Re: svlug Digest, Vol 436, Issue 4

Please put me on the list of attendees at the last SVLUG meeting at
Synabtec. I do want to attend and (surprise!) I found the BASIC program
that My brother in law and I wrote to find star locations in years BCE. It
took up almost all of our C64s memory, but it did work.

Margaret Wendall


On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 10:27 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

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>    1. Re: svlug Digest, Vol 436, Issue 1 (kevin dankwardt)
>    2. [svlug-announce] SVLUG December 7th meeting: SVLUG party, our
>       last meeting at Symantec (Rick Moen)
>    3. Re: Volunteers for 2017 talks (kevin dankwardt)
>    4. expanding Europe's Linux Presentation Day to the US (Hauke Laging)
>    5. Re: expanding Europe's Linux Presentation Day to the US
>       (kevin dankwardt)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: kevin dankwardt <[email protected]>
> To: "Chaiken, Alison" <[email protected]>
> Cc: SVLUG <[email protected]>
> Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 13:55:10 -0800
> Subject: Re: [svlug] svlug Digest, Vol 436, Issue 1
> I have been talking with folks at Hacker Dojo for the last few months
> about holding events there. Because of the construction things were hard to
> arrange. I will check again.
>
> -kevin
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Chaiken, Alison <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I am working on a speaker for January and later months too.
>> Please let me and the list know of suggestions, ideas, comments,
>> complaints etc over speakers.
>>
>> My SCALE talk called "Linux: the First Second" is not yet accepted, but
>> I'll present a dry run during the week of 2/20 if it is.  That is, assuming
>> that you can stand two talks in February.   The talk is not another about
>> systemd, but instead about everything that comes between POR and PID 1:
>> what is an initrd and why might we use it?   What is the difference between
>> 'warm' and 'cold' boot?   et cetera.
>>
>> Have you been over to check-out the possibility of using a room at the
>> new Hacker Dojo?   I've been too lazy but am still a member.
>>
>> Thanks for all your hard work in putting on these presentations,
>> Alison
>>
>> ---
>> Alison Chaiken                      [email protected], 650-279-5600
>> <(650)%20279-5600>
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>> http://embedded.fm/episodes/170
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Rick Moen <rick-IyCrq+X4Fdq2oZ/[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Cc:
> Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 22:54:30 -0800
> Subject: [svlug] [svlug-announce] SVLUG December 7th meeting: SVLUG party,
> our last meeting at Symantec
>
>
> WHEN:
>
> Wednesday, December 7th, 2016
> 7pm-9pm
>
>
> MAIN PRESENTATION
>
> TOPIC:  SVLUG Party
>
>
> PRESENTED BY: All of you!
>
> TOPIC SUMMARY:
> This is the final SVLUG meeting at Symantec.  There is now a
> replacement venue for 2017 being arranged at Cavium in San Jose;
> thanks, Kevin Dankwardt.  Still, we are having a blowout party to
> celebrate SVLUG's long and illustrious lecture series at Symantec.
>
> If you have Linux hardware or software you'd like to show off,
> please feel welcome to bring it!
>
>
> ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
> MORE ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
> This meeting features all of you. You _are_ SVLUG.  Come celebrate.
> Rick Moen will be bringing homemade pies, some plastic utensils
> paper plates, and paper towels.  It would be really excellent if at least
> several other members could bring snacks, or soft drinks, or maybe a
> pizza, or whatever else inspires you as food to share.
>
> LOCATION:
>
>  Symantec
>  Relish Café function space
>  350 Ellis Street (near E. Middlefield Road)
>  Mountain View, CA 94043
>
>  Directions on how to get there are listed at:
>  http://www.svlug.org/directions/symantec.php
>
> We've tried our very best for these directions to be accurate.
> If you have any improvements to make, please let SVLUG's volunteers
> know!  [email protected]
>
> POST-MEETING GATHERING:
>
> If you just can't get enough, a smaller group usually goes to a local
> restaurant/diner after the meeting:  Frankie, Johnnie & Luigi, Too,
> 939 West El Camino Real between Shoreline and Castro, Mountain View.
> (But just this once, if we do the party right, probably everyone will
> be already full.)
>
> We look forward to seeing you there!
>
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: kevin dankwardt <[email protected]>
> To: James Briggs <james-yUav3nFPDuJM8vIpRb7SXwC/[email protected]>
> Cc: SVLUG <[email protected]>
> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 09:06:16 -0800
> Subject: Re: [svlug] Volunteers for 2017 talks
> Hi James,
>
> How about mid February? It would be cool to have more than one talk in a
> month. I have tentatives for the regular meetings for Jan and March right
> now.
>
> There is another venue that volunteered to host meetings.
>
> Any of your three look good to me. We will need a short bio and an
> abstract for your talk. What date (a Mon-Thur night) would you like to try
> for? I will see if I can get the venue.
