[mdlug] BerkeleyTIPGlobal-USA September 6 Saturday- Stallman Torvalds Debconf Akademy...
john_re
john_re at fastmail.us
Fri Aug 22 06:50:38 EDT 2008
Hello Raymond McL -
Hello MDLUG friends, from Berkeley. :)
Raymond - Thanks for your tip about InterLUG. I'll be posting this
there shortly too. Are MDLUGers interested in joining in?
PS - Are those slashdotters near you all? Do they ever go to Detroit
meetings? Do they have another LUG out their way?
WHO: YOU, and the GLOBAL GNU(Linux)/BSD FSW COMMUNITY.
WHAT: The First Global-USA SIMULTANEOUS monthly MEETING of the
Berkeley - Talks Installfest Potluck & ProgrammingParty (TIP)
WHEN: SEPTEMBER 6 SATURDAY 10AM-6PM Pacific Daylight Savings Time
(Adjust for your local time. Ex: Eastern = Pacific + 3Hrs.)
WHERE: In your local community
WHY: Learn, Install SW, Communicate with Friends, Produce
HOW: Bring your laptop & VOIP headset. Download videos before meeting.
Who will be the person to arrange your local simultaneous meeting,
for SEPTEMBER 6, SATURDAY?
===== ATTENDEE & MEETING - FACTS & BENEFITS =====
Whatever aspects of GNU(LINUX)/BSD
freedom software, technology, or culture you are interested in,
on SEPTEMBER 6, SATURDAY, (& the 1st Saturday of every month)
the place YOU WILL WANT TO BE is at a local meeting of:
The historic First, Simultaneous,
Berkeley GNU(Linux)/BSD Freedom SW/Culture
- Talks, Installfest, Potluck & ProgrammingParty (TIP)
Global-USA monthly meeting.
[10AM-6PM Pacific Daylight Savings Time - Adjust for your local time.]
EVERYONE: Join the group & mailing list at:
http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal
The mailing list is open to, and is for everyone: all attendees at all
the local meetings.
Local meeting organizers are doubly encouraged to join the list.
===== HOWTO - ARRANGING A LOCAL MEETING =====
Who will be the person to arrange your local simultaneous meeting,
for SEPTEMBER 6, SATURDAY?
It's really EASY. Just:
1) JOIN the BerkeleyTIP-Global MAILING LIST:
http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal
and say "Hi".
2) DECIDE on a LOCATION for the meeting:
PUBLIC UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE = GREAT.
3) SEND out ANNOUNCEMENTS to email lists.
4) DOWNLOAD the VIDEOS ahead of time.
5) Have the MEETING. :)
Reply to this email on your mailing list & I'll try to help you out.
Remember, I'm just doing this as a volunteer effort for the community,
so I can only make a little time to help you. I'll try to help you. :)
I've included step by step plans here & on the BerkeleyTIP-Global Group
website. Ask questions to the BerkeleyTIP-Global mailing list, & the
community can help each other out.
Reply to this message on your local list to let me know who will head up
your local meeting effort. Also say "Hi" on the BerkTIPGlobal mailing
list. :)
Also, if YOU are interested in ATTENDING a local meeting, but aren't up
to being an "organizer" for your local event, please do reply to this
email on your local list, & say you'd be interested in attending, so
potential "organizers" on your list will know people are interested in
attending this event.
===== MEETING ACTIVITIES =====
You will have about 20 educational talks to watch
[from the top minds in the GNU(Linux)/BSD Free SW world].
You will be able to:
Learn, Install or Upgrade, Communicate w/ friends, & Create.
We will watch talks, then get together Globally-USA on IRC & VOIP to
discuss anything & everything.
===== 2.5 WEEKS TO ARRANGE LOCAL MEETINGS =====
With 2.5 weeks to go before the meeting,
you have ample time to arrange a local meeting place & meeting.
I've created a simple plan/ set of instructions for you
- all you have to do is follow the steps.
There's already been interest expressed in BatonRouge, Boston, Chicago,
Denver, Detroit, Hawaii, Montana, NorthCarolina, Virginia, Canada &
Columbia. & Berkeley/SiliconValley. & from FSF, FreeBSD & Debian
people. (And that's just from my small, part time effort on this.)
