Mark Shuttleworth at BALUG 2008-03-25!, and other BALUG News
Contents: * Mark Shuttleworth at BALUG 2008-03-25 (note change from usual date) * Additional upcoming BALUG meeting dates and speakers * 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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LugRadio Live USA 2008[10] 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.
10. http://www.lugradio.org/live/USA2008/
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Contacting BALUG: http://www.new.balug.org/#Contact 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@balug.org