SLUG Monthly Meeting, Friday 26 October

== October SLUG Monthly Meeting ==

You can read this announcement on the Web at http://www.slug.org.au/node/84

Reminder: SLUG has moved to a new venue! We are now in Darling Harbour, near 
public transport and many other amenities.

When:
   18.30 - 20.30, Friday, 26 October, 2007

We start at 18:30 but we ask that people arrive 20 minutes early so we can all 
get into the building and start on time.

A committee member will also be standing outside the building to meet,
greet, and provide directions to the venue.

Where:
   Atlassian[1], 173-185 Sussex Street, Sydney
   (corner of Sussex and Market Street)

Entry is via the rear on Slip Street. There are stairs going down
along the outside of building from Sussex St to near the entrance. A
map of the area and directions on how to get there can be found here[2].


= Talks =

General Talk: Ekta Silwal - "FOSS Implementation and Localisation in Nepal"

   Ekta will be talking about the FOSS Nepal Community, how it got started,
   and the current projects and activities that they are involved in.
   Topics include the perception of Nepalese people regarding FOSS tools,
   localisation of Linux and The Open CD, a demonstration of NepaLinux and the
   Nepali Open CD, and challenges that the FOSS Nepal community are having
   with implementation of FOSS applications.

In-depth Talk: Careers Panel

    Jeff Waugh will lead a discussion of issues surrounding employment and
    careers in the FOSS world.


= Meeting Schedule =

    * 6:15pm: Open Doors
    * 6.40pm: The Usual Suspects
    * 6:45pm: General Talk (see above)
    * 7:30pm: Intermission
    * 7:45pm: Split into two groups for
        * In-depth Talk (see above)
        * SLUGlets: Linux Q&A and other miscellany
    * 8:30pm: Dinner


We hope to see you there!

- Sridhar


[1] http://www.atlassian.com
[2] http://tinyurl.com/35fxes

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