Who will be the person(s) to arrange your local meeting details?
Maybe it's you. (& it's straightforward, and easy to do.)
===== WHO SHOULD ATTEND =====
Parts of this meeting are relevant for:
Computing & technology professionals, business people, non-profits,
educators, students, scientists, (re)searchers, engineers, artists, &
home & personal computer users.
The meeting is Free, no money $ cost.
- & You might want to make a donation to support its growth/benefits.
I invite you to join our mailing list at
http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal
===== VOLUNTEERING - ME & YOU =====
Note: I'm putting this together as my volunteer effort for the
community, in my almost nonexistent "free/spare" time. I've designed
this as a "self-reliant" event. I'll certainly try to help everyone
out, but this event doesn't depend on me - if _you_ want a successful
event, it depends on _you_ (collectively). It's a self reliant event, &
I've worked hard to ensure it is easy for you to succeed in making &
having a successful event/ experience(s).
Forward this announcement wherever you think it will do some good: like,
any list you don't see me posting this to.
I'm sending this to about 15 LUGs around the USA, plus come topic
groups, ex BSD, FSF, GNU, Debian, Gentoo, KDE, GNOME, Python. Feel free
to send this announcement to any community email list where it could do
some good.
I'm sending this to at least the following USA LUGs:
Boston, NY, WDC, Florida, Chicago, Denver, Atlanta,
BatonRouge, Austin, LA, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii
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If I had lots of time, I'd complete this section. But, since I want
this announcement to go out now, I'll leave this merely as complete as
it is. You can find most of this information on the BerkTIPGlobal group
website. Ask any questions you have on the group mailing list.
===== CONTENTS: =====
0) Global group - mailing list - everyone join
1) Local Meeting Management/Arrangement Plan
2) Attendee Video Downloading Plan - Download before meeting
3) Talks / Topics - Tentative Schedule
4) IRC & VOIP - ProgrammingParty = VOIP this meeting
5) Installfest - HowTo - SelfReliance = bring everything you need
6) Ex of local meeting info: BerkeleyTIP local
===== 0) Global group - mailing list - everyone join =====
http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal
There are 4 PARALLEL TRACKS of events:
1) TALKS Talks by various speakers (stream video globally)
2) INSTALLFEST Bring your computer & install BSD or GNU/Linux software.
3) POTLUCK Bring $5 or food to share: eat, chat (optional)
4) PROGRAMMING PARTY Write SW on your. or a group. project
This next meeting I am stepping this up from a local Berkeley meeting,
toward its goal of being a Global meeting. For the September 6 meeting
I'm working to get USA locations up & connected. I call this month's
meeting "Global-USA". Anyone is welcome to set up a simultaneous
meeting anywhere in the world. But _my_ efforts this month are
primarily directed to getting USA groups going. Next month I'll focus
on getting Americas' groups added.
===== 1) Local Meeting Management/Arrangement Plan =====
For people who want to have a local meeting,
here is a Plan for you to follow to arrange a meeting:
Here are the major accomplishments to achieve, by time point:
In time before the meeting:
3rd week: August 17 - 23
1) Discuss meeting online with local group
2) Where to hold local meeting - Discuss
2nd Week: August 24 - 30
1) Visit possible locations, verify internet connectivity.
2) Discuss merits of various locations.
3) Choose location for meeting.
1st Week: August 31 - Sept 5
1) Visit location & get on IRC for a test.
2) Make physical arrangements
signs, network hardware (WiFi AP, ethernet switch, ethernet cables,
power cables)
0 Day: September 6
Have meeting: Learn, install, eat, talk, create, have fun! :)
http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal/web/local-meeting-manager-accomplishments
!!! NOTE: Your time zone simultaneous times are a
DIFFERENT HOUR OF THE DAY than the hours below
if you aren't in PDST. So ADJUST FOR YOUR TIME ZONE!!!
EX: EAST COAST USA = PDST + 3 HOURS.
I.E. 10 AM PDST = 1 PM EDST. )
September 6 Saturday 10AM-6PM (Pacific Daylight Savings Time).
In your region.
