Passing this along because of the offer to speak at the Sept. 19
meeting. I'm guessing that is a new offer, as I see nothing about this
on the Web site or recent mailing list archive entries.
I'm assuming the answer is "yes" but that somebody _ELSE_ is going to
nail down details with her, I hope. ;-> I'm just back from a week out
of town, and digging out from a pile of e-mails and other things.
(Also, I've never handled speaker arrangements, and am about 60km out of
town.)
I'll straighten out her confusion about the e-mail addresses.
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Subject: RE: Job Posting
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:23:56 -0700
From: Rebecca Witt <rwitt(a)friendster.com>
To: balug-admin(a)lists.balug.org
Hi Rick,
I just send a message to: balug-talk-owners(a)lists.balug.org and it
bounced. I've attached the message for your reference.
Thanks,
Rebecca
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Subject: Re: Job Posting
Quoting Rebecca Witt (rwitt(a)friendster.com):
> I was wondering if you distribute job postings to your members?
BALUG welcomes jobs postings from companies that are willing to, at the
same time, submit proposals for a technical talks to our membership at
one of the upcoming monthly meetings. If Friendster would like to do
that, we'd love it! Full details are at
http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org , the
"listinfo" page for our main mailing list -- which also specifies the
mailing list address you can then send your jobs posting to.
(We would not need to distribute your posting for you; you'd just post
it directly.)
Subject: Proposed talk at BALUG
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:21:33 -0700
From: Rebecca Witt <rwitt(a)friendster.com>
To: balug-talk-owners(a)lists.balug.org
While I don't have a confirmed speaker yet, it's going to be someone
from our Ops team or the VP of Eng himself! The talk will have
something to do with Friendster's use of open-source technology in
large-scale production. Any requests!?! This would be for the 9/19
meeting at Four Seas correct?
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Hi Rick,
I just send a message to: balug-talk-owners(a)lists.balug.org and it
bounced. I've attached the message for your reference.
Thanks,
Rebecca
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From: Rick Moen [mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com]
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 2:41 PM
To: Rebecca Witt
Cc: balug-admin(a)lists.balug.org
Subject: Re: Job Posting
Quoting Rebecca Witt (rwitt(a)friendster.com):
> I was wondering if you distribute job postings to your members?
BALUG welcomes jobs postings from companies that are willing to, at the
same time, submit proposals for a technical talks to our membership at
one of the upcoming monthly meetings. If Friendster would like to do
that, we'd love it! Full details are at
http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org , the
"listinfo" page for our main mailing list -- which also specifies the
mailing list address you can then send your jobs posting to.
(We would not need to distribute your posting for you; you'd just post
it directly.)
Job description was in MS-Word "doc" format. wvWare conversion is
included at the bottom.
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Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 14:06:39 -0700
From: Rebecca Witt <rwitt(a)friendster.com>
To: balug-announce-owner(a)lists.balug.org
Subject: Job Posting
Hello,
I was wondering if you distribute job postings to your members?
Friendster, located at Howard x 2nd in SOMA is looking to hire a Sr Sys
Admin. I have attached the position description. Please advise on
whether you would be able to distribute. It is a great job, within an
awesome Ops team!
Thanks,
Rebecca Witt
Friendster
Director Human Resources
rebecca(a)friendster.com
Office: 415-972-1436
Fax: 415-618-0074
View My Friendster Profile!
http://www.friendster.com/profiles/wittra
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Senior Linux Systems Administrator
With over 30 million members, Friendster ( [1]www.friendster.com) is
one of the most recognized online social networks in the world
Friendster 2.0 is positioned as more upmarket and innovative than its
competitors. Friendster generates more than 1 billion page views per
month. The site allows people to stay connected to friends while
sharing and discovering media (pictures, music, video and blogs) with
them. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, Friendster is
backed by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers and Benchmark.
Friendster 2.0 is dedicated to rapidly identifying and assimilating
emergent media and web trends, such as: video, tagging and podcasting.
Friendster is currently seeking a Senior Linux Systems Administrator
with production Internet experience supporting a high-volume
commercial website. This position will be a member of the Production
Operations team and will be responsible for managing, growing and
supporting Friendster's large-scale Internet site.
