9 Nov
2019
9 Nov
'19
8:07 p.m.
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