BALUG: meeting: Tu 2026-03-17: Age Verification, etc. & other BALUG News
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For our 2026-03-17 (3rd Tuesdays) BALUG meeting,
6:00pm Tuesday, March 17th, 2026 2026-03-17: Age Verification, etc. Don't have a speaker/presentation lined up, but do have a discussion topic: Age Verification, etc.
Age verification laws are coming to California (AB 1043) effective 2027-01-01, and many additional jurisdictions are lining up to do similar. What does this mean for Linux, Open Source, and other software, etc.? Will it conflict with other (e.g. privacy, 1st Amendment, etc.) laws in California or other jurisdictions (e.g. GDPR)? What are Open Source and other projects and organizations, etc. doing to address the matter? EFF? ACLU? ... What of Open Source projects taking the stance that they won't comply? Will their licenses or other means prevent their general use in California and similar locations?
Virtual: https://meet.jit.si/BALUG.org Dial-in numbers may also be available at the URL. Please use earbud(s)/headphone(s) or mute yourself to avoid audio feedback issues, also please if you have background sound/noise issues mute yourself when not talking. Generally works quite fine with reasonably modern Firefox Chrome/Chromium, Microsoft Edge, possibly others (requires WebRTC https://webrtc.org/ (Wikipedia: WebRTC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC) (can also do some testing here: https://test.webrtc.org/ Probably don't worry about minor items like "Reflexive connectivity" )), from desktop, laptop, tablet, smart phone, etc.
Henry's Hunan Restaurant 110 Natoma St. (between 2nd & New Montgomery) San Francisco, CA 94105-3704 1-415-546-4999 https://www.hhunan.com/ https://www.hhunannatoma.com/ Delicious Hunan cuisine and reasonably priced. Easy Transit/Parking Access: short walk from BART, MUNI, parking Trip planning: https://511.org/
Meeting Details...
Cost/Dining: The meetings are always free, but dinner is not (unless you are our guest speaker, in which case we also treat you to dinner). For Henry's Hunan Restaurant, if folks are agreeable, we'll share and dine "family" style, and split up the costs, and typical cost per person including tax and tip (but not including beverages beyond complementary tea) would be in the $17.00 to $35.00 range, and commonly around $19.00 to $30.00. Cash preferred to ease splitting up the check. One can also specifically order the dish(es) one needs/prefers (e.g. for dietary considerations) - and we also commonly order some dish(es) that may meet various dietary considerations) (e.g. vegetarian, non-pork, ...). Punctual arrival recommended for optimal dining experience, as we expect to be ordering at that time. At approximately 7:00 P.M. we start our presentation/talk, or more informal talk/discussion if we don't have a particularly presentation/talk/presenter or special guest arranged.
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giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
We often have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings.
Hardware, etc. wanted/offered! Got some (computer, etc.) hardware, etc. you're looking to acquire or give away (or if not free, well below current fair market value), and locally? We have a wiki page to list that - so ... see what's offered, wanted, etc.! https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:offered_wanted_hardware_et...
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a look here: https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc See URL for details. If you're interested in anything in particular, best to request such reasonably in advance (may not schlep the inventory or portion(s) thereof, or have some particular ISO burned and available in quantity >0 if it's not requested in advance). Donations of USB flash, blank or +-RW media, or funding thereof, also appreciated.
Books and other titles! have a peek here: https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:books_and_publications
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help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue ...
You can do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG.
Quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us at a meeting and/or drop us a note at: balug-contact@balug.org These opportunities may include, among other possibilities: o assist or lead on speaker coordination/procurement, etc. o venue arrangement (e.g. followup on potential leads, on-site coordination/preparations) o chief/assistant cat herder o assist on publicity o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrator(s)). o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist o archivist/history/retrieval/etc. o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG would like to be doing (also feel free to suggest ideas!)
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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@balug.org
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items, details further below: BALUG: meeting: Tu 2026-03-17: Age Verification, etc. & other BALUG News giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ... help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue, ...
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