Position Responsibilities:
* Provides system architecture guidance
* Plans and supports the implementation of major architectural
changes
* Will work with the Engineering and Quality Assurance departments
to spearhead the rollout of new features and code updates on the
site
* Seeks opportunities to contribute features and enhancements to
open source software projects in which Friendster participates
* Has frequent contact with vendors for technical support and
technical planning
* Mentors at least one other member of the Operations staff
* Must be willing to be available 24/7, via a planned rotation
schedule, by pager for emergencies
Position Requirements:
* 8+ years employed in Linux / UNIX administration
* Hands-on experience supporting large Linux environments (200+
servers) and maintaining a consistent install base across the
entire environment
* Demonstrated expertise in Apache, PHP, MySQL including performance
tuning
* Experience with NFS, Squid, and CVS
* Clear understanding of the operation of the IP stack in Linux and
of load balancing technologies
* Must have some past development experience with at least one
compiled language (C, C++, Java) plus at least one scripting
language (Bourne shell, Perl, PHP)
Desired Experience:
* Familiarity with SAN (Hitachi Data Systems / McData preferred)
* Experience with Network Appliance storage systems
* Knowledge of Veritas Cluster Server administration
* Supervisory or team training experience
To apply please send your resume to jobs(a)friendster.com. Please be
sure to reference this position title in the subject line of your
email.
References
1. http://www.friendster.com/
Quoting Rebecca Witt (rwitt(a)friendster.com):
> I was wondering if you distribute job postings to your members?
BALUG welcomes jobs postings from companies that are willing to, at the
same time, submit proposals for a technical talks to our membership at
one of the upcoming monthly meetings. If Friendster would like to do
that, we'd love it! Full details are at
http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org , the
"listinfo" page for our main mailing list -- which also specifies the
mailing list address you can then send your jobs posting to.
(We would not need to distribute your posting for you; you'd just post
it directly.)
I haven't yet acted on this as mailing list moderator, but am inclined
to reject it because 1/2 megabyte is WAY too large for broadcast e-mail
sent to a mailing list. (Note, also, that it exceeds the mailing list's
set size limit by a factor of ten.) My view is that the sender should
put it on a Web/ftp site and post its URL, instead. E.g., you could
attach it to a page on the BALUG wiki.
I recognise that you're only acting as a helpful intermediary, and
regret the inconvenience.
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From: Michael Paoli <Michael.Paoli(a)cal.berkeley.edu>
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Subject: Fwd: Slides and source for my Debian talk
>From the presentation Don Armstrong did at the 2006-08-15 BALUG meeting:
> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:08:16 -0700
> From: Don Armstrong
> Subject: Slides and source for my Debian talk
> To: Michael Paoli
> Here are the slides (attached) and the link to the subversion tree to
> generate the source:
> http://svn.donarmstrong.com/don/trunk/projects/debian/balug_talk/
> Don Armstrong
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This:
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2005-May/000030.html
covers most of the video projection details.
I'd also add the following general notes of correction/update/addition:
"Our" (available to BALUG) converter thingy covers "640x480" (less
perhaps some slight edge losses as noted on the URL above). However it's
not fixed to the upper left 640x480 - it will, for example, track
mouse motions and pan the area of the input video that is converted and
output. So, ... for example, if one designs the "slides" for the upper
left 640x480, and has on-screen notes, if/when one moves mouse over one's
on-screen notes, what's covered on the projection will pan to show that.
If one's able to make the jump back and forth pretty quick (e.g. when
changing slides anyway), and remembers to shove the mouse/cursor to the upper
left right after any repositioning/scrolling of "notes", the effect works
out to be rather to quite tolerable and only slightly or very slightly
distracting. I don't know that we've got anyone that's presented that's
found/had significantly different experiences with our video hook-up, but at
least that's what I've observed with my personal laptop (IBM ThinkPad
T40p TYPE 2373-G1U running Debian GNU/Linux) and our available video hook-up.
We do also have microphone/PA available to us (handy for those of us who's
voices don't project as well and/or when our turnout is on the larger side
and some tables aren't as close to the "stage"/platform/podium area.
Quoting Michael Paoli:
> Yes, ... let me find you the link that has the relevant technical details.
>
> I'll send you that shortly.
>
> Quoting Don Armstrong:
>
> > Looks fine to me; one quick question: will there be a projector/screen
> > at the restaurant? [Don't want to be depending on having one and find
> > out that there won't be one.]
I may tweak it a bit more, but this is what I've basically got thus far:
http://www.rawbw.com/~mp/linux/balug/
Idea would be something roughly similar to what I did to promote the
BAD meeting via the Debian booth at LinuxWorld last year.
Print up an 8.5"x11" color version for display in the Debian booth.
Prith up quarter sheet B&W versions (8.5"x11" photocopies cut to
1/4 size) for handout at the Debian booth (and any other appropriate
places). The reverse of the 1/4 sheet handouts would have some
information about various User Groups in/around the Bay Area (e.g.
