I wrote an article in the national U3A news a while ago and invited emails. I got 16 direct responses, I thought this was good. There was the expected kerfuffle in letters after it too, and the Editor eventually pulled the plug, as they do. Go for it! -- alan cocks -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
