> S-Block, Waikato University, Saturday 20th. It'll be great to have you there.

Hey folks. Just thought I'd drop a line to the list as a way of
introducing myself
and to acknowlege the effort the group obviously put into SFD last weekend.

I'm a web developer type who's been working with open-source tech for many
years now, some of the Uni folk on the list will know me, I saw a few familiar
faces in S-block on Saturday.

I was really impressed with what you'd put together. I took a couple of friends
along who are also techies, none of us are hard-core Linux desktop users (yet)
but two of us have been using *nix back-ends for some time now.

Was great to be met on the door (sorry didnt catch the guy's name, my mate
Matt used to work with him at Telecom), getting a warm reception at an event
like that is so important, especially so I imagine for those who may not be as
familiar with all the lingo etc and feeling a bit intimidated by all
the Alpha-Geeks.