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brief reminder to go out later today (no BALUG meeting tomorrow, yes BALUG meeting on 25th!)
by Michael Paoli 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '08

I'm planning to send a brief reminder later today (probably sometime between 5 P.M. and 6:30 P.M.) so folks don't forget that we're *not* meeting tomorrow (3rd Tuesday) but do have our meeting this month on the 25th. Any fabulous ideas or suggestions on optimized Subject: line to concisely convey that? Maybe roughly: NOT:18th, YES:25th! BALUG & Mark Shuttleworth Any other mentions we should squeeze into that "announce" e-mailing?

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Mark Shuttleworth Abstract (Not Getting One)
by Andrew Fife 14 Mar '08

14 Mar '08

See the note from Mark's assistant below. I don't think this is a problem because Mark is such a big name that folks are interested in hearing what he has to say anyway. -----Original Message----- From: Claire Newman Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:12 AM To: Andrew Fife Subject: Re: Mark Shuttleworth Speaking @ BALUG in 2008? Hi Andrew, Andrew Fife wrote: > Hi Claire: > > This is a quick note to see if a title and abstract is available for the > talk that Mark Shuttleworth is planning on giving at BALUG on March 25th > Unfortunately I am unable to send you a draft of Mark's speech as he will not be preparing a written presentation. Mark is more used to speaking from hand written notes. He is very much looking forward to the evening. Best regards, Claire

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(near final?) draft for "announce" - final to go out *late* today or early tomorrow
by Michael Paoli 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

"Just" a draft draft subject: Subject: Mark Shuttleworth at BALUG 2008-03-25!, and other BALUG News Comments: I tweaked the RSVP wording slightly - hopefully not so much that the % RSVPing isn't all that different. We can tweak it more substantially if/when we want on a meeting that's likely to have somewhat lower turnout - with less risk regarding variation in the % of attendees that actually RSVP. I can totally snip out the Installfest section - just let me know. I think we should have *some* mention of it fairly soon (before the information gets "too dated") but it needn't be in this particular send to "announce". Feel free to grab/steal/borrow any and/or all of what I drafted on it in this draft. Also, it might be best - if feasible, to have a link to a web page (or wiki) that has a writeup, etc., on the Installfest ... something that folk(s) can update as their's new/updated information to track (e.g. additional press coverage noted, information on additional planned Installfest, update/removal of URLs that succumb to link rot, etc. ... such as a page hosted at Untangle?). Sure, we can link to a list archive posting (such as on "talk") ... but that posting doesn't get updated - so might be better to link to something that can get updated. I'm running a wee bit behind my theoretical schedule ... anyway, hopefully I'll get this posted *late* this evening, or rather early tomorrow (give folks at least half a chance to provide feedback before the "final" hits "announce"). ######################################################################## ###### ###### # ####### ####### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # ##### # # # # # ####### # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # # # Subject: Mark Shuttleworth at BALUG 2008-03-25!, and other BALUG News ######################################################################## Mark Shuttleworth at BALUG 2008-03-25!, and other BALUG News Contents: Mark Shuttleworth at BALUG 2008-03-25 (note change from usual date) Additional upcoming BALUG meeting dates and speakers Installfest for Schools LugRadio Live USA 2008 in San Francisco Contacts, etc. ------------------------------ Mark Shuttleworth at BALUG 2008-03-25 (note change from usual date) NOTE SPECIAL MEETING DATE: 2008-03-25 (no meeting on 2008-03-18) For our 2008-03-25 meeting we are proud to present: Mark Shuttleworth[1] of Ubuntu[2]/Canonical[3]. Mark is founder of the Ubuntu Project[2], and also founded Thawte[4] (which specialized in digital certificates), HBD Venture Capital[5] (invests in early stage South African companies with high growth potential) and The Shuttleworth Foundation[6] (non-profit organization that accelerates social innovation in Africa with a particular focus on education), and also formed Canonical[3] (commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, and committed to the development, distribution and promotion of open source software products, and to providing tools and support to the open source community). In April 2002, Mark also became the First African in Space[7], arriving via Soyuz TM-34 to the International Space Station and spending several days there, and returning via Soyuz TM-33. If you intend to come, please RSVP to: rsvp(a)balug.org Why RSVP? Well, we probably wouldn't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the Four Seas Restaurant plan settings/food/staffing and help ensure that we're able to eat upstairs in the private banquet room. Subscribe to our (low volume) Announce list[8] to be sure and be notified of our upcoming events. 1. http://www.markshuttleworth.com/biography 2. http://www.ubuntu.com/ 3. http://www.canonical.com/ 4. http://www.thawte.com/ 5. http://www.hbd.com/ 6. http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/ 7. http://www.africaninspace.com/ 8. http://www.new.balug.org/#Lists ------------------------------ Additional upcoming BALUG meeting dates[9] and speakers (see our web page[9] for more details): 2008-04-15 Eric Allman 2008-05-20 Jeremy Allison 2008-06-17 Andrew Morton 2008-07-15 Mike Linksvayer, CTO, Creative Commons Subscribe to our (quite low volume) Announce list[8] to be sure and be notified of our upcoming events. 8. http://www.new.balug.org/#Lists 9. http://www.new.balug.org/#Meetings%20(upcoming) ------------------------------ Installfest for Schools[10] The (first?) Installfest for Schools[10] was held 2008-03-01, and was a highly successful event[11][12][13][14] - with hundreds of systems assembled and loaded up with Ubuntu and additional free software, all made ready for donation to schools. All made possible by Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC)[15], Untangle[16], additional supporters/donors/contributors - including also many User Groups (among them San Francisco Linux Users' Group (SF-LUG)[17] and Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG)[18][11]), and a quite large number of volunteers. Watch this space for additional future updates / links to additional information on the Installfest for Schools. 10. http://www.untangle.com/installfest 11. http://www.thejournal.com/articles/22165_2 12. http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2008q1/003914.html 13. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Old-Hardware-Gets-New-Lease-of-Life-with-Ubu… 14. http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=355&Itemi… 15. http://www.accrc.org/ 16. http://www.untangle.com/ 17. http://www.sf-lug.org/ 18. http://www.balug.org/ ------------------------------ LugRadio Live USA 2008[19] at The Metreon in San Francisco, April 12th & 13th, 2008 LugRadio Live USA 2008 brings San Francisco the unique atmosphere of LugRadio Live UK, an event that has developed a strong reputation for providing a range of topics about free software, Open Source, digital rights, technology and more, a compelling list of speakers, exhibitors and birds of a feather sessions, and wrapping it all in a unique, fun, loose, social and inclusive event, which is often described as combining the atmosphere of a rock concert and a computer conference. BALUG may also be participating in this - along with other User Groups in the area. 19. http://www.lugradio.org/live/USA2008/ ------------------------------ Contacting BALUG: http://www.new.balug.org/#Contact Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or things we should do differently): publicity-feedback(a)balug.org ######################################################################## ###### ###### # ####### ####### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # ##### # # # # # ####### # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # # # ########################################################################

