[20:42] 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] "illegal channel name" [20:44] 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] ooo . its been a while since i attended any [20:49] last one was a couple of years ago [20:49] lol womp. like, in general or in auckland? [20:49] in auckland . was held at mt eden at the time [20:49] i'm afraid LUGs might have somehow fallen out of vogue [20:49] just not sure if it's speicfic to auckland or not [20:49] true. [20:49] i think the howick lug is still going [20:49] but not sure on that one [20:50] it's a bit of a drive but i'd got to howick. i live in silverdale though so, ha [20:50] meetup has an auckland free and open source meet up [20:50] if thats to your liking [20:51] that does sound to my liking [20:51] oh the howick group is still meeting. 5th dec is the next one [20:51] its also on meetup.com [20:52] ah yip i'm on the foss one, but it seems very inactive [20:53] auckLUG is still going [20:53] wow. [20:53] yeah, it's still going but... [20:54] presumably your exclamation is in regards to the dearth of activity there :( [20:54] heh. the email list is normally more active [20:55] but you wont know unless you ask. [20:56] fair point [21:16] 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] i wonder if the # needs escaping [21:16] *seems