It turns out I can't travel this weekend, so I'll try to make it out to the picnic. bjb On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 08:42:02PM -0400, Lisa wrote: > Thanks so much Brenda, that helps a lot! > > Hope we do manage to dig up an umbrella or something - judging by > today's weather and the forecast... well, maybe if I don't say it I > won't jinx it. > > Looking forward to see you there! > > Lisa > > > Brenda J. Butler wrote: > >On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:18:49PM -0400, Lisa wrote: > >>there any other hardware we should be bringing, like chairs, food, > >>utensils, other picnic supplies? Does computer-related hardware > >>(e.g. laptops) typically get brought to this event, or is this an > >>effort to get us out from behind our computer screens? ;) > > > >We've tried to bring computer-related hardware - the screens > >are hard to see (on sunny days), power is hard to come by, and > >if it rains you have to scramble to protect it. But if you want > >to bring something, people will be interested. Little gizmos with > >batteries might be easier - GPS, PIM, cameras, etc. > > > >The park personnel has told us we can't put up buildings or even > >hang tarps from trees - hence the request for patio umbrella. > >Hopefully that won't be banned too. > > > >There are plenty of picnic tables, so you don't have to bring > >chairs - and OCLUG supplies the food and utensils although you > >can volunteer to help with it if you like. The utensils are > >plastic so if you want to bring your own utensils that would be > >great - reduce the amount of waste. > > > >I hope this helps ... > > > >bjb > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux ---end quoted text---