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? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.html http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO06A/conference/tracksessio... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.htm... http://www.linuxpicnic.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2006-11-21 BALUG meeting ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.balug.org/