[NBLUG/Announce] [NBLUG/talk] June 14th general meeting - Hackfest and lightning talks, donations for projector

Meeting reminder (tonight): Topic: Hackfest and lightning talks When: Tues June 14th, 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM Speaker: All of us Location: O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol CA in the Tarsier conference room past the metal statue and to the right - http://nblug.org/locations Description: Come show us what you???ve been up to! Bring your projects, problems and persons for round-table discussion. We also welcome lightning talks if you???d like to present, but don???t have enough material for a full talk. A projector will be available (VGA). During this meeting we will be accepting donations for a replacement projector, our first major purchase as a user group in nearly a decade. We are not a 501(c)(3) non-profit and cannot provide receipts for tax purposes but don't let that stop you - we'll have a Square reader on hand to make things easier and can also accept cash or checks. Thanks for the support! this is the projecter we are looking at: http://www.amazon.com/Optoma-X312-Projector-Digital-Connectivity/dp/B00T98W… At ~$370 after taxes, this HDMI capable projector would give us a much brighter screen at 3,200 lumens and a native XGA resolution of 1024x768 (current projector is 800x600) which will resolve the immediate painpoints we have with our current projector. The WXGA 1280x800 model is about $100 more. The NBLUG cashbox held by our treasurer, Matt Da Silva, contains exactly $145.73. If we completely empty the cashbox we would need to receive $225 in donations to purchase the above projector. If we receive in excess of $500 in donations we will be in a solid position to consider a better projector but if we fall somewhere between the two numbers we'll likely motion to retain the remainder in the cashbox, perhaps for the next time we have a major anniversary and want to buy a cake or something. :) E. Frank Ball Frank(a)NBLUG.org