[Bendug] Anyone been to the COWPU MEETINGS?

[Tim Howe]

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:37:40 -0800 (PST)
pauld at bendtel.net wrote:

> OK, maybe he wasn't a skank.  But starting out an org with corporate
> speakers who have a clear agenda to sell product (probably), just leaves a
> bad taste in your mouth if you're thinking of joining.  At least it does
> mine.  I am far less likely to join & attend things like that...

	Giving a talk on WiFi doesn't necessarily mean he was advertising BendBroadband services, but it does seem a bit off-topic for a group with that name.  I would be disinterested mostly because I already feel like I can't escape people talking about WiFi.

> Plus what does WiFi have to do with Web professionals?  Sure, it's
> possibly relevant, but it's networking, not web related.  A corporate
> schill from Micro$oft schilling FrontPage would have at least been
> slightly more relevant, although far more revolting...

	If I were to do a presentation, it might be an introduction to configuring Lighttpd.  That would be more on-topic and wouldn't be something you hear about constantly.

--TimH