BALUG REMINDER TOMORROW: Tu 2014-08-19: Lightning talks; also:
2014-09-16 Todd Varland of AWS; 2014-10-21 New Venue!
------------------------------
items, details further below:
2014-08-19 BALUG meeting TOMORROW: Lightning talks: How I use Linux, ...
2014-09-16 BALUG meeting -Todd Varland of Amazon's Amazon Web Services (AWS)
2014-10-21 New venue starting in October!
giveaways (author autographed book!, CDs/DVDs, ...)
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your experience & resume!)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2014-08-19 BALUG meeting we have Lightning talks! on ...
"What I do with Linux" and additional topics
(e.g. Cool stuff from BALUG).
You can drop us a note at balug-speaker-coordinators(a)balug.org
if you'd like to ensure we get you added to the line-up, or if you have
specific questions about the 2014-08-19 meeting format and such. If
you'll be joining the line-up, we also have wiki page which has lots of
relevant information and may answer many questions one may have - e.g.
our video projection capabilities at the venue:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:speaker-presenter_informat…
Promises to be an interesting meeting - and our next-to-last at the
Four Seas Restaurant (get in to see us there and/or do that bit of
talk/presentation there while you can, before we leave that historic
location!)
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm Tuesday, August 19th, 2014 2014-08-19
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy Transit Access: The MUNI 1 line stops half a block away. For
folks on BART, the MUNI 1 starts about a block from Embarcadero
BART. Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).
------------------------------
For our 2014-09-16 BALUG meeting, we have:
Todd Varland of Amazon Web Services (AWS)[1] on:
Everything that's old is new again: Linux, Hardware and the Cloud[2]
(Internet of Things)[3]
Talk Outline:
o Observations from the front line - Trends in Internet of Things
(IoT)/Low Performance Computing (LPC)[4]
o Showcase a project that was done in the AWS Office
(simplebeerservice.com[5])
o Discuss and demo a file backup project that Todd did (Raspberry Pi[6]
networking device that backs files up to AWS)
o Discuss and demo an automation of Todd's home heating system
(Arduino[7] device that controls heating vents aided by the Cloud)
o Wrap up these examples by tying into observations and thoughts on
where the Maker movement[8] is headed with this
Todd Varland is a Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
based in San Francisco. Todd works with customers of all sizes helping
architect solutions being deployed in the AWS cloud across a broad
range of technical scenarios. Prior to joining AWS, Todd spent more
than a decade in traditional datacenter and cloud operations in senior
management positions. Other "tours of duty" include development,
performance engineering and operations in organizations ranging from
start-up to Fortune 50.
Note also that this will be the last time BALUG meets at this historic
location! So come by to also say goodbye to our Four Seas Restaurant
meeting location. We'll meet at a new location in October.
1. http://aws.amazon.com/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things
4. https://www.google.com/#q=%22low+performance+computing%22+LPC
5. https://simplebeerservice.com/
6. http://www.raspberrypi.org/
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino
8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maker_movement
------------------------------
2014-10-21 New venue starting in October!
The Four Seas Restaurant lost their lease. So their last day of
business there is 2014-09-27, and our last meeting there will be
2014-09-16. We certainly want to thank The Four Seas Restaurant for
their wonderful hospitality, dining, and a great place for us to meet
over these many years! BALUG has been meeting there since our first
meeting back in October 1997. By my count, through September, I
believe BALUG will have held 186 meetings in total at
The Four Seas Restaurant, and The Four Seas Restaurant has been in
business there since the 1930s! We've had multiple meetings there with
over 100 attendees, including Linus Torvalds, Mark Shuttleworth, and
many other speakers and highly notable speakers over the years - and we
want to thank them all too! ... and continue meeting!
And continue meeting BALUG will! 3rd Tuesdays, per usuaul - but with
change of venue starting 2014-10-21. Where will we be? We can
certainly use your help on leads for venue! Certainly feel free to
discus on our "talk[1]" list. See also the earlier item[2] on our
announce list that gives fair overview of what we're hopefully looking
to find as for venue. And IF YOU HAVE LEADS ON SPECIFIC VENUE(s) BE
SURE TO DROP US A NOTE!: balug-contact(a)balug.org - and can of course
also mention/discuss it on our "talk[1]" list. And much thanks for
leads/contacts, useful ideas, etc. that will get us to our future
venue(s)!
