Linux is 15 this year!  There are a number of LUGs celebrating this on
Augsut 19th. 

NOVALUG and Tux.org are sponsoring a picnic on August 19th at Lake
Fairfax in Reston Virginia
(http://fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/lakefairfax/).  We have picnic areas C &
D reserved from 12-6PM.

There is the Watermine which is an outdoor water park on the park
grounds.  It is a great family place with a lazy river, 4 water slides
and a pool area.  This costs a bit of money but well worth it.  I'll
look into a group rate should there be interest.  Lake Fairfax also
rents canoes, paddle boats for rent and has a party boat ride for some
nominal fee.

There are  number of activities we can have at the park.  Here's some
ideas:

Music 
Bring acoustic music instruments if you want play it at the event. Note,
however, that park policies do not allow “amplified sound” (amplifier
and large speaker(s)) with our permit. 

Sports & Games 
Outdoor games are welcome at the park. We have plenty of grass to play
on. Here are come ideas:

      * Frisbee, whistling football, and other throwable items
      * Soccer
      * Bocce
      * Horseshoes
      * Kites
      * Baseball or softball
      * Badminton or volleyball
      * Juggling

Geeky Activities 
We may also want to engage in more geeky pursuits. While there are not
any outlets I am aware of, we might be able to come ideas like

      * Wifi (Internet access is available but there may be a fee)
      * Installing & troubleshooting Linux on your laptop
      * PGP/GnuPG keysignings

There is a campground in the park as well.  The services are more than
adequate for those who wish to use it.  This also gets a discount to the
Watermine!

if you have more ideas or wish to help - please join the picnic mail
list on tux.org (http://www.tux.org/mailman/listinfo/picnic) and share
your ideas!

You can check out linuxpicnic.org as an alternate site.  These folks
started the party ... I'd like to out do them!  :-)

Rich
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