Meeting topic planning

[Alan Dayley]

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We need to get some topics and presenters on the calendar.  This comes up=20
every month and I want to change that!

It is difficult to constantly come up dry or always here from me, Hans or R=
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(when he is in town).  Not to say Hans and Rob don't do a good job it's jus=
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that we want to hear from more people and more stuff.

This is the old list of topics that I compiled more than a year ago.  I=20
removed some of the items because we have actually covered them since the=20
list was made.

=2D - X11 programming
=2D - Secure programming
=2D - A hackfest where everyone that can brings notebooks and programming=20
challenges or contributions are made to project(s)
=2D - Panel discussion on something (ie. a topic with a panel rather than a=
 single
presenter.)
=2D - QT
=2D - Ruby
=2D - Python
=2D - Embedded Linux (nuts and bolts of booting, building, init, etc.)
=2D - Driver development
=2D - Specific driver development. For example, how to write a network, blo=
ck
device, etc driver.
=2D - Porting Linux to new CPUs
=2D - Cool embedded projects
=2D - Kernel Hacking including kernel debugging.
=2D - Programming techniques or concepts.
=2D - Introduction to new languages or such.
=2D - Database programming etc...
=2D - OpenGL Graphics Programming
=2D - J2EE Web Application Development with Tomcat and MySQL
=2D - Building a C++ app Overview - Emacs/GCC/Make/GDB/  (This one is Rob's=
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the next time he is in town.)
=2D - Glade (or any scheme language)
=2D - Gtkmm
=2D - Anjuta
=2D - Ruby binding to Glade
=2D - Cocoon

What I want to do is put topics on the calendar and then go find a=20
person/persons to present them.  So, here is the deal.  We'll go backwards=
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for a first crack at it.  The dates of the presentations for the rest of th=
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year are listed below.  Volunteer to present one of the topics above, or on=
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of your own by replying with the date on which you wish to present.

3 February
3 March
7 April
5 May
2 June
7 July
4 August
1 September
6 October
3 November
1 December

Sign up for your day!  First come, first pick on topics and dates!  Reply o=
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or off list to me.

Alan
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