And watch the web site and "announce" list for updates - I'm hoping
we'll have venue figured out fairly soon, but in most any case, I expect
we'll have that finalized - at least for our October meeting, some weeks
or more in advance.
1. http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org
2.
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2014-July/001504.html
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
Book! We have author autographed copy - signed by Elizabeth K. Joseph
of:
The Official Ubuntu Book, 8th Edition
By Matthew Helmke, Elizabeth K. Joseph,
with José Antonio Rey, Philip Ballew, Benjamin Mako Hill
Published Jul 15, 2014 by Prentice Hall.
Copyright 2015
Dimensions: 7" x 9-1/8"
Pages: 368
Edition: 8th
ISBN-10: 0-13-390539-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-390539-7
http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=013390539X
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
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
------------------------------
BALUG meetings & news: Tu 2014-08-19: Lightning talks; 2014-09-16 Todd
Varland of AWS; 2014-10-21 New Venue!
------------------------------
items, details further below:
2014-08-19 BALUG meeting - Lightning talks: How I use Linux, ...
2014-09-16 BALUG meeting -Todd Varland of Amazon's Amazon Web Services (AWS)
2014-10-21 New venue starting in October!
giveaways (CDs/DVDs, ...)
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your experience & resume!)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2014-08-19 BALUG meeting we have Lightning talks! on ...
"What I do with Linux" and additional topics
(e.g. Cool stuff from BALUG).
You can drop us a note at balug-speaker-coordinators(a)balug.org
if you'd like to ensure we get you added to the line-up, or if you have
specific questions about the 2014-08-19 meeting format and such. If
you'll be joining the line-up, we also have wiki page which has lots of
relevant information and may answer many questions one may have - e.g.
our video projection capabilities at the venue:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:speaker-presenter_informat…
Promises to be an interesting meeting - and our next-to-last at the
Four Seas Restaurant (get in to see us there and/or do that bit of
talk/presentation there while you can, before we leave that historic
location!)
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm Tuesday, August 19th, 2014 2014-08-19
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy Transit Access: The MUNI 1 line stops half a block away. For
folks on BART, the MUNI 1 starts about a block from Embarcadero
BART. Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).
------------------------------
For our 2014-09-16 BALUG meeting, we have:
Todd Varland of Amazon Web Services (AWS)[1] on:
Everything that's old is new again: Linux, Hardware and the Cloud[2]
(Internet of Things)[3]
Talk Outline:
o Observations from the front line - Trends in Internet of Things
(IoT)/Low Performance Computing (LPC)[4]
o Showcase a project that was done in the AWS Office
(simplebeerservice.com[5])
o Discuss and demo a file backup project that Todd did (Raspberry Pi[6]
networking device that backs files up to AWS)
o Discuss and demo an automation of Todd's home heating system
(Arduino[7] device that controls heating vents aided by the Cloud)
o Wrap up these examples by tying into observations and thoughts on
where the Maker movement[8] is headed with this
Todd Varland is a Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
based in San Francisco. Todd works with customers of all sizes helping
architect solutions being deployed in the AWS cloud across a broad
range of technical scenarios. Prior to joining AWS, Todd spent more
than a decade in traditional datacenter and cloud operations in senior
management positions. Other "tours of duty" include development,
performance engineering and operations in organizations ranging from
start-up to Fortune 50.
Note also that this will be the last time BALUG meets at this historic
location! So come by to also say goodbye to our Four Seas Restaurant
meeting location. We'll meet at a new location in October.
1. http://aws.amazon.com/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things
4. https://www.google.com/#q=%22low+performance+computing%22+LPC
5. https://simplebeerservice.com/
6. http://www.raspberrypi.org/
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino
8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maker_movement
------------------------------
2014-10-21 New venue starting in October!