BALUG, BAD, the BALE list, etc.) - so even after the BALUG meeting is
past, the reverse of those 1/4 sheets would still be useful (and also
handy for those looking at the front or sign wondering what BALUG is).
I'll probably also whip up some 8.5"X11" sign(s) for use in the Debian
booth (and anyone else that wants to promote it) about the noon Th.
keysigning meet-up at the Debian booth.
Materials aren't cast in stone ... yet ... if there's something someone
thinks should be changed on the materials, speak up ... or grab the
GIMP version (also at that URL, bzip2 compressed) and have a crack at it.
Okay, ... this is what I've got for DRAFT to go out on the BALUG
"anounce" list. My plans are to get it out not later than *very
early* Friday, and possibly as "soon" as rather to quite late
Thursday. In the meantime, if there are things that ought to be
corrected, tweaked, added, shrunk, removed, etc., certainly let me know.
News & BALUG 2006-08-15: Don Armstrong of Debian: Debian: Why? How? What next?
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2006-08-15 BALUG: Don Armstrong of Debian: Debian: Why? How? What next? ...
For our August 15th, 2006 BALUG meeting, we have:
Don Armstrong on Debian: Why? How? What next?
Why you should consider using Debian, some tips on how to actually use
Debian, with a look into how Debian actually got where it is and where
Debian is going in the future, both for Etch, and beyond.
Don Armstrong is a Debian Developer who is active in end user support,
package maintenance, legal issues affecting Free Software, and works
on the Debian Bug Tracking System. He is also a graduate student at
the University of California, Riverside in the Cell, Molecular and
Developmental Biology program, where he uses Debian in his research.
Some keysignings might also occur (we had a bit of an impromptu
keysigning at our July meeting, and when and where Debian folks
gather there's also an increased probability of keysignings
occurring). Also, there will probably be some keysignings at/around
LinuxWorld (see also LinuxWorld, below). Also see The San
Francisco Bay Area keysigning information and discussion list
(publicly archived) for latest developments/plans/announcements.
http://www.debian.org/http://www.donarmstrong.com/http://www.balug.org/http://zer0.org/mailman/listinfo/ba-keysign/
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2006-08-14 - 2006-08-17 LinuxWorld Conference and Expo.
Free "Exhibits Only" pass registration is still available through
2006-08-13. An "Exhibits Only" pass includes for free:
3-day access to the LinuxWorld Exhibit Hall
Keynotes
Feature Presentations
Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions*
*Please also note, if you're going to LinuxWorld Birds-of-a-Feather
(BoF) Meetings on 2006-08-15 and you want to make the BALUG meeting,
please try to depart LinuxWorld by approximately 6:40 P.M. to make it
to BALUG at least approximately on time.
Some keysignings will almost certainly be arranged at LinuxWorld (see
also The San Francisco Bay Area keysigning information and discussion
list (publicly archived) for latest developments/plans/announcements).
http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/http://www.balug.org/http://zer0.org/mailman/listinfo/ba-keysign/
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2006-08-16 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM BoF: Network, Device, and Environment Monitoring
(BoF at LinuxWorld - see also LinuxWorld, above)
Informal "meet and greet" reception at GroundWork's offices after the BoF
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk-balug.org/2006-July/003780.htmlhttp://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO06A/conference/tracksessi…
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2006-08-19 Picn*x15 - registration is still open - at least last I checked
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk-balug.org/2006-August/003790.ht…http://www.linuxpicnic.org/
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2006-09-19 BALUG meeting - don't have a specific speaker/presentation
confirmed yet, but even if we end up without, that doesn't stop us
from having good, interesting meetings (good folks, good food, good
conversation, interesting questions/observations/"answers"/etc.).
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2006-10-17 BALUG: Patrick McGovern of Splunk
For our October 17th, 2006 BALUG meeting, we have: Splunk, a company
that claims to take the SH out of IT: TOPIC: Splunk: Illuminating the
issues in your Data Center. SPEAKER: Patrick McGovern BACKGROUND:
Splunk, based in San Francisco, makes a web-based AJAX-enhanced
search engine that allows system administrators and programmers to
search all their incoming log files in real time (any type of log
files: Sendmail, Cisco, MySQL, syslog, etc.) with a browser. It's a
powerful tool to allow people to 'see' inside their systems as they
are running. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Patrick is the Chief Community
Splunker at Splunk, Inc. Prior to joining Splunk, Patrick McGovern
managed SourceForge.net for five years for VA Software / OSTG.
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2006-11-21 BALUG meeting
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http://www.balug.org/