t: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: =
Michael L. Richardson <mlr52-at-michaellrichardson.com>
Subject: Re: =
[NYLXS - HANGOUT] NYLXS Projects
To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com
Date: Satur=
day, January 17, 2009, 2:47 PM

They ran into problems with thei=
r boiler, and the 67th Pct.

Ruben Safir wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 1=
7,
 2009 at 08:38:49AM -0800, Elfen Magix wrote:
>   
>> I was =
thinking of what happened to the Marcus Garvey Center?
>> I believ=
e in that setting up small community computer centers in those
places th=
at do not have but need that we can expose them to Linux.
>>
&g=
t;>     
>
>
> That is great.  Find some centers.  Mic=
hael was working with Marcus
> Garvey.  So I'm not sure what happened=
.  I'd still like to do the
> C++ Workshops and the GTK Workshops.  C=
an't we do this biweekly
> on a serious basis?
>
> Ruben<=
br>>
>
>   
>> --- On Sat, 1/17/09, Ruben Safir <=
;ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> wrote:
>> From: Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbr=
klyn.com>
>> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] NYLXS Projects
>&=
gt; To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com
>> Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009, =
1:43 AM
>>
>> Hey Guys
>>
>> I
 have a problem.  I can plan projects, meetings and activities from
now<=
br>>> until when hell freezes over but the trouble is that it is impo=
ssible
to
>> get anything productily done without the cooperati=
on, companionship
and
>> help of friends that NYLXS once provid=
ed.
>>
>> NYLXS was one time the hurricaine of free softw=
are activity for the
>> region, but we did everything together.  i=
t was the people behind
NYLXS
>> that made it work.  All the en=
thusiasm, power, and dynamics that
pushed
>> us forward was bas=
ed on our compainionship.  
>>
>> I don't know what happe=
ned.  Perhaps it is me, or the changing
economy,
>> or the stat=
e of volunteerism in todays society, but i can't seem
to get
>>=
 anyone to move an inch off there asses anymore.
>>
>> I =
tried to get several projects up and running, particularly the
 C++
>> program, classes and Freedom-IT and it just seems we are m=
ore
interested
>> in talking about stuff getting done than actu=
ally doing it.  I posted
>> C++ programs for 3 months until I burn=
ed out.
>>
>> If we are going to have another meeting in =
the near future, I
don't want
>> to argue and plan.  I want to =
get some hacking done, and get some
>> membership drive working.  =
I talk until I'm blue in the face but
can't
>> push us past poi=
nt one.  I'd love to get more programming studies
going
>> but =
I can't do it by myself.  Even I become exhausted.
>>
>> =
Ruben
>>
>> -- 
>> http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Int=
eresting Stuff
>> http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in=
 Free Software
>>
>> So many immigrant groups have swept =
through our town that Brooklyn,
like
>> Atlantis,
 reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world  -
RI Safirr>>> 1998
>>
>> http://fairuse.nylxs.com  DRM is TH=
EFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI
Safir
>> 2002
>>>>> "Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME"
>>
>>=
; "The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming
sharecroppers =
to
>> our own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to particip=
ate in our
own
>> society."
>>
>> "> I'm a=
n engineer. I choose the best tool for the job,
politics be
>> =
damned.<
>> You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs=
 and technology
have been
>> attached at the hip since the 1st =
dynasty in Ancient Egypt.  I guess
you missed
>> that one."
=
>>
>> =A9 Copyright for the Digital Millennium
>>r>>>
>>
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>>   =20