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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 20:21, Chuck Frain <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chuck@chuckfrain.net">chuck@chuckfrain.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Greetings Everyone,<br>
<br>
As most of you know I run the Ubuntu Maryland Loco Team. We have a<br>
regular meeting that occurs the third Thursday of the month at the<br>
Howard County Library from 7-9pm. Over the last year the attendees have<br>
been discussing Ubuntu related topics as a smaller part of the meeting<br>
each month. We have had more and more time devoted to talking about Free<br>
and OpenSource in general. For the last several months I've been on the<br>
fence about what to do. After a good discussion at the last meeting<br>
we've decided to change the monthly Thursday night meeting a bit.<br>
<br>
Rather than have it billed as the Ubuntu Maryland Team Meeting we're<br>
going under a new name and group, Opensource Maryland. The Ubuntu<br>
Maryland Loco Team will still play a part in the meetings. Ubuntu is the<br>
distro that brought us together and we still believe that it is the<br>
right Linux distro to recommend to the new Linux users.<br>
<br>
The idea is to have a group that promotes Free and Open Source software<br>
in general, no matter the platform. The aim is to become a place where<br>
those who have questions can come to receive answers to why they should<br>
be using Free software where it is appropriate. We have people in the<br>
group that use Free and Opensource software at home to small business<br>
settings. This will be a time and place to discuss topics that affect<br>
our choices to use Free software.<br>
<br>
The beginnings of the website is located at<br>
<a href="http://www.opensource-md.org/" target="_blank">http://www.opensource-md.org/</a> and we will build upon what is there<br>
currently.<br>
<br>
The first meeting for the group will be February 17th at the Howard<br>
County Central Library from 7-9pm.<br>
<br>
More information will be forthcoming as it happens.<br>
<br>
If you have any questions or comments feel free to respond here or email<br>
me directly.<br>
<br>
--<br>
Chuck Frain<br>
GPG Key: B2420431<br>
<a href="http://www.chuckfrain.net" target="_blank">http://www.chuckfrain.net</a><br>
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