[20:42] <ndroftheline> hey guys, i'm receiving an error trying to follow the link to this(?) irc channel from https://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-nz/
[20:42] <ndroftheline> "illegal channel name"
[20:44] <ndroftheline> i came here because i'm keen to find a local community or local events here in auckland to start attending. i've done some googling and not found a lot of linux groups here. wondering if anybody has recommendations for groups they personally know?
[20:48] <atamira> ooo . its been a while since i attended any
[20:49] <atamira> last one was a couple of years ago
[20:49] <ndroftheline> lol womp. like, in general or in auckland?
[20:49] <atamira> in auckland . was held at mt eden at the time
[20:49] <ndroftheline> i'm afraid LUGs might have somehow fallen out of vogue
[20:49] <ndroftheline> just not sure if it's speicfic to auckland or not
[20:49] <atamira> true.
[20:49] <atamira> i think the howick lug is still going
[20:49] <atamira> but not sure on that one
[20:50] <ndroftheline> it's a bit of a drive but i'd got to howick. i live in silverdale though so, ha
[20:50] <atamira> meetup has an auckland free and open source meet up
[20:50] <atamira> if thats to your liking
[20:51] <ndroftheline> that does sound to my liking
[20:51] <atamira> oh the howick group is still meeting. 5th dec is the next one
[20:51] <atamira> its also on meetup.com
[20:52] <ndroftheline> ah yip i'm on the foss one, but it seems very inactive
[20:53] <atamira> auckLUG is still going
[20:53] <atamira> wow.
[20:53] <ndroftheline> yeah, it's still going but...
[20:54] <ndroftheline> presumably your exclamation is in regards to the dearth of activity there :(
[20:54] <atamira> heh. the email list is normally more active
[20:55] <atamira> but you wont know unless you ask.
[20:56] <ndroftheline> fair point
[21:16] <olly> sees the freenode webchat parses the URL parameters badly and sets the channel name to: #ubuntu-nz&prompt=1&uio=OT10cnVlJjEwPXRydWUmMTE9MjM218&nick=locodir-user
[21:16] <olly> i wonder if the # needs escaping
[21:16] <olly> *seems