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<pre wrap="">Erik Anderson <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:erikerik@gmail.com"><erikerik@gmail.com></a> wrote:</pre>
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<pre wrap="">I was actually somewhat saddened while talking to people at the AWS
re:Invent conference a few weeks ago. I would mention that I'm from the
Twin Cities, and they'd ask how the technical community is in this area. I
explained that we have a <b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>lot<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> of technical folks here, both on the
software development side as well as the sysadmin/operations side, but that
the opportunities to gather and exchange ideas are few and far between. I
would absolutely <b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>love<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> to see TCLUG (and other local groups like it)
flourish.</pre>
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There are many opportunities to gather and exchange ideas in the
Twin Cities, at least for software development.<br>
Ruby.mn; jsmn; android, iOS, and dozens of other meetup groups for
developers and users of software platforms...<br>
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I think TCLUG remains small because there are just not a lot of
fans, and we are not organizing or promoting the group. I'm sure the
moderators or the people who used to do that would welcome more
enthusiasm and volunteer work. (There are even a few prominent
RedHat employees in town we could talk to about sponsoring
meetings.)<br>
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Chris<br>
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