The Four Seas Restaurant lost their lease. So their last day of
business there is 2014-09-27, and our last meeting there will be
2014-09-16. We certainly want to thank The Four Seas Restaurant for
their wonderful hospitality, dining, and a great place for us to meet
over these many years! BALUG has been meeting there since our first
meeting back in October 1997. By my count, through September, I
believe BALUG will have held 186 meetings in total at
The Four Seas Restaurant, and The Four Seas Restaurant has been in
business there since the 1930s! We've had multiple meetings there with
over 100 attendees, including Linus Torvalds, Mark Shuttleworth, and
many other speakers and highly notable speakers over the years - and we
want to thank them all too! ... and continue meeting!
And continue meeting BALUG will! 3rd Tuesdays, per usuaul - but with
change of venue starting 2014-10-21. Where will we be? We can
certainly use your help on leads for venue! Certainly feel free to
discus on our "talk[1]" list. See also the earlier item[2] on our
announce list that gives fair overview of what we're hopefully looking
to find as for venue. And IF YOU HAVE LEADS ON SPECIFIC VENUE(s) BE
SURE TO DROP US A NOTE!: balug-contact(a)balug.org - and can of course
also mention/discuss it on our "talk[1]" list. And much thanks for
leads/contacts, useful ideas, etc. that will get us to our future
venue(s)!
And watch the web site and "announce" list for updates - I'm hoping
we'll have venue figured out fairly soon, but in most any case, I expect
we'll have that finalized - at least for our October meeting, some weeks
or more in advance.
1. http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org
2.
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2014-July/001504.html
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
Book! We have author autographed copy - signed by Elizabeth K. Joseph
of:
The Official Ubuntu Book, 8th Edition
By Matthew Helmke, Elizabeth K. Joseph,
with José Antonio Rey, Philip Ballew, Benjamin Mako Hill
Published Jul 15, 2014 by Prentice Hall.
Copyright 2015
Dimensions: 7" x 9-1/8"
Pages: 368
Edition: 8th
ISBN-10: 0-13-390539-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-390539-7
http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=013390539X
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
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
------------------------------
BALUG news!: 08-19 mtg., 09-16 Todd Varland of AWS, 10-21 New Venue!
------------------------------
items, details further below:
2014-08-19 BALUG meeting - next to last at our historic meeting spot!
2014-09-16 Todd Varland of Amazon's Amazon Web Services (AWS)
2014-10-21 New venue starting in October!
giveaways (CDs/DVDs, ...)
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your experience & resume!)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2014-08-19 BALUG meeting, at least presently we don't have a
specific speaker/presentation lined up for this meeting, but oh my
gosh, next-to-last meeting at our historic meeting venue location and
the VERY LAST YET UNFILLED SPEAKER/PRESENTER SLOT FOR THIS HISTORIC
LOCATION! So, got a lead for speaker presnter? Never givevn a
talk/presentation at BALUG and want to do so at the last still open
slot we have for this historic location? Or given talk/presentation(s)
at BALUG before, and would like to do so again before we say goodbye to
this venue? Well, now's your chance - let us know! Email us at:
balug-speaker-coordinators(a)balug.org
In all cases, we're sure to have an interesting and exciting meeting, so
be sure to come!
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm Tuesday, August 19th, 2014 2014-08-19
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy Transit Access: The MUNI 1 line stops half a block away. For
folks on BART, the MUNI 1 starts about a block from Embarcadero
BART. Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).
------------------------------
For our 2014-09-16 BALUG meeting, we're proud to announce we have:
Todd Varland of Amazon[1]'s Amazon Web Services (AWS)[2].
Watch for more details on that to appear on our web site and upcomming
announcements.
1. http://www.amazon.com/
2. http://aws.amazon.com/
------------------------------
2014-10-21 New venue starting in October!
The Four Seas Restaurant lost their lease. So their last day of
business there is 2014-09-27, and our last meeting there will be
2014-09-16. We certainly want to thank The Four Seas Restaurant for
their wonderful hospitality, dining, and a great place for us to meet
over these many years! BALUG mas been meeting there since our first
meeting back in October 1997. By my count, through September, I
believe BALUG will have held 186 meetings in total at
The Four Seas Restaurant, and The Four Seas Restaurant has been in
business there since the 1930s! We've had multiple meetings there with
over 100 attendees, including Linus Torvalds, Mark Shuttleworth, and
many other speakers and highly notable speakers over the years - and we
want to thank them all too! ... and continue meeting!
