Heya That sounds like an ace idea, nice one :) Count me in, will bring some BBQ stuff, undersized BBQ and some inevitable veg/haloumi kebabs or something. I've been meaning to crack open the screen printing kit again, so this seems like a good excuse to knock out some lariy rainbow 57n t-shirts. See you Sunday :) Andy
On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 at 20:37, Dave Hibberd <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All! > > It's been ages since we had a social event, so let's hang out and > celebrate Free Software projects! > > A lot of Free Software projects have had major releases this year. > To name a few that members of the hacklab are excited by or involved in: > > * Debian[1] released version 11 just last week and I'm excited > * FreeBSD[2] released version 13 in April, and tj is excited. > * OpenBSD[3] had their 50th major release, 6.9, in May and irl is > excited. > * Joomla[4] has released version 4 this week and Andyg is excited! > * Fedora[5] release 34 in April and I'm sure someone is excited? > > If you are contributing to these projects, ! If I've missed the one that > you're excited by, I'm sorry, just reply and tell us! > > Let's gather at the space on Sunday, 22nd August at 3pm and talk about our > favorite free software projects and why they're cool. Presentations (in > ODP) in 3 part harmony are not mandatory! > I will probably try and BBQ some food at 5/6pm as a stand in for "dinner" > - you are welcome to do the same! This depends on the weather, which is > currently listed as "overcast". > > I'll be bringing some beer, but there is also a great new coffee machine > (espresso and drip) that was gifted by Marcel and tea-making facilities > available as normal. Be sure to bring some ground beans! > Should people want, I can restock the shop with club mate and other soft > drinks also! > > If you plan to come in and play, shoot a message to the mailing list. > I think we're all happy for you to bring friends/others to the space, and > but remember that as this event is open to the public, the wearing of a > face covering while "not seated, eating or drinking" is a legal requirement. > > The worst case scenario is that I'm on my own at 57N BBQing food and > drinking beer for an afternoon/evening while working on space > infrastructure projects, it's not such a bad life. > > Hx > > [1] https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20210814 > [2] https://www.freebsd.org/releases/13.0R/announce/ > [3] https://www.openbsd.org/69.html > [4] > https://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5845-joomla-4-0-and-joomla-3-10-are-here.html > [5] > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/f34/release-notes/index.html > -- > Hibby > MM0RFN > 57North Hacklab Ltd. is a company registered in Scotland (No. SC470230). > 57North and 57North Hacklab are trading names of 57North Hacklab Ltd. > _______________________________________________ > 57north-announce mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-announce -- Andy Gaskell Head Designer and Developer Software Systems: Open For Business Email: [email protected] Mobile: 07745 924 449 Office: 01224 634360 Office: 3 Belvidere Street, Aberdeen, AB25 2QS Limited company: SC347800
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