I'd like to do an IPV6 presentation and maybe set up a demo of using a 6bone gateway during a meeting. I have done it in OpenBSD so I'd like to try it with Linux too. I don't know when I can do it tho'. I am currently working on another Network Security Certification class and that takes precedence :) JLF Sends... --- "der.hans" wrote: > moin, moin, > > OK, to start off we only had 11 people there. Robert was the only person > who made prior arrangements not to show, so the rest of you have to go a > week without slashdot or user friendly! :) > > Seriously, though, 11 people (a third of whom already work to put these > things on) is not a large representation of PLUG. We've got over 350 > subscribees and regularly get 40 or more for the East Valley meetings. > > All right, on to the meeting review: > > One of the big topics was location, location, location. We will do what we > can to continue to encourage others to have meetings in other parts of the > Valley. We might hold one of the main meetings at new locations as they > open up as a means of giving them more support. This goes against the > rule of consistently having meetings at the same place/time, though > :(. We'll have to decide this as a group as new meetings open up. > > Hans will give Jim a list of places that he believes would host meetings > for us. Jim will post that to the discuss list. > > Jim is going to start a newbie meeting. Hans will try to obtain room at > the Boys and Girls Club as Jim needs it to be convenient for him. Wes, > read this far yet? Who would we talk to? > > Paul and Carl are going to work working up a 10 year celebration. They're > gonna try to get us someone who who has helped it come this far for a > keynote speaker. Paul is interested in making it a one or two day seminar. > > Hans suggested having a picnic in Apr. A PLUG family day. This would be a > chance for our families to get to see other members of the group as well > as for us to meet more of us face to face. Paul suggested generators and a > wireless network so we don't have to jones for a connection while we're > out there :). > > It was suggested to shorten the presentations some in order to give people > more time to kibitz after the main presentation. Maybe even form SIGs > after the main presentation. A couple of people thought that went well > after the alternative architectures meeting, e.g. clusters around Monte > Vista embedded and iPaqs. > > It was mentioned that it can be difficult to hear speakers. Brian is going > to try to mike future meetings. It was also suggested that those in > install row be quieter :). On a related note Brian is going to try to get > a direct feed of the overhead for the net broadcasts. > > There were other things mentioned before I started taking notes... > > Topics that might be of interest: > sys_adm > kernel compile > star|k|word perfect|* office > font server, e.g. pretty print displays > state of the desktop ( did we mention Jiva will be doing part of this Thu? > :) > VPN > games, e.g. what's avail for linux and hardware presentation > > ciao, > > der.hans > -- > # der.hans@LuftHans.com home.pages.de/~lufthans/ > www.YourCompanyHere.net ;-) > # Only wimps use tape backup: _real_ men just upload their important > # stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it. -- Linus Torvalds > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post > to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss ===== -- JLF Sends... if ( $make_world || $make_build ) then { $HAVING_FUN_IS = $BUILDING{$BSD}; } else { print "Sorry you can't do that with this Operating System"; } __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/