open sc mtg notes

How about for April? :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jean Francois [mailto:azjeanfrancois@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 8:51 AM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: open sc mtg notes
>
>
> 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" <PLUGd@LuftHans.com> 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/
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> important
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> -- Linus Torvalds
> >
> >
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