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BALUG (pre-)draft announce
by Michael Paoli 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

I wrote up a mini-bio for Mark Shuttleworth for our 2008-03-25 meeting: http://www.new.balug.org/#Meetings%20(upcoming) For our first annoucement this month (I'll likely get that out by about Tuesday evening or a bit earlier) I'll probably do announcement covering Shuttleworth and mostly based on that mini-bio I wrote up (unless I also get a talk outline/abstract sooner that I can also add on the web site and include in what's sent out). I'll also "ask" ("please") / remind folks to RSVP. For additional items on the announcement, I intend to also include brief mentions (with links/references) on: The 2008-03-01 Installfest for Schools LugRadio Live USA 2008 in San Francisco And short list reminding folks of additional upcoming speakers (should that be positioned between Shuttleworth and the Installfest, or towards the end?) For "reminder" / additional announcements, I'd think we'll send a 2nd announcement this month (also functioning as reminder) just a bit (a couple days or so) before the 3rd Tuesday - as this month BALUG doesn't meet on the 3rd Tuesday, but rather on the 25th (still a Tuesday, but the 4th Tuesday). Any other brief items that should get included that are suitable for the "announce" list and/or tweaks that should be made to the above? If I don't get too pressed for time, I'll probably put a "draft" to the "admin" list roughly Monday evening or so, in case folks have any "final" comments/suggestions/corrections.

