Reminder: MFS Meeting. Tue, 16 July "Chat on Programming"
Michael Dorrington <[email protected]> Mon, 15 Jul 2019 20:23:09 +0100
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --===============7270677886830869435== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="VHhOTu9KiTOQtGsEwROG8ERM3XcpaGnhK" This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --VHhOTu9KiTOQtGsEwROG8ERM3XcpaGnhK Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="TUujW6ruobNSngxbPnh4fBcbcy6IoTzb3"; protected-headers="v1" From: Michael Dorrington <[email protected]> To: Manchester Free Software <[email protected]> Cc: Free Software and the United Kingdom <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: Reminder: MFS Meeting. Tue, 16 July "Chat on Programming" References: <[email protected]> In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> --TUujW6ruobNSngxbPnh4fBcbcy6IoTzb3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Reminder that the meeting is tomorrow (Tuesday), 7pm start. On 12/07/2019 09:00, Michael Dorrington wrote: > Please forward this notice to those that would welcome it. >=20 > You can subscribe to the Manchester Free Software mailing list at: > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsuk-manchester >=20 > * Event: Manchester Free Software's July Meeting > * What: Chat on Programming > * Date: Tuesday, 16th July 2019 (3rd Tuesday of the month) > * Start time: 19:00 (Doors close at 19:15) > * Finish time: 21:00 >=20 > * Location: Manchester Technology Centre > - https://mspl.co.uk/campuses/manchester-technology-centre/ > * Address: Oxford Road, Manchester. M1 7ED. > - By the Mancunian Way flyover. > - https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=3D18/53.47222/-2.23792 >=20 >=20 > =3D=3D Details =3D=3D >=20 > =3D=3D=3D MFS Introduction and Key Signing =3D=3D=3D >=20 > The purpose of Manchester Free Software is to promote the Free Software= > philosophy. >=20 > Every meeting we start with an opportunity for informal key signing. > For this you'll need to bring paper OpenPGP fingerprint slips, see > `gpg-key2ps` from the `signing-party` package (or equivalent in your > GNU/Linux distro): > https://packages.debian.org/signing-party >=20 >=20 > =3D=3D=3D Topic details =3D=3D=3D >=20 > This month's topic is programming. The meeting will be more informal > than usual using a chat format. This will blend the best aspects of an= > informative constructive topic with wider involvement and be more socia= l. >=20 > The aim of the meeting is that: for those with little or no knowledge o= f > programming to gain an appreciation of programming and help them get > into programming, if they want to; for those familiar with programming > they should gain further knowledge, including into different areas, and= > an opportunity to share their knowledge in a relaxed environment. >=20 > What exactly is covered will depend on attendees and participants. > However, areas like Git and software licence choices will be covered. >=20 > If you want to follow along then bring a GNU/Linux laptop. This will > already have several programming languages installed such as shell and > other scripting languages. It would be good to have Git installed. If= > you want to start with a particular language then pre-install it before= > the meeting. >=20 > * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming > * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_script >=20 >=20 > =3D=3D Location =3D=3D >=20 > The meeting will take place at our new venue of Manchester Technology > Centre, details above. >=20 >=20 > =3D=3D Transport =3D=3D >=20 >=20 > =3D=3D=3D Parking =3D=3D=3D >=20 > Please research and decide where to park before heading on your journey= > and have a Plan B. >=20 > There are paid parking lots around the venue, they are marked by a blue= > P in OpenStreetMap centred on Manchester Technology Centre: > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=3D16/53.4722/-2.2379 >=20 > Most of those parking lots are owned by NCP: > http://www.ncp.co.uk/ >=20 > In some of the side streets in the venue surrounding area there are > parking meter bays that become zero cost after 8pm on Tuesday so you > will have to pay up until then and the maximum stay is 2 hours BUT MAKE= > SURE YOU VERIFY ALL THIS on parking. This is probably only a good > option if you know the area. >=20 > If you can't decide where to park then ask me for advice. >=20 >=20 > =3D=3D=3D Public Transport =3D=3D=3D >=20 > Closest train stations to the venue are: >=20 > * Manchester Oxford Road (MCO) train station > * Manchester Piccadilly (MAN) train station >=20 > For other public transport see OpenStreetMap using the "Transport" laye= r > centred on Manchester Technology Centre: > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=3D15/53.4722/-2.2379&layers=3DT >=20 >=20 > =3D=3D More Information =3D=3D >=20 > Information about Manchester Free Software can be found on the > Manchester Free Software pages on LibrePlanet: > https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester >=20 > Regards, > Mike. > MFS Chair. >=20 --=20 FSF member #9429 http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=3D9429 http://www.fsf.org/about "The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a nonprofit with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom and to defend the rights of all free software users." --TUujW6ruobNSngxbPnh4fBcbcy6IoTzb3-- --VHhOTu9KiTOQtGsEwROG8ERM3XcpaGnhK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEymnV/lrtCqpNhpze13JsPqr44+8FAl0s0q0ACgkQ13JsPqr4 4++pNhAArO/b+gLH3HTN1V8Yr66czC2z4dKlZ3TNEIqM0ax/inc+yz+W9nELjQ6x icIRb6ZycMteaeDFSmuqMdMdr6UVOAHUXJvofOuLwWHVLOElTh+ovELpwbmgODnu I26AflPqsWkhAdGw/StWa9ZDFjBoDlhQVTKB8XA8flO14P+NcRCg7o0Sx+IpJcPI I+zDMcxS8rRoWKVQJqNuI4asDHeuVDs20p1jixTIoz0nrqYjIMoFJCSb8ktMMVx0 CKI8K3vAG3ck789meXBYcEh9k6XLm7DdeTlTBp4ldictsm2b+HRwamkdUxBqHJXm 7uwqf01JlHp4oCTdaQFzO5wbHMblJ0FWnYnqDMZVRkRL7Z7H3MMr5KnxjyKSlcHv CxY4WmDpUs++Cifa4AzDMC1U+bOhlWMVjkB0BP26v6rHIMTp2vAPW31gixwJ1UYw OG1zqpPKquwEKuUV6IJobk3vSWvFQfVUoNlqLZxWaDCYdPxxpxYHcg6/5ELT0GG5 gREg2WF9Wy35wJ95mhAdvbv3ddUlwQOLUd0IEodl7nMTpk2pBYcudKXUmgCqhZyx MbU86xIzbb413FMS6S3sssvob+QT2QpQ8ZlzNMRf7QlK9JPgTRcCo2X8S1d6AwqM KBzuvTcL6QTsas4UC+dGDkUuEK7QhTcBwgBQ1kJy/ToNXWt2dxs= =3/3z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VHhOTu9KiTOQtGsEwROG8ERM3XcpaGnhK-- --===============7270677886830869435== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KRnNmZS11ayBt YWlsaW5nIGxpc3QKRnNmZS11a0BnbnUub3JnCmh0dHBzOi8vbGlzdHMuZ251Lm9yZy9tYWlsbWFu L2xpc3RpbmZvL2ZzZmUtdWsK --===============7270677886830869435==--