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| * What do I need to do to become a member? | * What do I need to do to become a member? | ||
| - | To be a voting member, you must attend 2 meetings in the previous calendar year. | + | To be a voting member, you must have attended 2 meetings in the |
| + | previous calendar year. All SLUUG meetings count -- UNIX meetings, | ||
| + | LUG meetings, SIGs, Steering Committee. Please sign the attendance | ||
| + | sheets so we can track your status. (Not to mention that there are | ||
| + | often attendance prizes.) | ||
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| + | * What does it cost? | ||
| + | Nothing. All SLUUG meetings are free and open to the public. | ||
| * How can I contribute? | * How can I contribute? | ||
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| * Attend a Steering Committe meeting to help us run the group. | * Attend a Steering Committe meeting to help us run the group. | ||
| * Contribute to our mailing lists. | * Contribute to our mailing lists. | ||
| + | * Get a BBS account to support and sustain our infrastructure. | ||
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| + | * What is the relationship between the St. Louis Linux Users Group and the St. Louis UNIX Users Group? | ||
| + | The St. Louis Linux Users Group and the St. Louis UNIX Users Group are | ||
| + | the same legal entity. The LUG was originally a SIG of SLUUG. Now that | ||
| + | Linux is more popular/familiar than UNIX, we want to brand the Linux side | ||
| + | as a LUG to gain the advantages of such name recognition. | ||
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| + | * Users Group or User's Group? | ||
| + | Users Group. We are a group of users, so there is no apostrophe. | ||
| ====== SLUUG Meetings ====== | ====== SLUUG Meetings ====== | ||
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| * Do I have to be a member to attend a meeting? | * Do I have to be a member to attend a meeting? | ||
| No. All SLUUG meetings are free and open to the public. | No. All SLUUG meetings are free and open to the public. | ||
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| + | * What is the difference between the STLLUG meetings and SLUUG meetings? | ||
| + | LUG meetings tend more toward Linux-oriented topics, whereas the UNIX | ||
| + | meetings tend to be more general topics. | ||
| * There sure are a lot of meetings! | * There sure are a lot of meetings! | ||
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| and locations fit you best. Also, keep an eye out for presentation topics, | and locations fit you best. Also, keep an eye out for presentation topics, | ||
| and try to attend the ones that appeal to you. | and try to attend the ones that appeal to you. | ||
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| + | * What's the deal with the "meetings" after the meetings? | ||
| + | A lot of us like to get together for dinner, drinks, and conversation | ||
| + | after the official meetings. These are not SLUUG events, but can be | ||
| + | a lot of fun -- you can get to know people better and talk on all | ||
| + | different kinds of topics. | ||
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| ====== SLUUG Resources ====== | ====== SLUUG Resources ====== | ||
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| + | * What resources are available? | ||
| + | Web sites, mailing lists, books sales, meetings, InstallFests, | ||
| + | monthly newsletter, archives, BBS. | ||
| * Why isn't there a separate mailing list for Linux questions? | * Why isn't there a separate mailing list for Linux questions? | ||
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| * How do I remove myself from a mailing list? | * How do I remove myself from a mailing list? | ||
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| + | * What are the mailing list rules? | ||
| + | Pretty much just follow the generally accepted rules of Netiquette. | ||
| ====== Other Groups ====== | ====== Other Groups ====== | ||
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| The Open Group owns the trademark. | The Open Group owns the trademark. | ||
| - | * How is UNIX supposed to be capitalized? | + | * UNIX or Unix? |
| - | The Open Group has said that UNIX should be spelled in all capital letters. | + | UNIX. This is according to the Open Group, the organization that |
| - | However, UNIX is not an acronym -- it doesn't stand for anything. The name | + | owns the UNIX trademark. However, UNIX is not an acronym -- it |
| - | was originally a pun on MULTICS, a predecessor operating system. | + | doesn't stand for anything. The name was originally a pun on MULTICS, |
| + | a predecessor operating system. | ||
| ====== Linux Basics ====== | ====== Linux Basics ====== | ||
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