===== 2) Attendee Video Download Before Meeting Plan =====
All attendees to every meeting should download, before the meeting, the
videos they want to watch to their laptop. This ensures you are self
sufficient, & aren't depending on someone else to bring the videos you
want to see.
At the appropriate hour, watch the relevant video. Get on IRC with
others watching the same video & discuss it.
GETTING THE TALKS - You, the person who goes to the event.
In THE WEEK BEFORE THE MEETING, CHECK the BerkTIPGlobal group website
for the latest tentative LIST of talks & schedule, and the video
download links.
1) Determine your TOPIC INTEREST areas.
2) READ BerkTIPGlobal video ANNOUNCEMENTS &
select URLs for videos you are interested in
3) DOWNLOAD those videos to your laptop in week before event
4) WATCH videos on your laptop at local group on event day.
===== 3) Talks / Topics =====
NEW THIS MONTH:
Watch the latest talks from Debconf, SciPy & KDE Akademy.
?Maybe even Defcon??
TALKS/VIDEOS/GROUP_MEETINGS AGENDA:
1000A DISTROS - GNU(Linux), BSD, Debian, Gentoo, FreeBSD OpenBSD
SOCIAL - EFF, FSF
1130A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES - Python, PERL, CC++, PHP
DATABASES - MySQL, MSQL, BerkeleyDB
100P GUI's - GNOME, KDE
NETWORKING - internet, Apache, web browser, VOIP
230P BUSINESS - CRM, ERP, spreadsheets
EDUCATION/ACADEMIC - OLPC, SciPy
400P HARDWARE - OLPC, phone
PERSONAL APPLICATIONS - K/Open-Office, audio, video
530P ART - Creative Commons, music, visual, Wikipedia
WEB DESIGN
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE - Likely to change - watch group website for updates
1000 AM--------------------------------------------------------------
Network1: Asterisk VOIP - Sameer Verma
Social: GNU & Copyright - Richard Stallman
1130 AM--------------------------------------------------------------
Network2: Debian - Setup A WiFi Repeater
Prog Lang: Painless Python Part 1 - Alex Martelli
Database: A Googly MySQL Cluster
100 PM--------------------------------------------------------------
GUIs: ? - Akademy
Distros: git - Linus Torvalds
? - Debian Debconf
230 PM--------------------------------------------------------------
Business: Web 2.0 startups - David Weekly
Education: Python on the OLPC XO Laptop
400 PM--------------------------------------------------------------
Hardware: ? Open Moko?? - can we get someone to give a talk on this???
Pers Apps: ? Games - TeamSpeak - can we get a talk on this???
530 PM--------------------------------------------------------------
Art: ?
WebDesign: ?
===== 4) IRC & VOIP - ProgrammingParty = VOIP this meeting =====
If you know WiFi, internet connection sharing, IRC, or VOIP, come & help
out on getting connection sharing going for local meetings, getting IRC
up for all meetings to join, & getting VOIP going.
VOIP = everyone bring a laptop, Audio Headset & microphone, WiFi
capability, & get together with people at all meetings on group VOIP
channels. Too many details for me to mention more here.
===== 5) Installfest HowTo- SelfReliance= bring everything you need=====
Local installfests - Optional, up to local meeting organizers. Ask
attendees to be prepared, be self reliant, bring everything they think
they'll need - HW, SW, networking, power cables, monitors, WiFi cards &
AccessPoints, blank CDs, etc.
===== 6) Ex of local meeting info: BerkeleyTIP local =====
Check out the announcements & links here for suggestions & guidelines:
http://groups.google.com/group/berktip
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Now:
JOIN the BerkeleyTIP-Global MAILING LIST:
http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal
What questions do you have?
Who will be the person to arrange your local simultaneous meeting,
for SEPTEMBER 6, SATURDAY?
Reply to this message on your local list to let me know who will head up
your local meeting effort. Also say "Hi" on the BerkTIPGlobal mailing
list. :)
EVERYONE: Join the group & mailing list at:
http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal
The mailing list is open to, and is for everyone: all attendees at all
the local meetings.
Also, if YOU are interested in ATTENDING a local meeting, but aren't up
to being an "organizer" for your local event, please do reply to this
email on your local list, & say you'd be interested in attending, so
potential "organizers" on your list will know people are interested in
attending this event.
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