And continue meeting BALUG will! 3rd Tuesdays, per usuaul - but with
change of venue starting 2014-10-21. Where will we be? We can
certainly use your help on leads for venue! Certainly feel free to
discus on our "talk[1]" list. See also the earlier item[2] on our
announce list that gives fair overview of what we're hopefully looking
to find as for venue. And IF YOU HAVE LEADS ON SPECIFIC VENUE(s) BE
SURE TO DROP US A NOTE!: balug-contact(a)balug.org - and can of course
also mention/discuss it on our "talk[1]" list. And much thanks for
leads/contacts, useful ideas, etc. that will get us to our future
venue(s)!
And watch the web site and "announce" list for updates - I'm hoping
we'll have venue figured out fairly soon, but in most any case, I expect
we'll have that finalized - at least for our October meeting, some weeks
or more in advance.
1. http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org
2.
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2014-July/001504.html
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
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
------------------------------
REMINDER: BALUG meeting TODAY!: Tu 2014-07-15 & other BALUG news
------------------------------
items, details further below:
2014-07-15 TODAY Tu: BALUG meeting!
giveaways (CDs/DVDs, ...)
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your experience & resume!)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2014-07-15 BALUG meeting, at least presently we don't have a
specific speaker/presentation lined up for this meeting, but that
doesn't prevent us from having interesting and exciting meetings and
discussions. Sometimes we also manage to secure/confirm a speaker too
late for us to announce or fully publicize the speaker (that's happened
at least twice in the past). Got questions, answers, and/or opinions?
We typically have some expert(s) and/or relative expert(s) present to
cover Linux and related topic areas. Want to hear some interesting
discussions on LINUX and other topics? Show up at the meeting, and
feel free to bring an agenda if you wish. Want to help ensure BALUG
has speakers/presentations lined up for future meetings? Help refer
speakers to us and/or volunteer to be one of the speaker coordinators.
Good food, good people, and interesting conversations to be had.
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm Tuesday, July 15th, 2014 2014-07-15
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy Transit Access: The MUNI 1 line stops half a block away. For
folks on BART, the MUNI 1 starts about a block from Embarcadero
BART. Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
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
------------------------------
BALUG meeting TOMORROW Tu 2014-07-15 & other BALUG news
------------------------------
items, details further below:
2014-07-15 TOMORROW Tu: BALUG meeting!
giveaways (CDs/DVDs, ...)
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your experience & resume!)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2014-07-15 BALUG meeting, at least presently we don't have a
specific speaker/presentation lined up for this meeting, but that
doesn't prevent us from having interesting and exciting meetings and
discussions. Sometimes we also manage to secure/confirm a speaker too
late for us to announce or fully publicize the speaker (that's happened
at least twice in the past). Got questions, answers, and/or opinions?
We typically have some expert(s) and/or relative expert(s) present to
cover Linux and related topic areas. Want to hear some interesting
discussions on LINUX and other topics? Show up at the meeting, and
feel free to bring an agenda if you wish. Want to help ensure BALUG
has speakers/presentations lined up for future meetings? Help refer
speakers to us and/or volunteer to be one of the speaker coordinators.
Good food, good people, and interesting conversations to be had.
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm Tuesday, July 15th, 2014 2014-07-15
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy Transit Access: The MUNI 1 line stops half a block away. For
folks on BART, the MUNI 1 starts about a block from Embarcadero
BART. Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
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
------------------------------
REMINDER: BALUG TODAY: Stories! / Open Mic!, Michael Paoli, ...
------------------------------
items, details further below:
TODAY: BALUG 2014-06-17: Stories! / Open Mic!, Michael Paoli, ...
slides, etc.: 2014-05-20 Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
giveaways (Books!/CDs/DVDs, ...)
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your experience & resume!)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2014-06-17 BALUG meeting we're proud to present:
Stories! / Open Mic!, Michael Paoli, ...
Come see and hear - and share - interesting stories from the Linux/Open
Source/IT trenches! Troubleshooting, oddball problems, triumphs,
defeats, silly, odd and strange happenings, experiences, and
observations, things companies/employers/vendors have done well and
great at, messed up, or had unintended consequences - good or bad,
things peers have done, noteworthy behaviors seen in software,
hardware, persons or organizations, etc.
