BALUG Tu 2010-07-20 BALUG meeting; & other BALUG news

[Michael Paoli]

BALUG Tu 2010-07-20 BALUG meeting; & other BALUG news

In this issue (details further below):
2010-07-20: BALUG meeting
Linux/Ubuntu CDs
2010-08-21: Picn*x 19 - The Linux 19th Anniversary Picnic
2010-06-15: Michael Paoli on vi - materials/"slides"
"Working in the Business" (Linux, IT, etc.), panel discussion

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Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG) meeting
Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2010-07-20

Please RSVP if you're planning to come (see further below).

For our 2010-07-20 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.  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.  Good food, good people, and interesting conversations to be
had.

Also, if you're interested and willing to do a talk/presentation at
a BALUG meeting, or do or may know someone that would be interested in
doing so, please feel free to drop us a note or contact us - you can
find the information on how to reach us on our main web page.

So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:

                    rsvp at balug.org

**Why RSVP??**

Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the
Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and they help ensure that we'll be
able to eat upstairs in the private banquet room.

Meeting Details...

                    6:30pm
                    Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 2010-07-20

                    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 ticket to join us for a yummy
          family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift also
          helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue and helping to
          defray BALUG costs such treating our speakers to dinner).

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We'll also have various Linux/Ubuntu CDs available at the 2010-07-20
BALUG meeting (and likely also future meetings as long as our supply
lasts/continues), most notably presently including:
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) Desktop CD PC (Intel x86) i386
(also at least some Fedora, Knoppix, and other Ubuntu variants presently)
Thanks to Grant Bowman and the Ubuntu California Team for getting CDs to
us.

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2010-08-21: Picn*x 19 - The Linux 19th Anniversary Picnic
http://www.linuxpicnic.org/

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2010-06-15: The vi editor, introduction through advanced usage,  
presented by Michael Paoli
Looking for the materials/"slides" from last month's meeting?
For the "slides":
archived copy:
http://www.archive.balug.org/2010/2010-06-15/
from the speaker/presenter (may include updates):
http://www.rawbw.com/~mp/unix/vi/
and for the vi/ex quick reference tri-fold "cards" handed out:
http://docs.freebsd.org/44doc/usd/12.vi/summary.pdf

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"Working in the Business" (Linux, IT, etc.), panel discussion

BALUG is working to assemble panel (and moderator) for
"Working in the Business" (Linux, IT, etc.), panel discussion

Should make for very interesting, lively, informative and useful
discussion/presentation/"talk/debate".

For more information, and also
if you know someone you'd like as panelist or moderator (or are yourself
interested), and/or if you have specific topics/questions you'd like to
see covered by the panel,
PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT:
http://www.balug.org/#panel
At the present time we're ACTIVELY GATHERING INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL
PANELISTS, MODERATORS, available dates, etc., to plan and coordinate
this event.  Please also do feel free to pass this information along to
any contacts you feel appropriate that may be interested.

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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 at balug.org

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