Adding CINLUG as a support resource for the End of 10 campaign

[Joe Greene]

well We are all here  any of us would likely be happy to help you. If you
don't want to wait just say where you would want to meet someone to help
you through the process (just make sure there's wifi available) and I'm
sure we can find one of us local/mobile enough

On Sun, Jul 13, 2025, 05:11 Nancy Conelley <nancy.conelley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> I would be interested in this too. I have an old laptop with Windows 10 xx
> on it that could probably be upgraded instead of in the closet gathering
> dust.  lol
>
> I will try to come to a future meeting.
>
> Nancy
>
> > On Jul 9, 2025, at 12:50 PM, John Scott <jscott at posteo.net> wrote:
> >
> > (It looks like Bernie forgot to send his reply to the mailing list, so
> I've quoted most or all of it here.)
> >
> >> Hello, John! I was hoping to catch you at the end of last night's
> meeting, but you left a little earlier than the rest of us.
> > You're very observant. Leaving just before 8pm ensures I can catch the
> bus 🚌.
> >
> >> Tom McGuinness also pointed out the End Of 10 movement and the idea of
> having an event (like an install-fest) was brought up to the CINLUG board
> of directors. To my recollection, we never made a firm decision but I
> believe we were leaning towards doing it in October.
> > That sounds smart. My thinking is that logistics can be figured out
> later and we gauge interest—and I plan on getting creative with doing
> outreach. My intention at this very moment is to get us on the map and
> announce "we're here". Personally I'd be happy to meet users wherever they
> are on my own time, and for such ad hoc arrangements this mailing list is
> as good of a place as any to see who wants to help and how.
> >
> >> I don't have a problem with you listing CINLUG on the map:
> https://endof10.org/places/
> >> However, I am unclear what information is required. Looking on this
> page:
> >> https://invent.kde.org/websites/endof10-org#places
> >> ...at their example data/places.json file, I see they use a postal
> address, latitude, longitude and phone number. We really do not have any of
> those -- at least for public consumption. Do you know if those are required?
> >
> > I'm about to finish preparing and testing the merge request so I'll make
> certain, but nearly all fields are (or ought to be) optional and may be
> omitted when it doesn't make sense. The information is encoded using
> Schema.org ontologies, so if "microdata" or "Resource Description
> Framework" ring a bell, that's all that's going on here.
> > Placing us on the graphical map may not require a street address if
> geographical coordinates or merely the city and state will suffice to make
> a point encompassing Indianapolis broadly. More importantly though this
> will get us into the text list below, in search engines, and the like. A
> link to the CINLUG web site will be included, and Michael confirmed for me
> off-list that non-subscribers should be able to send email to this CINLUG
> list fine with the moderation queue.
> >
> >> If our October meeting (which, geez, is only 3 meetings away!) were to
> be an install-fest, would you be able to give a short (~10 minutes)
> presentation on the purpose of End Of 10, John?
> > Absolutely, I'd be honored.
>
>
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