[ALUG] December Meetup

[Richard]

Great to see a spirited discussion on this. As a whole the area of 
networking can offer a lot of interesting topics that would be of value to 
all of us. I like that together with a potential topic we are also looking 
at what "value" a topic offers. I think this is important as we move 
forward; when we get together we want to impart value on each other.

While some in the group are networking novices I do not think it is 
necessary to start the discussion from the very basics since any technical 
knowledge, say programming, will bequeath the owner with some general 
notions of networking. As such I think we should focus more on particular 
"value" topics of networking, say setting up a DNS server. Now anyone can 
pick up a book or good online resource and learn how to setup a DNS server 
however we can make this more valuable in our setting by covering important 
tips or tricks the presenter may have learned or baffling DNS problem that 
they once solved. In essence, as a presenter, you are sharing your 
knowledge and experience which can be very valuable to someone with less 
knowledge and limited experience. For the networking experts among us I'm 
sure we can find numerous value topics like that which would benefit the 
rest.

With that in mind, and considering we are already in December, I suggest we 
move the networking presentation to January to allow for more thought and 
ideas to come up. Since our last presentation, "Introduction to Ruby & Ruby 
on Rails", needs a rerun, I suggest we do that instead. This will offer us 
a chance to nicely wrap up the topic after it was disrupted by wifi issues 
last time. This will also offer an opportunity for those who could not make 
it last time to get in on the action too.

Since we held it at KITEC the last time, I would like us to hold it there 
again to allow the couple of KITEC students who joined us the last time to 
consolidate their learning. And plus everyone loved the venue! Of course if 
this is OK with KITEC. Will that be possible Godlisten?

I had previously proposed December 12 but I had forgotten there is the 
Arusha Node Marie annual general meeting on the same date. I think the week 
after that might be a bit too close to the holidays so how about Tuesday 
December 10? It is only a week away but I trust Zachariah will be ready 
since this is a rerun. Would that be OK Zachariah?

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