From lyz at princessleia.com Mon Sep 1 11:24:27 2014 From: lyz at princessleia.com (Elizabeth K. Joseph) Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 11:24:27 -0700 Subject: Informal Debian hacking hours: Sunday, September 7th In-Reply-To: <20140831202259.6d3ffd3d.itz@buug.org> References: <20140831202259.6d3ffd3d.itz@buug.org> Message-ID: On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 8:22 PM, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > I may come, depending on other plans. > > Do you have any particular projects in mind? Not really. We'll be in pre-freeze time for Jessie so mostly folks will probably be working on getting their packages into shape for the freeze in November (latest versions, fixing RC bugs). I'm sure people will be happy to help others find tasks. I'll probably be working on whatever open source work happens to be on my plate that afternoon. -- Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2 http://www.princessleia.com From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Wed Sep 3 21:27:33 2014 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 21:27:33 -0700 Subject: And Debian got their birthday/anniversary gift/donation from BAD :-) Message-ID: <20140903212733.150376qzajj2ewgs@webmail.rawbw.com> And Debian got their birthday/anniversary gift/donation from BAD :-) One can also give on-line ... including automatic periodic contributions. references/excerpts (partially redacted): http://bad.debian.net/pipermail/bad/2014-July/003618.html https://www.debian.org/donations http://www.spi-inc.org/donations/ https://co.clickandpledge.com/advanced/default.aspx?wid=34115#DonationName_4 ----- Forwarded message from ----- Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 12:39:24 -0400 From: Subject: To: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Check # for $80.00 was presented for payment on 09/02/14. ----- End forwarded message ----- From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Mon Sep 8 04:44:28 2014 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 04:44:28 -0700 Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting 7:05p Wed. @ Henry's Hunan, W 2014-09-10 Message-ID: <20140908044428.28953u0wazm32sao@webmail.rawbw.com> Who: all the BADies that can and want to What: Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting When: 2014-07-09T19:05-0700 (7:05 P.M. PDT) -- 'till whenever Where: Henry's Hunan Restaurant 110 Natoma St. (between 2nd & New Montgomery) San Francisco, CA 94105-3704 1-415-546-4999 http://www.henryshunanrestaurant.com/ Why: Because it's good, cool thing to do, yummy, reasonably priced, and happens to be very conveniently located relative to: San Francisco Ubuntu Hour: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/2889-ubuntu-hour-san-francisco/ From itz at buug.org Mon Sep 8 09:03:33 2014 From: itz at buug.org (Ian Zimmerman) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 09:03:33 -0700 Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting 7:05p Wed. @ Henry's Hunan, W 2014-09-10 In-Reply-To: <20140908044428.28953u0wazm32sao@webmail.rawbw.com> References: <20140908044428.28953u0wazm32sao@webmail.rawbw.com> Message-ID: <20140908090333.5c5d2ffb.itz@buug.org> On Mon, 08 Sep 2014 04:44:28 -0700 "Michael Paoli" wrote: > Who: all the BADies that can and want to > What: Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting > When: 2014-07-09T19:05-0700 (7:05 P.M. PDT) -- 'till whenever ^^^^^^^^^^ I take it the date in Subject is governing :-) -- Please *no* private copies of mailing list or newsgroup messages. From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Mon Sep 8 12:58:21 2014 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 12:58:21 -0700 Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting 7:05p Wed. @ Henry's Hunan, W 2014-09-10 In-Reply-To: <20140908090333.5c5d2ffb.itz@buug.org> References: <20140908044428.28953u0wazm32sao@webmail.rawbw.com> <20140908090333.5c5d2ffb.itz@buug.org> Message-ID: <20140908125821.10032m2rzyn9r5og@webmail.rawbw.com> Oops, yes, that should've indicated 2014-09-10 in the email body. Wee bit too much copy/paste - oops - my bad. Thanks for catching that. :-) > From: "Ian Zimmerman" > Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting 7:05p Wed. @ > Henry's Hunan, W 2014-09-10 > Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 09:03:33 -0700 > On Mon, 08 Sep 2014 04:44:28 -0700 > "Michael Paoli" wrote: > >> Who: all the BADies that can and want to >> What: Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting >> When: 2014-07-09T19:05-0700 (7:05 P.M. PDT) -- 'till whenever > ^^^^^^^^^^ > > I take it the date in Subject is governing :-) > > -- > Please *no* private copies of mailing list or newsgroup messages. From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Wed Sep 10 09:10:35 2014 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 09:10:35 -0700 Subject: BALUG: Tu 2014-09-16 Todd Varland of AWS; & Oct.: 2014-10-21 New Venue! Message-ID: <20140910091035.11641kg99y30w740@webmail.rawbw.com> BALUG: Tu 2014-09-16 Todd Varland of AWS; & Oct.: 2014-10-21 New Venue! ------------------------------ items, details further below: 2014-09-16 BALUG meeting - Todd Varland of Amazon's Amazon Web Services (AWS) 2014-10-21 New venue starting in October! giveaways (CDs/DVDs, ...) volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your experience & resume!) Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org ------------------------------ For our 2014-09-16 BALUG meeting we have: Todd Varland of Amazon Web Services (AWS)[1] on: Everything that's old is new again: Linux, Hardware and the Cloud[2] (Internet of Things)[3] Talk Outline: o Observations from the front line - Trends in Internet of Things (IoT)/Low Performance Computing (LPC)[4] o Showcase a project that was done in the AWS Office (simplebeerservice.com[5]) o Discuss and demo a file backup project that Todd did (Raspberry Pi[6] networking device that backs files up to AWS) o Discuss and demo an automation of Todd's home heating system (Arduino[7] device that controls heating vents aided by the Cloud) o Wrap up these examples by tying into observations and thoughts on where the Maker movement[8] is headed with this Todd Varland is a Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS) based in San Francisco. Todd works with customers of all sizes helping architect solutions being deployed in the AWS cloud across a broad range of technical scenarios. Prior to joining AWS, Todd spent more than a decade in traditional datacenter and cloud operations in senior management positions. Other "tours of duty" include development, performance engineering and operations in organizations ranging from start-up to Fortune 50. Note also that this will be the last time BALUG meets at this historic location! So come by to also say goodbye to our Four Seas Restaurant meeting location. We'll meet at a new location in October. 1. http://aws.amazon.com/ 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things 4. https://www.google.com/#q=%22low+performance+computing%22+LPC 5. https://simplebeerservice.com/ 6. http://www.raspberrypi.org/ 7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino 8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maker_movement 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 BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat upstairs in the private banquet room. Meeting Details... 6:30pm Tuesday, September 16th, 2014 2014-09-16 Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/ 731 Grant Ave. San Francisco, CA 94108 Easy Transit Access: The MUNI 1 line stops half a block away. For folks on BART, the MUNI 1 starts about a block from Embarcadero BART. Trip planning: http://www.511.org/ 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 - joining us for a yummy family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue). ------------------------------ 2014-10-21 New venue starting in October! The Four Seas Restaurant lost their lease. So their last day of business there is 2014-09-27, and our last meeting there will be 2014-09-16. We certainly want to thank The Four Seas Restaurant for their wonderful hospitality, dining, and a great place for us to meet over these many years! BALUG has been meeting there since our first meeting back in October 1997. By my count, through September, I believe BALUG will have held 186 meetings in total at The Four Seas Restaurant, and The Four Seas Restaurant has been in business there since the 1930s! We've had multiple meetings there with over 100 attendees, including Linus Torvalds, Mark Shuttleworth, and many other speakers and highly notable speakers over the years - and we want to thank them all too! ... and continue meeting! And continue meeting BALUG will! 3rd Tuesdays, per usuaul - but with change of venue starting 2014-10-21. Where will we be? We can certainly use your help on leads for venue! Certainly feel free to discus on our "talk[1]" list. See also the earlier item[2] on our admin list that gives fair overview of what we're hopefully looking to find as for venue. And IF YOU HAVE LEADS ON SPECIFIC VENUE(s) BE SURE TO DROP US A NOTE!: balug-contact at balug.org - and can of course also mention/discuss it on our "talk[1]" list. And much thanks for leads/contacts, useful ideas, etc. that will get us to our future venue(s)! And watch the web site and "announce" list for updates - I'm hoping we'll have venue figured out fairly soon. And in any case, I anticipate us confirming and announcing meeting location not later than earlier preceding BALUG meeting. 1. http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org 2. http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2014-July/001504.html ------------------------------ We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll likely have at least the below plus additional items. CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here: http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash, etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof, also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory (qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does also frequently change). ------------------------------ volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience) Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG, but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and could also be something to add to or round out one's resume. There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us at a meeting and/or drop us a note at: balug-contact at balug.org These opportunities may include, among other possibilities: o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc. o assist on publicity o chief/assistant cat herder o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators). o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist o archivist/history/retrieval/etc. o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!) ------------------------------ Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------