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General meeting March 8 at 7pm - Flagship / Spring Thai in Cotati

by Derek B. Noonburg

We're going to hold another regular meeting on Tuesday March 8 at 7:00pm, at Flagship Taproom / Spring Thai in Cotati. This will be a social meeting -- there's not really any way to do presentations outdoors. If you have any cool toys, projects, anything that doesn't need a projector or too much table space, feel free to bring them. We're hoping to be back indoors at some point, but in the meantime we're trying to keep things going with these casual meetings. For those who didn't make the February meeting, Flagship and Spring Thai are sharing a big outdoor tent with lots of picnic tables, so you can order good Thai food and/or good beer. https://www.flagshiptaproom.com/cotati https://www.springthai.net/ See you there, Derek Noonburg President, North Bay Linux Users' Group

2 years, 9 months

NBLUG Election results

by E Frank Ball

North Bay Linux Users Group, 02/12/22 On Tuesday February 8th we held our first meeting in quite a while at Flagship Taproom / Spring Thai in Cotati. Seven people were present including four board members. We held an election for the board, and here are the new board members: President: Derek Noonburg Vice President: Tom Most Scribe: Frank Ball Treasurer: Matt DaSilva At Large 1: Allan Cecil At Large 2: vacant The meeting room at Sonic.net is only available if everyone has a vaccine certificate, so we won't be meeting there until things get back to normal. We do plan to meet again at Flagship Taproom / Spring Thai in Cotati, just as a social event. They have nice picnic bench seating outdoors. Good beer from flagship and good Thai food from Spring Thai. Cheers, E. Frank Ball III Scribe, North Bay Linux Users Group Frank(a)NBLUG.org I'd tell you my UDP joke but I'm not sure you'd get it

2 years, 10 months

General meeting, elections in person at Down to Earth Cafe 7 PM 1/11

by Allan Cecil

This is a reminder that we'll be holding a general meeting at Down to Earth Cafe at 8204 Old Redwood Hwy in Cotati at 7 PM on January 11th. I look forward to seeing everyone there! A.C. ****** On 12/16/21 2:48 PM, Allan Cecil wrote: > After I sent my message I heard word that a few folks showed up on the > Jitsi call after the meeting ended and apparently had a good chat - > glad to hear it! For those of you who are also on the announce list > you'll see a slightly different announcement come through from me in a > week or so. :) > > Thanks all, > > A.C. > ****** > (acting) President, North Bay Linux Users' Group > > On 12/16/21 2:07 PM, Allan Cecil wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> We did not have a quorum and only four people were able to meet on >> Jitsi so we've decided to reschedule for the next regular NBLUG date >> which is January 11th at 7 PM. There was a desire to work out how >> best to meet in person despite the current restrictions we have and >> we opted to meet at Down to Earth Cafe at 8204 Old Redwood Hwy in >> Cotati, CA. There is outside dining available. We'll attempt to do >> the elections again and have further discussions on next steps for >> future meetings. See you there, >> >> A.C. >> ****** >> (acting) President, North Bay Linux Users' Group >> >> On 12/14/21 7:04 PM, Tom Most wrote: >>> It's election time! >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 10, 2021, at 8:25 AM, Allan Cecil wrote: >>>> Greetings, >>>> >>>> We have still been unable to meet in person due to COVID-19 >>>> restrictions but I continue to hope all are well. I'd like to >>>> announce that we'll be doing an online general meeting on Tuesday, >>>> December 14th at 7 PM PST at >>>> https://meet.jit.si/NBLUGGeneralMeetingDec2021 >>>> <https://meet.jit.si/NBLUGGeneralMeetingDec2021> (to be confirmed) >>>> in order to attend to our board elections. I do not intend to >>>> continue as President to allow me to focus on TASBot charity work >>>> and I encourage others with leadership experience to consider >>>> self-nominating during the election process. >>>> >>>> We have not had any speakers come forward since the COVID-19 >>>> restrictions started other than a passing offer from Kyle and we do >>>> not currently have any talks scheduled so for the moment this is a >>>> meeting to handle elections and discuss future meeting methods that >>>> may work. Our talk email list remains open for conversing, as does >>>> our #nblug channel on Libera IRC. Thanks, >>>> >>>> A.C. >>>> ****** >>>> President, North Bay Linux Users' Group >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> announce mailing list >>>> announce(a)nblug.org <mailto:announce@nblug.org> >>>> https://nblug.org/mailman/listinfo/announce >>>> <https://nblug.org/mailman/listinfo/announce> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> announce mailing list >>> announce(a)nblug.org >>> https://nblug.org/mailman/listinfo/announce >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> talk(a)nblug.org >> https://nblug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >

2 years, 10 months

NBLUG general meeting, elections on Jitsi 12/14

by Allan Cecil

Greetings, We have still been unable to meet in person due to COVID-19 restrictions but I continue to hope all are well. I'd like to announce that we'll be doing an online general meeting on Tuesday, December 14th at 7 PM PST at https://meet.jit.si/NBLUGGeneralMeetingDec2021 (to be confirmed) in order to attend to our board elections. I do not intend to continue as President to allow me to focus on TASBot charity work and I encourage others with leadership experience to consider self-nominating during the election process. We have not had any speakers come forward since the COVID-19 restrictions started other than a passing offer from Kyle and we do not currently have any talks scheduled so for the moment this is a meeting to handle elections and discuss future meeting methods that may work. Our talk email list remains open for conversing, as does our #nblug channel on Libera IRC. Thanks, A.C. ****** President, North Bay Linux Users' Group