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Kevin
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 7:53 PM, James Briggs <james-yUav3nFPDuJM8vIpRb7SXwC/[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi SVLUG.
>>
>> I'm available after Feb. 1, 2017 to do talks on the following topics:
>>
>> - Supporting Java for Linux Sysadmins
>> - Advanced HAProxy (SNI, Direct Return Routing, etc.)
>> - Managing Microservices with Puppet on Linux
>>
>> Check out my blog on these topics and more:
>> http://www.jebriggs.com/blog/
>>
>> And my monitoring project, RackPing, that replaces Pingdom:
>> https://www.rackping.com/
>>
>> Thanks,
>> James Briggs
>> james-yUav3nFPDuJM8vIpRb7SXwC/[email protected]
>>
>>
>>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Hauke Laging <hauke.laging-K0Dh+nIXT1xJbQgTzMLsXM00J9VKckv/[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Cc:
> Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2016 18:13:14 +0100
> Subject: [svlug] expanding Europe's Linux Presentation Day to the US
> Hello,
>
> in May 2015 Berlin's Linux user group (BeLUG) has started a new type of
> event
> which has spread quickly all over Europe: the Linux Presentation Day (LPD)
>
> 2015.1: Berlin only
> 2016.1 & 2016.2: 120+ cities in 15 countries
> 2017.1: first locations outside Europe (Canada, New Zealand, probably more)
>
> I contact you because we intend to expand the LPD beyond Europe next year.
>
> The aim of the LPD towards the general public is to provide biannual and
> comprehensive information events about Linux for private users who would
> like
> to get a first impression of Linux.
>
> The aim towards the media is to make the event so big (both nationally and
> internationally) that the nationwide non-IT media cover it regularly.
>
> The aim towards the Linux community is that an LPD event can be so small
> and
> easy to organize (even without costs) that really everyone can try to
> organize
> an event with good chances of success. The local organizers decide on their
> own what their event shall be like; we just make suggestions and offer
> support.
>
>
> You can find a longer description of the concept here:
>
> http://www.linux-presentation-day.org/idea/
>
>
> Are you as an organization interested in participating in the LPD? If not:
> Are
> any of your members interested in helping us bring the LPD to the US?
>
> This event is very useful for finding new LUG members.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> (Mr.) Hauke Laging
> --
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>
> International phone contact for the Linux Presentation Day:
>      tel:+49-30-55579620 (13:00–23:00, German and English)
>
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>
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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: kevin dankwardt <[email protected]>
> To: Hauke Laging <hauke.laging-K0Dh+nIXT1xJbQgTzMLsXM00J9VKckv/[email protected]>
> Cc: SVLUG <[email protected]>
> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 10:26:29 -0800
> Subject: Re: [svlug] expanding Europe's Linux Presentation Day to the US
> I'm interested and am happy to help facilitate Silicon Valley Linux User
> Group's participation.
>
> -kevin dankwardt
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 9:13 AM, Hauke Laging <hauke.laging@linux-
> presentation-day.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> in May 2015 Berlin's Linux user group (BeLUG) has started a new type of
>> event
>> which has spread quickly all over Europe: the Linux Presentation Day (LPD)
>>
>> 2015.1: Berlin only
>> 2016.1 & 2016.2: 120+ cities in 15 countries
>> 2017.1: first locations outside Europe (Canada, New Zealand, probably
>> more)
>>
>> I contact you because we intend to expand the LPD beyond Europe next year.
>>
>> The aim of the LPD towards the general public is to provide biannual and
>> comprehensive information events about Linux for private users who would
>> like
>> to get a first impression of Linux.
>>
>> The aim towards the media is to make the event so big (both nationally and
>> internationally) that the nationwide non-IT media cover it regularly.
>>
>> The aim towards the Linux community is that an LPD event can be so small
>> and
>> easy to organize (even without costs) that really everyone can try to
>> organize
>> an event with good chances of success. The local organizers decide on
>> their
>> own what their event shall be like; we just make suggestions and offer
>> support.
>>
>>
>> You can find a longer description of the concept here:
>>
>> http://www.linux-presentation-day.org/idea/
>>
>>
>> Are you as an organization interested in participating in the LPD? If
>> not: Are
>> any of your members interested in helping us bring the LPD to the US?
>>
>> This event is very useful for finding new LUG members.
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> (Mr.) Hauke Laging
>> --
>> http://www.linux-presentation-day.org/
>>
>> International phone contact for the Linux Presentation Day:
>>      tel:+49-30-55579620 (13:00–23:00, German and English)
>>
>> XMPP (Chat with OTR): [email protected]
>>    OTR: 91626899 1C06F2BD 75EC2441 35C696CE 38F75997
>>
>>
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