Michael Paoli will host and also tell some stories. Michael has worked
with Linux and Open Source in excess of 15 years - not to mention doing
it lots for fun too, and has worked in IT and electronics for decades.
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 2014-06-17
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy Transit Access: The MUNI 1 line stops half a block away. For
folks on BART, the MUNI 1 starts about a block from Embarcadero
BART. Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).
------------------------------
Missed last month's meeting, or want to review the "slides" or check out
additional bits? From last month's BALUG meeting:
2014-05-20 Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr"
have a look here:
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk-balug.org/2014-May/000576.html
and/or here:
http://www.archive.balug.org/2014/2014-05-20/
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
Books! Have a peek here:
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk-balug.org/2014-February/005218.…
At present, we still have one of the electronic versions of:
A Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, 7th Edition
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
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
------------------------------
BALUG Tu 2014-06-17: Stories! / Open Mic!, Michael Paoli, ...
------------------------------
items, details further below:
BALUG Tu 2014-06-17: Stories! / Open Mic!, Michael Paoli, ...
slides, etc.: 2014-05-20 Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
giveaways (Books!/CDs/DVDs, ...)
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your experience & resume!)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2014-06-17 BALUG meeting we're proud to present:
Stories! / Open Mic!, Michael Paoli, ...
Come see and hear - and share - interesting stories from the Linux/Open
Source/IT trenches! Troubleshooting, oddball problems, triumphs,
defeats, silly, odd and strange happenings, experiences, and
observations, things companies/employers/vendors have done well and
great at, messed up, or had unintended consequences - good or bad,
things peers have done, noteworthy behaviors seen in software,
hardware, persons or organizations, etc.
Michael Paoli will host and also tell some stories. Michael has worked
with Linux and Open Source in excess of 15 years - not to mention doing
it lots for fun too, and has worked in IT and electronics for decades.
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 2014-06-17
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).
------------------------------
Missed last month's meeting, or want to review the "slides" or check out
additional bits? From last month's BALUG meeting:
2014-05-20 Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr"
have a look here:
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk-balug.org/2014-May/000576.html
and/or here:
http://www.archive.balug.org/2014/2014-05-20/
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
Books! Have a peek here:
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk-balug.org/2014-February/005218.…
At present, we still have one of the electronic versions of:
A Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, 7th Edition
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
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
------------------------------
BALUG TOMORROW: Tu 2014-05-20: Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph on Ubuntu
14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr"; & other BALUG news
------------------------------
items, details further below:
BALUG TOMORROW: Tu 2014-05-20: Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph on Ubuntu
14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr"; & other BALUG news
giveaways (Books!/CDs/DVDs, ...)
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your experience & resume!)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2014-05-20 BALUG meeting we're proud to present:
Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph[1] on Ubuntu[2] 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr"[3]
Ubuntu 14.04 is the latest Long-Term Support (LTS) release from the
Ubuntu community and Canonical[4]. This talk will be a tour of new
features, offer an overview of what both desktop and server users can
expect from this release and an update on the progress of Ubuntu on
Phones and Tablets.
Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph is an Automation and Tools Engineer at HP[5]
working on the OpenStack[6] Infrastructure team. She is a member of the
Ubuntu Community Council and is a co-author of the upcoming 8th edition
of The Official Ubuntu Book. Here in San Francisco, she serves on the
Board of Directors for Partimus[7], a non-profit providing Linux-based
computers to area schools in need.
1. http://www.princessleia.com/
2. http://www.ubuntu.com/
3. http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/
4. http://www.canonical.com/
5. http://www.hp.com/
6. http://www.openstack.org/
7. http://partimus.org/
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 2014-05-20
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
Books! Have a peek here:
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk-balug.org/2014-February/005218.…
At present, we still have at least one of each of the electronic
versions of those titles left, including among them:
_Ubuntu Unleashed: 2014 Edition_
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
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
------------------------------
BALUG meeting Tu 2014-05-20: Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph on Ubuntu 14.04
LTS "Trusty Tahr"; & other BALUG news
------------------------------
items, details further below:
BALUG meeting Tu 2014-05-20: Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph on Ubuntu 14.04
LTS "Trusty Tahr"
giveaways (Books!/CDs/DVDs, ...)
