Missouri Valley Room

[Jared Smith]

Dear Lug list: I just got back to e-mail after a few days away, and
found this message. Sorry for the delay. -Jared

--- Original Message ---
From: "David King" <--- at kclibrary.org>
To: 'jared at trios.org' <jared at trios.org>
Cc:
Sent: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 13:34:42 -0600
Subject: RE: FW: Missouri Valley Room

>Sorry this is such short notice. We haven't yet been able to set up your
>meeting room for your group to use the network connection.
>
>Believe it or not, we've actually been working on it - we're having to start
>learning/experimenting with DHCP connectivity (mainly to get us ready for
>our two new buildings), and are working with CISCO to set it up correctly.
>
>I'm hoping we have it in place for the February meeting - again, sorry if
>this is an inconvenience to your Linux group.
>
>David King
>IT/Web Project Manager
>Kansas City Public Library
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jared [mailto:jared at trios.org]
>Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 7:16 PM
>To: David King
>Subject: Re: FW: Missouri Valley Room
>
>
>Mr. King:
>
>Thank you for responding quickly. The KC Linux User's Group
>has met in the Missouri Valley Room for several years. We
>bring our own computers in and help each other diagnose, demo, and install
>new versions of Linux. Sometimes people bring in a hub and we have a small
>local area network running, perhaps playing a networkable game like Quake,
>as a small sidebar to the larger meeting structure.
>
>From time to time we discuss the option of bringing a network connection
>in, via wireless, or of relocating the meetings to a place like Vatterott so
>we could have access to the Internet for online documentation and other
>resources. We would bring a small hub and our own computers, as usual. The
>central location of the downtown library is compelling reason to keep the
>meetings there. No one has thought to ask the library if it were possible to
>use a network drop from within the Missouri Valley Room until recently. I
>did so and received a terse "not possible."
>
>I do not understand this. I understand that there is a possible security
>risk here, but I hope a personal meeting might be able to assure you that it
>is not our intention to take advantage of the library's network connection,
>but only to utilize a resource which is already available elsewhere in the
>library.
>
>I believe it is possible, and would like to discuss this in person.
>
>Thank you,
>
>-Jared Smith
>member, KCLUG
>