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## _A_Lug's_Life_ - (c)Dave Edwards
<amoamasam@sympatico.ca> 2001
_Minutes of the General Meeting of FOOLUG (Formerly
the Oxbridge and Orford Linux Users Group)[1],
Aug. 2 2001_
Convened and brought to order at 7:05PM by Joseph
Liebe, meeting coordinator, in room 110 Brandt College.
Present:
   Joseph Liebe, meeting coordinator
   the board of directors--
      George H. Walker, President
      Ravi Singh, Vice-President
      Christina Howe, Treasurer
      Rick Joiner, Secretary
   and 43 members.
   1. o _Linux Can Conquer Cancer_ (LC3)
        presentation by Mike Kelly, followed by
        Q&A = 40 m.
   2. o _Introduction to XFree86 and X11R6, Part XIV_
        by Ewen = 3 m.
   3. o General open Q&A = 20m
Motion Raised:
   o by Alf Tupper
   o that the 3 Tux plush dolls received by FOOLUG
     from Eazel(r) (with the "Eazel(r)
     Forever" logo on their chests) with
     the sample CDROMs be distributed as prizes to
     the top finishers of FOOLUG's Code Wars
     2001.
   o seconded by John Combe,
     top finisher in FOOLUG's Code Wars.
   o put to show of hands
   o carried
      o Christina inquired re the whereabouts of the
        Eazel(r) Tuxes
      o minutes of March meeting of FOOLUG board of
        directors consulted
         o "Eazel(r) Tuxes entrusted to
           Christina"
      o # find / -name 'Eazel(r) Tuxes'
Meeting adjourned @ 8:30PM
20-odd members adjourned to local for FOOLUG Beerswill
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Re: Tux took a hike
Date: Mon. 11 June 2001 19:48:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mal Tremblenc <mtrem@xxx.xxx>
To: foolug@lists.foolug.lug
Reply to: foolug@lists.foolug.lug
On 07-June-2001 Christina Howe wrote:
<snip>
> the Tuxes must have been swiped somewhere between
> the end of the March meeting and the end of the
> beerswill, I can't remember.
Yah, I believe that. ;)
> But I want them back.  They're practically
> collectors items—like the Spruce Goose or
> something like that.  So whoever took them, please
Only penguins, and smaller, and not as sprucey.
> return them.  I've arranged with the staff at
> Brandt College for the reception people to accept a
> package an hour before the July meeting, no
> questions asked.  That's fair, isn't it?
> Give someone else a chance at them.  Not
> *everything's* free, you know.  Most directly,
> the thing you do is theft.
<snip>
Hmmm.  That rings a bell.  Anyway, do like the lady
says. I want mine.
Mal.
--
It is always easier to ask forgiveness than it is to
get permission.
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Re: Tux took a hike
Date: Mon. 11 June 2001 19:51:34 (EDT)
From: Justin E. Cohen <jec@xxx.xxx>
To: foolug@lists.foolug.lug
Reply to: foolug@lists.foolug.lug
On 07-June-2001 Mal Tremblenc <mtrem@xxx.xxx> wrote:
8<
> > Not *everything's* free, you know.  Most
> > directly, the thing you do is theft.
> <snip>
> Hmmm.  That rings a bell.  Anyway, do like the lady
> says. I want mine.
Me too.
Justin.
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[1]This new name was chosen by majority rule at the
meeting of May 3, 2001, after the townships of
Oxbridge and Orford were merged into the new
Municipality of Orbridge, as a compromise in order to
please both sides of a divisive flame-war.