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Lists: stats, etc.
by Michael Paoli 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Lists: stats, etc. 569+2=571* balug-announce/membership_2008-03-03 247 balug-talk/membership_2008-03-03 28 balug-admin/membership_2008-03-03 571 subscribers to "announce" (*I just added 2 that were subscribed to "talk" and/or "admin" but not "announce"). As thus far no one's requested to be added to the "exception" list (per policy, etc.), that's a total of 571 unique subscribers (all of which are included on "announce"). http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2008-February/000499…

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Fwd: Request to mailing list BALUG-Announce rejected
by Andrew Fife 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

I'm going to repost this message individually and assume that the rejection was an oversight because no reason was given for it. In the future, I would appreciate a reason being given if a post of mine is intentionally rejected. I believe I've done enough for balug to deserve a simple explanation. ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: balug-announce-bounces(a)lists.balug.org To: afife(a)untangle.com Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 9:22:41 PM (GMT-0800) America/Los_Angeles Subject: Request to mailing list BALUG-Announce rejected Your request to the BALUG-Announce mailing list Posting of your message titled "Donating 500 F/OSS Computers to Schools... SATURDAY!! (Pizza & Schwag from Mozilla!!)" has been rejected by the list moderator. The moderator gave the following reason for rejecting your request: "No reason given" Any questions or comments should be directed to the list administrator at: balug-announce-owner(a)lists.balug.org

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(forw) BALUG Exhibiting at LugRadio Live USA
by Rick Moen 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

Presumably sent to me as BALUG contact via a listadmin mailto: link. Sounds very worthwhile. NOTE: Dates cited are a weekend! Note carefully the sentence "We'd like it if your exhibition stand could be something fun and interactive, rather than just a table with leaflets and advertising." Ideas? ----- Forwarded message from lugradio team <lugradio(a)gmail.com> ----- Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:04:17 +0000 From: lugradio team <lugradio(a)gmail.com> To: rick(a)linuxmafia.com Subject: BALUG Exhibiting at LugRadio Live USA Howdy As you may or may not be aware, the very first LugRadio Live USA in 2008 is taking place at The Metreon in San Francisco. The event will be happening on the 12th and 13th April 2008, and will provide the unique atmosphere of the UK event, but in glorious San Francisco. LugRadio Live has developed a strong reputation for providing a range of topics about free software, Open Source, digital rights, technology and more, a compelling list of speakers, exhibitors and birds of a feather sessions, and wrapping it all in a unique, fun, loose, social and inclusive event, which is often described as combining the atmosphere of a rock concert and a computer conference. At LugRadio Live USA 2008 we plan on bringing this unique atmosphere to the USA, and inviting around 30 speakers, a full cast of exhibiting projects and companies, an eclectic range of BOF sessions, and plenty of additional sessions such as our debate discussion panel, a showcase of five minute talks, tech demos, and of course a live recording of LugRadio in front of an audience. We expect around 500 - 700 attendees to the event. Anyway, to the business in hand... As mentioned, we'll be having an exhibition area where we want to have projects and companies who do cool things. In the past we've had open source projects showing off their work such as KDE, Gnome, and Ubuntu, companies who work with Linux like Neuros, distributors like Sun, Red Hat and Novell, and also a range of user groups looking to publicise themselves to the community at large. We were wondering whether the Bay Area LUG would be interested in having an exhibition stand at the event this year? Exhibitor space is free; we don't charge, because LugRadio Live is a community event. The focus is on people having a great time, not in making money :-) We'd like it if your exhibition stand could be something fun and interactive, rather than just a table with leaflets and advertising. Another thing: as part of the event, we provide each attendee with a registration bag, containing some free items from different organisations. We try to keep the items in this bag as interesting as possible, and in the past this has included pens, badges, software, clothing and more. If you'd like to contribute something to the bag this year for LugRadio Live USA 2008, we'd be happy to include it. Both the goodie bag and an exhibition stand are excellent ways for you to be associated with a strongly community and Open Source focused event, and the demographic it attracts. For the bag, we will need 500 of whatever you choose to contribute, and all you need to do is ship them to us, there is no charge in addition to sending the items - we will add them to the bags ready for the event. LugRadio Live in the UK has developed a strong reputation for being 'the' community event in the UK, and we are looking to bring this to USA. We would love if you could be one of the organisations who helped make this happen. :) If you're not the right person to ask about attending, we'd be grateful if you could either pass it on to the right person for us or get back in touch to let us know who to contact. You can check who is speaking and how the event is shaping up by checking http://lugradio.org/live/USA2008/ Any questions or queries, feel free to drop us an email in reply to this email, and we really hope you can be a part of the event. :) Thanks! Chris Procter and the LugRadio Team ----- End forwarded message -----

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Re: [BALUG-Admin] mock up(s) for "new(er)" website?
by Michael Paoli 16 Feb '08

