<div dir="ltr"><div>Sorry for that. In the 25 years we've been running our group, this is the first time anything like this has happened. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I did send a cancellation notice to our announcements mailing list as soon as Jerry and I discovered that all roads to the building were closed, and then I updated the website from my phone to alert anyone not on the mailing list. <br></div><div><br></div><div> Unfortunately, we didn't discover that the roads had been closed until after an hour-long drive into the city and over the Longfellow Bridge, about 15 minutes before the InstallFest was scheduled to begin. <br></div><div><br></div><div>We normally run 4 InstallFests each year. We haven't selected a date yet for the next one, which should be in September or October. <br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 8:08 PM Gary <<a href="mailto:dgary99@yahoo.com">dgary99@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpb83456fdyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
<div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org/msg33053.html" class="gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpe12d249aenhancr_card_5196636644" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Re: Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest LXX Saturday July 27, 2019 cancelled</a></div><div><br></div><div id="gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpa3021c8enhancr_card_5196636644" class="gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpa3021c8yahoo-link-enhancr-card gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpa3021c8ymail-preserve-class gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpa3021c8ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org/msg33053.html" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpa3021c8yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table class="gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpa3021c8card-wrapper gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpa3021c8yahoo-ignore-table" style="max-width:400px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table class="gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpa3021c8card gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpa3021c8yahoo-ignore-table" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,228,233);border-radius:2px" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpa3021c8card-primary-image-cell" style="background-color:rgb(0,0,0);background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;border-radius:2px 2px 0px 0px;min-height:175px" valign="top" height="175" bgcolor="#000000"><table class="gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpa3021c8card-overlay-container-table gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpa3021c8yahoo-ignore-table" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpa3021c8card-overlay-cell" style="background-color:transparent;border-radius:2px 2px 0px 0px;min-height:175px" valign="top" bgcolor="transparent"><table class="gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpa3021c8yahoo-ignore-table" style="width:100%;min-height:175px" height="175" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpa3021c8card-richInfo2" style="text-align:left;padding:15px 0px 0px 15px;vertical-align:top"></td><td class="gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpa3021c8card-actions" style="text-align:right;padding:15px 15px 0px 0px;vertical-align:top"><div class="gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpa3021c8card-share-container"></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td><table class="gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpa3021c8card-info gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpa3021c8yahoo-ignore-table" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto;width:100%;max-width:400px;border-radius:0px 0px 2px 2px;border-top:1px solid rgb(224,228,233)" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding:16px 0px 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 2px"></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:12px 24px 16px 12px;width:99%;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;border-radius:0px 0px 2px"><h2 class="gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpa3021c8card-title" style="font-size:14px;line-height:19px;margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">Re: Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest LXX Saturday July 27, 2019 cancelled</h2><p class="gmail-m_8718908835877038598ydpa3021c8card-description" style="font-size:12px;line-height:16px;margin:0px;color:rgb(151,155,167)"></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">Not really true. I arrived by MBTA and had no trouble at all accessing the building. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I'd suggest you keep a list of people who plan to attend, so you can blast out an email the next time you need to cancel. That way, a day isn't wasted, and people who use the "T" can avoid the possibility of smashing and ruining their desktops on the crowded busses and trains.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Are you planning another session?</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">- Gary<br></div>
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<div><div id="gmail-m_8718908835877038598yiv9277989889"><div><div dir="ltr">No, it's not necessary to register prior to the event. <br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><div class="gmail-m_8718908835877038598yiv9277989889yqt2453117616" id="gmail-m_8718908835877038598yiv9277989889yqt31021"><div class="gmail-m_8718908835877038598yiv9277989889gmail_quote"><div class="gmail-m_8718908835877038598yiv9277989889gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 4:27 PM Gary <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:dgary99@yahoo.com" target="_blank">dgary99@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="gmail-m_8718908835877038598yiv9277989889gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="gmail-m_8718908835877038598yiv9277989889gmail-m_-8260665241852766199yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr">I want to attend your Install fest event at MIT this Saturday. I've already done a dual boot (windows 7 & ubuntu 16.04). It worked for a while, now only Win 7 works. I get a weird result at Ubuntu:</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><div><code>32-bit relocation outside of Kernel! <br clear="none"></code></div><div><code> -- System halted</code></div><div><code><br clear="none"></code></div><div dir="ltr"><code>Anyway, do I need to register before I come to the event?</code></div><div dir="ltr"><code><br clear="none"></code></div><div dir="ltr"><code>- Gary<br clear="none"></code></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><br clear="all"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none"><div class="gmail-m_8718908835877038598yiv9277989889gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix<br clear="none">Email: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:abreauj@gmail.com" target="_blank">abreauj@gmail.com</a> / WWW <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://www.abreau.net" target="_blank">http://www.abreau.net</a> / PGP-Key-ID 0x920063C6<br clear="none">PGP-Key-Fingerprint A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 63C6<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div></div>
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