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your experience & resume!)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2014-05-20 BALUG meeting we're proud to present:
Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph[1] on Ubuntu[2] 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr"[3]
Ubuntu 14.04 is the latest Long-Term Support (LTS) release from the
Ubuntu community and Canonical[4]. This talk will be a tour of new
features, offer an overview of what both desktop and server users can
expect from this release and an update on the progress of Ubuntu on
Phones and Tablets.
Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph is an Automation and Tools Engineer at HP[5]
working on the OpenStack[6] Infrastructure team. She is a member of the
Ubuntu Community Council and is a co-author of the upcoming 8th edition
of The Official Ubuntu Book. Here in San Francisco, she serves on the
Board of Directors for Partimus[7], a non-profit providing Linux-based
computers to area schools in need.
1. http://www.princessleia.com/
2. http://www.ubuntu.com/
3. http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/
4. http://www.canonical.com/
5. http://www.hp.com/
6. http://www.openstack.org/
7. http://partimus.org/
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 2014-05-20
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
Books! Have a peek here:
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk-balug.org/2014-February/005218.…
At present, we still have at least one of each of the electronic
versions of those titles left, including among them:
_Ubuntu Unleashed: 2014 Edition_
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
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
------------------------------
BALUG meeting TOMORROW Tu 2014-04-15 & other BALUG news
------------------------------
items, details further below:
2014-04-15 TOMORROW Tu: BALUG meeting!
2014-04-17 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS release date
2014-04-24 San Francisco Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Release Party
2014-05-20 BALUG: Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr"
giveaways (Books!/CDs/DVDs, ...)
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your experience & resume!)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2014-04-15 BALUG meeting, at least presently we don't have a
specific speaker/presentation lined up for this meeting, but that
doesn't prevent us from having interesting and exciting meetings and
discussions (heck, at the last meeting our conversations carried on as
long or longer than when we have a speaker, despite not having a
speaker for the meeting). Who knows, we may discuss HeartBleed and/or
many other interesting bits and stories. Sometimes we also manage to
secure/confirm a speaker too late for us to announce or fully publicize
the speaker (that's happened at least twice in the past ten or so
years). Got questions, answers, and/or opinions? We typically have
some expert(s) and/or relative expert(s) present to cover Linux and
related topic areas. Want to hear some interesting discussions on
LINUX and other topics? Show up at the meeting, and feel free to bring
an agenda if you wish. Want to help ensure BALUG has
speakers/presentations lined up for future meetings? Help refer
speakers to us and/or volunteer to be one of the speaker coordinators.
Good food, good people, and interesting conversations to be had.
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm Tuesday, April 15th, 2014 2014-04-15
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).
------------------------------
2014-04-17 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" release date
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseSchedule
------------------------------
2014-04-24 San Francisco Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" Release Party
http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/2761-san-francisco-trusty-r…
The release party will also feature a mini-presentation that will be a
partial sneak preview of the talk/presentation to be featured at the
2014-05-20 BALUG meeting (see further below).
------------------------------
For our 2014-05-20 BALUG meeting we're proud to announce and present:
Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph[1] on Ubuntu[2] 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr"[3]
Ubuntu 14.04 is the latest Long-Term Support (LTS) release from the
Ubuntu community and Canonical[4]. This talk will be a tour of new
features, offer an overview of what both desktop and server users can
expect from this release and an update on the progress of Ubuntu on
Phones and Tablets.
Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph is an Automation and Tools Engineer at HP[5]
working on the OpenStack[6] Infrastructure team. She is a member of the
Ubuntu Community Council and is a co-author of the upcoming 8th edition
of The Official Ubuntu Book. Here in San Francisco, she serves on the
Board of Directors for Partimus[7], a non-profit providing Linux-based
computers to area schools in need.
1. http://www.princessleia.com/
2. http://www.ubuntu.com/
3. http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/
4. http://www.canonical.com/
5. http://www.hp.com/
6. http://www.openstack.org/
7. http://partimus.org/
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items for our upcoming
meeting.
Books! Have a peek here:
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk-balug.org/2014-February/005218.…
At present, still have at least one of each of those titles left,
including in print form for the Ubuntu title.
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
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
------------------------------