16 Feb '08

(including the "admin" list for a bit broader exposure/feedback) Note also that some of the SF-LUG* boxen stuff will likely go through some reshuffling in the coming week(s) ("old" box being deprecated / phased out, "new" box being built/configured and phased in). I'll try to keep the disruptions as minimal as feasible (and send out relevant details at / around / slightly/reasonably before the appropriate time(s)). *doesn't impact sf-lug.org or its listserver, but does impact other SF-LUG systems (and BALUG stuff that's hosted thereupon). > From: "Andrew Fife" <afife(a)untangle.com> > To: <balug-webmaster(a)balug.org> > Subject: RE: mock up(s) for "new(er)" website? > Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:12:15 -0800 (PST) > > This is my favorite page: > http://www.test.balug.org/mpaoli/contributions/ > :) Ah, ... I thought you might like that one :-) ... lots more to add, but it's a start. > I'm swamped right now but will try to circle back in a couple of days. Understood (I'm working on getting at least a bit more unswamped). > > From: Michael Paoli [mailto:Michael.Paoli@cal.berkeley.edu] > > Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 12:49 PM > > To: balug-webmaster(a)balug.org > > Subject: Re: mock up(s) for "new(er)" website? > > > > Okay, so, I hadn't had time to poke at it since 2007-11-26 (well, > > other than scribble some stuff on a sheet of paper or two), anyway > > did poke at it a fair bit yesterday evening, so ... > > > > have a peek at: > > http://www.test.balug.org/mpaoli/ > > It's still just test / mock up / concept, and not fully flushed out > > (many of the pages are far from complete, or not fully flushed out). > > Anyway, let me know what you think. > > Also, the "nav" part at the top of each page - may want to change that > > a fair bit yet (reword and/or rearrange parts of it and the links), > > but I was generally thinking it would be good to have a consistent "nav" > > across all the pages - and a flat one-line top nav works quite well with > > pages that may be of quite varying length (e.g. our "past" (or whatever > > name we give it) page will be quite long, and some others may also be > > rather to very/quite long). The downside with left nav and long pages > > is there's this blank offset for the entire remainder of the page below > > the left nav section. > > > > Also, if you've got sudo access to balugwm2* on the sf-lug.com box (which > > is also new.balug.org, test.balug.org., etc.) you can do mock/test pages > > under http://www.test.balug.org/ (e.g. create your own directory under > > /var/local/balug/www.test/html/ > > and test away! - feel free to copy some/much/all of other bits in the > > "test" > > area (or from production) for a base and/or to add content. > > > > *mpaoli,jstockford,xcaliber,afife do, so I think that > > currently covers everyone on the balug-webmaster(a)balug.org alias. > > > > >From earlier, there's also: > > http://www.test.balug.org/afife/Balug_Website_Design.odp > > http://www.test.balug.org/afife/Balug_Website_Design.pdf > > http://www.test.balug.org/afife/README > > http://www.test.balug.org/afife/README.txt > > > > Quoting Michael Paoli <Michael.Paoli(a)cal.berkeley.edu>: > > > > > Well, ... "open" sounds promising ... but whatever it takes to usefully > > > open it I don't have installed on my work or personal laptop. :-/ > > > > > > Anyway, ... I did also, a bit earlier (around Thanksgiving) do a bit of > > > partial mock-up for web page ... combining some/much of what Xavier had > > > > > done earlier with some of my ideas on structure and such. > > > > > > Anyway, definitely nowhere near* complete, but have a peek here: > > > http://www.test.balug.org/mpaoli/ > > > > > > *besides the obvious only partial placeholder text and such, I'd be > > > inclined to: > > > * get rid of (and restructure) the left nav - make it a rather compact > > top > > > nav - possibly with dropdowns (if feasible and doable in a good open > > > accessible manner) - the sections/pages/links would change a fair bit > > > for the nav; rationale: though many of the "main"/central pages would > > > be relatively short and not require up/down scroll, some of them would > > > be longer - potentially pretty to quite long (e.g. more detailed > > listings > > > on past meetings - we don't want to have to do a zillion separate > > pages > > > where it's not necessary or appropriate) ... and the pages end up > > looking > > > kind'a sucky when they get long and have a left nav, and ends up being > > > all empty space down under that on the longer pages; a top nav would > > work > > > well for both shorter and long(er) pages, and allow them to all have a > > > relatively consistent look and feel > > > * not sure precisely how I'd do the nav and links and exactly what goes > > > on the main page, but I was thinking roughly: > > > * likely nav links: > > > * upcoming meetings (main page would have some info. on upcoming, > > but > > > not full details/blurbs) > > > * lists (more details, main page would probably at least mention > > > "announce" and at least hint at or link to info about other lists) > > > * past meetings > > > * (not sure what to call it yet - in ~12 characters or less) - > > > sponsors/donors/supporters link (perhaps along with "how you can > > > help BALUG") ... perhaps just the word "support"? > > > * contact - link going to page on how to contact BALUG > > > * main page: > > > * tight top nav (possibly with dropdowns); also same nav on *most* > > of > > > our "main"/key pages > > > * a very short high level overview ("about") of BALUG > > > * stuff highlighting next meeting > > > * probably a wee bit of stuff (very compact) on some meetings beyond > > > next (e.g. just date and name/affiliation), and not too many > > > months out or items listed > > > * something about lists (and link to more detailed page about the > > > lists) > > > * location/direction/cost/what a typical meeting is like ... > > > probably need at least a trace of that on the main page, but more > > > details should go on other page(s) ... not sure precisely how best > > > to structure that. > > > > > > I haven't really done much of anything with mockups for subpages yet, > > > other than tweak the style page and graphic. > > > > > > Quoting Andrew Fife: > > > > > > > I'm attaching the following wireframe (.odp) of an idea that I had for > > > > redesigning balug's website. Its a draft of how I think the various > > > elements > > > > could be layed out. Please disregard the choice of colors, it was > > > random. > > > > As a wireframe, its meant to convey basic layout only, w/o styling or > > > > finishing touches. > > > > > > > > My goal with the wireframe are: > > > > > > > > 1)Encourage people to come to the next meeting > > > > 2)Encourage people to sign up for the mailing lists > > > > 3)Stay laser targeted on goals 1 & 2 > > > > 4)Accomplish goals 1 & 2 on a standard 10x7 format so that users with > > > average > > > > resolution monitors won't have to scroll up/down or left/right > > > > > > > > Any feedback? Suggestions for improvement?