3 years

NBLUG 2020 elections meeting will be 11/10

by Allan Cecil

Greetings, We have been unable to meet due to COVID-19 restrictions and I hope all are well. I'd like to announce that we'll be doing an online general meeting on Tuesday, November 10th at 7 PM PST in order to attend to our board elections. Our scribe, Frank, will be handling the election process and will shortly send out nomination instructions. A meeting link will follow. We have not had any speakers come forward since the COVID-19 restrictions started and we do not currently have a talk scheduled so for the moment this is a meeting to handle elections. Our talk email list remains open for conversing, as does our #nblug channel on Freenode IRC. Thanks, A.C. ****** President, North Bay Linux Users' Group

4 years, 1 month

Tour of Android talk tonight at 7 at Sonic.net and streamed

by Allan Cecil

Topic: A Quick Tour of the Android System When: Tuesday March 10th, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Speaker: William Tracy Location: Sonic, 2260 Apollo Way Santa Rosa, CA 95407 through metal gate, arrive by 7 and see http://nblug.org/locations for more information This talk will also be streamed for any who are concerned about the covid-19 coronavirus outbreak or are otherwise remote; you can tune in at https://Twitch.tv/dwangoAC Talk description: We keep hearing that Android is based on a modified form of Linux. What does that actually mean? What are these modifications? How does the Android system above the kernel compare to a traditional GNU/Linux system? There’s plenty of information available about Android from a user or app developer’s perspective, so let’s skip that. Instead, we’ll look at Android’s overall architecture, and see what’s interesting from the point of view of a Linux system administrator or Gentoo hacker.

4 years, 9 months

Tonight at 7: Hackentine's day

by Allan Cecil

Topic: Hackentine's day (hackfest) When: Tuesday February 11th, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Speaker: Everyone Location: Sonic, 2260 Apollo Way Santa Rosa, CA 95407 through metal gate, arrive by 7 and see http://nblug.org/locations for more information Hackfest: Bring your hardware or software project to get help with it or just to show it off. A mix of free tech support, show-and-tell, and idle chat. I'm bringing a Linux controlled LED light panel to hack on and I may stream. See you there!

4 years, 10 months

January Meeting: Ada

by E Frank Ball

General Meeting Topic: Ada programming language When: Tuesday January 14th, 2020 07:00 PM to 08:30 PM Speaker: Brian Lavender Location: Sonic.net Description If you have been programming within the last twenty years or so, you may have heard of Ada and the Department of Defense language that seemed to have flopped and so many people loathed and eventually failed in minds of many programmers. Yet in contrast, you may have come through the university on the Pascal track with fond memories. Ada, brings with it its Pascal influence and has continued to march forward. Or, maybe you saw the video of a C-130J transport plane doing a full loop operating on fly by wire flight controls. Whatever it is, Ada has marched forward and has been making strides in the field of secure software programming. Brian will talk about the use of SPARK/Ada using contracts and Ada's static software analyzer relative to secure software programming. Second, he will talk about learning Ada using JGrasp and the available learning resources. About Brian Lavender has been a long time GNU/Linux hacker with a passion for secure software programming. His day job is doing Java development for the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers (Department of Consumer Affairs for State of California). He also teaches at Sac State as a part time lecturer teaching Programming Methodologies and Concepts II.

4 years, 11 months

Tonight at 7: Hackfest and lightning talks (plus partying?)

by Allan Cecil

Topic: Lightning talks and hackfest When: Tuesday December 10th, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Speaker: Everyone Location: Sonic, 2260 Apollo Way Santa Rosa, CA 95407 through metal gate, arrive by 7 and see http://nblug.org/locations for more information Hackfest: Bring your hardware or software project to get help with it or just to show it off. A mix of free tech support, show-and-tell, and idle chat. Lightning Talks: Have something you would like to present, but don't have enough material for a full talk? Here's your chance. Talk about anything Linux related. Partying: OK, so we don't have prior permission to throw a holiday party at Sonic, but they've been extremely generous to us as our host this year and we can quietly leave the folks that matter a few kind notes thanking them for their support. I said partying as a ruse but I really mean sharing some holiday cheer. Who's with me?

5 years

November: The Future of Servers is Shrinking and NBLUG Elections

by Tom Most

Hello NBLUG members! This November we have a talk and our annual elections: When: Tuesday, November 12th, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Speaker: Mike Higgins Location: Sonic, 2260 Apollo Way Santa Rosa, CA 95407 through metal gate, arrive by 7 and see http://nblug.org/locations for more information Mike writes, > I am looking at upgrading or replacing my old tired servers. One possibility is to replace them with small, nimble, low power systems. I have experimented with a Raspberry Pi, a converted “Thin Client” and a “Mini PC”. All three of these would fit in a shoebox with room for a dozen more. (I'll bring the shoebox to the meeting for show-and-tell). A stack of them would use about as much power while running as an old server tower uses when it is turned off. I'll talk a little about my major use of these servers (implementing land in the Open Simulator game) but I'll talk mostly about my trials and tribulations of getting Ubuntu to run on these small but powerful computers. I know just enough about Linux system administration to be dangerous to myself, so if someone jumps up at the meeting to tell me how stupid I am and how I did everything wrong, I will be overjoyed to hear the correct way to set these up. Following the presentation we'll hold elections. Nominations began at the last meeting. Nominations close when elections are held on November 12, 2019 at 7:00PM at the regularly scheduled NBLUG meeting. All positions are open, and all positions must be filled. Any person may nominate any other person, and this includes self-nominations. Nominations do not need to be seconded, but there is no harm in doing so. Positions are as follows. See the bylaws for position descriptions (https://nblug.org/bylaws/). * President * Vice President * Treasurer * Scribe * Directors at Large (2 positions) Please reply to the talk list for nominations, discussions, and general dialog. Happy nominating! Tom Most, Board Member at Large

5 years, 1 month

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