BALUG: Tu 2009-08-18 OpenHatch: Community tools for open source: Asheesh Laroia, Raphael Krut-Landau and Karen Rustad; + other news
Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG) Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2009-08-18
Please RSVP if you're planning to come (see further below).
For our 2009-08-18 BALUG meeting, we're excited to present:
OpenHatch is an online network for open source geeks. The fragmentation of Free Software means it's hard to know where you can make a difference. OpenHatch provides a profile engine so you can showcase the contributions you've made and a cross-project bug search engine to help you find issues targeted at your skills and passions.
OpenHatch is looking for feedback on their early alpha, enthusiastic testers, and ideas about other community tools that can enrich the open source experience. The time will be split between a presentation and Q&A from the audience.
Asheesh is the data seducer at OpenHatch. He is a Debian Developer, was a software engineer for Creative Commons, and put 288 inflatable pink flamingos on his campus quad. He has written testimony in an EFF copyright case and volunteered for the World Food Programme in Uganda.
Asheesh will be joined by his two colleagues at OpenHatch, Raphael Krut-Landau and Karen Rustad. Karen served on the board of Students for Free Culture for two years and has built viral media outreach campaigns for Open Access advocacy group, SPARC. Raphael is a Linux enthusiast and web applications designer.
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP:
rsvp@balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and they help ensure that we'll be able to eat upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 2009-08-18
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/ 731 Grant Ave. San Francisco, CA 94108 Easy PARKING: Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13
After meeting meeting (?) Presuming enough folks want to after the main meeting, those interested may gather at a nearby venue (e.g. pub) for further discussion on, e.g.: o BALUG steering committee (talk about what BALUG wants/needs to do and possible changes, etc.) o stuff one can do to help BALUG o ideas for possible future talks/presentations (got contacts/leads?) o random Linux, etc. topics o random networking o discussion of topic(s) from/for meetings current, past, and future o insert your topic here :-)
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Additional upcoming BALUG meetings:
2009-09-15 Christian Einfeld on: Help yourself by helping the underdog... public schools. (Linux, Open Source, ...)
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Missed the 2009-07-21 meeting on Regular Expressions? Slides, etc. See: http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk-balug.org/2009-July/004456.html
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Picn*x 18 - The Linux 18th Anniversary Picnic This coming Saturday 2009-08-15 http://www.linuxpicnic.org/
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