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Featured Job Sponsor @ BALUG?
by Andrew Fife 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

Hi Guys: A recruiter for IPsoft recently contacted me about a couple of open SysAdmin positions. I guess he got my name from one of the LUG mailing lists. What do you guys think about offering him 4 minutes to present 2 featured jobs on the projector prior to the Talk in exchange for buying say $250 worth beer at the event? I'll ask him to pay the Four Seas in cash directly and have them put out a selection of bottled beer in ice. I figure that will be 50 to 75 beers depending on what the Four Seas charges for each beer, ie, about 1 per person depending on exactly how many people show up. Thoughts? -Andrew ---------------------------------------- Andrew Fife Untangle - Open Source Security Gateway download.untangle.com 650.425.3327 (O) 415.806.6028 (C) afife(a)untangle.com _____ From: Dustin Long [mailto:Dustin.Long@ip-soft.net] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 6:53 AM To: afife(a)untangle.com Subject: IPsoft Good Day Andrew, I recently joined the San Francisco User Group and was wondering if you could help me out. As you can see IPsoft is not a recruiting firm or staffing agency. I am an internal recruiter for the company in the US and we are launching our first office in San Francisco. I was wondering if you could help me out with a referral or two. We are actively seeking two SOLID Level 2 or Level 3 Linux System Administrators to join our newly created office. Do you know anyone who would be interested in working for our company? We are currently in hyper-growth phase competing with companies such as Verizon Business, IBM and EDS. Our autonomic systems have set an unprecedented bench mark in the industry and Fortune 1000 companies globally are turning to us for their solutions. I have attached other position to this email should you know anyone else. Please let me know if you have any questions and look forward to hearing from you. Thank you! Best, Dustin __________________ Dustin Long Corporate Recruiter IPsoft, Inc. 17 State St. 14th Floor New York, N.Y. 10004 dustin.long(a)ipsoft.com <http://www.ip-soft.net> http://www.ip-soft.net Phone: (212) 708-5661 Fax: (212) 353-2454 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/5/393/221

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2nd BALUG Email Announcement on High Volume Lists?
by Andrew Fife 12 Feb '08

12 Feb '08

Hi BALUG Volunteers: What do you guys think about making a 2nd BALUG announcement that reminds folks of Bruce Peren's talk next week on high volume LUG lists in the area? Specifically, I am thinking that the talk lists of ACCU, SVLUG, SFLUG and BayPiggies are high enough volume that a reminder may be seen as helpful (or at a minimum not bother folks). Does anyone else have any input here? -Andrew ---------------------------------------- Andrew Fife Untangle - Open Source Security Gateway download.untangle.com 650.425.3327 (O) 415.806.6028 (C) afife(a)untangle.com

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