"Just" a draft draft subject: Subject: Mark Shuttleworth at BALUG 2008-03-25!, and other BALUG News
Comments:
I tweaked the RSVP wording slightly - hopefully not so much that the % RSVPing isn't all that different. We can tweak it more substantially if/when we want on a meeting that's likely to have somewhat lower turnout - with less risk regarding variation in the % of attendees that actually RSVP.
I can totally snip out the Installfest section - just let me know. I think we should have *some* mention of it fairly soon (before the information gets "too dated") but it needn't be in this particular send to "announce". Feel free to grab/steal/borrow any and/or all of what I drafted on it in this draft. Also, it might be best - if feasible, to have a link to a web page (or wiki) that has a writeup, etc., on the Installfest ... something that folk(s) can update as their's new/updated information to track (e.g. additional press coverage noted, information on additional planned Installfest, update/removal of URLs that succumb to link rot, etc. ... such as a page hosted at Untangle?). Sure, we can link to a list archive posting (such as on "talk") ... but that posting doesn't get updated - so might be better to link to something that can get updated.
I'm running a wee bit behind my theoretical schedule ... anyway, hopefully I'll get this posted *late* this evening, or rather early tomorrow (give folks at least half a chance to provide feedback before the "final" hits "announce").
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Contents: Mark Shuttleworth at BALUG 2008-03-25 (note change from usual date) Additional upcoming BALUG meeting dates and speakers Installfest for Schools LugRadio Live USA 2008 in San Francisco Contacts, etc.
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Mark Shuttleworth at BALUG 2008-03-25 (note change from usual date)
NOTE SPECIAL MEETING DATE: 2008-03-25 (no meeting on 2008-03-18) For our 2008-03-25 meeting we are proud to present:
Mark Shuttleworth[1] of Ubuntu[2]/Canonical[3].
Mark is founder of the Ubuntu Project[2], and also founded Thawte[4] (which specialized in digital certificates), HBD Venture Capital[5] (invests in early stage South African companies with high growth potential) and The Shuttleworth Foundation[6] (non-profit organization that accelerates social innovation in Africa with a particular focus on education), and also formed Canonical[3] (commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, and committed to the development, distribution and promotion of open source software products, and to providing tools and support to the open source community). In April 2002, Mark also became the First African in Space[7], arriving via Soyuz TM-34 to the International Space Station and spending several days there, and returning via Soyuz TM-33.
If you intend to come, please RSVP to: rsvp@balug.org Why RSVP? Well, we probably wouldn't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the Four Seas Restaurant plan settings/food/staffing and help ensure that we're able to eat upstairs in the private banquet room.
Subscribe to our (low volume) Announce list[8] to be sure and be notified of our upcoming events.
1. http://www.markshuttleworth.com/biography 2. http://www.ubuntu.com/ 3. http://www.canonical.com/ 4. http://www.thawte.com/ 5. http://www.hbd.com/ 6. http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/ 7. http://www.africaninspace.com/ 8. http://www.new.balug.org/#Lists
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Additional upcoming BALUG meeting dates[9] and speakers (see our web page[9] for more details): 2008-04-15 Eric Allman 2008-05-20 Jeremy Allison 2008-06-17 Andrew Morton 2008-07-15 Mike Linksvayer, CTO, Creative Commons Subscribe to our (quite low volume) Announce list[8] to be sure and be notified of our upcoming events.
8. http://www.new.balug.org/#Lists 9. http://www.new.balug.org/#Meetings%20(upcoming)
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Installfest for Schools[10]
The (first?) Installfest for Schools[10] was held 2008-03-01, and was a highly successful event[11][12][13][14] - with hundreds of systems assembled and loaded up with Ubuntu and additional free software, all made ready for donation to schools. All made possible by Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC)[15], Untangle[16], additional supporters/donors/contributors - including also many User Groups (among them San Francisco Linux Users' Group (SF-LUG)[17] and Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG)[18][11]), and a quite large number of volunteers.
Watch this space for additional future updates / links to additional information on the Installfest for Schools.
10. http://www.untangle.com/installfest 11. http://www.thejournal.com/articles/22165_2 12. http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2008q1/003914.html 13. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Old-Hardware-Gets-New-Lease-of-Life-with-Ubun... 14. http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35... 15. http://www.accrc.org/ 16. http://www.untangle.com/ 17. http://www.sf-lug.org/ 18. http://www.balug.org/
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LugRadio Live USA 2008[19] at The Metreon in San Francisco, April 12th & 13th, 2008
LugRadio Live USA 2008 brings San Francisco the unique atmosphere of LugRadio Live UK, an event that has developed a strong reputation for providing a range of topics about free software, Open Source, digital rights, technology and more, a compelling list of speakers, exhibitors and birds of a feather sessions, and wrapping it all in a unique, fun, loose, social and inclusive event, which is often described as combining the atmosphere of a rock concert and a computer conference.
BALUG may also be participating in this - along with other User Groups in the area.
19. http://www.lugradio.org/live/USA2008/
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