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- Paul On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 6:49 AM, sdague <[email protected]> wrote: > MHVLUG is proud to announce our May 2011 meeting: > Inkscape > > Inkscape <http://inkscape.org/> is an Open Source vector graphics editor, > with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the > W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Inkscape supports > many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great > care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. > > Sean Swehla by day is your average Linux Technology Center (LTC) employee > at IBM, but by night makes sure he earns the name Thor not just because of > his viking god resemblance. Sean has notably been using Inkscape for > designs for squidwrench <http://squidwrench.org/>, the community of > creative people he helps organize. > Lightning Talks > > Lightning talks are fast 5 - 10 minute presentations that occur at the > beginning of the meeting. They are designed to be a quick show and tell to > expose people to something new and interesting in the open source space. > They can be a cool open source project you found, a conference report, or > some other piece of news you think people would be interested in. > > - VLC Internet Content Discovery - Joseph Apuzzo (GNu Joe) > - Unity (new UI in Ubuntu) - Sean Dague > > Before the main talk we will do a series of lightning talks (up to 3), > each 10 minutes or less, on something Open Source related. It could be a fun > new program, a book, a blog post, or really anything you think the wider > MHVLUG community would find some interest in. People that have posted their > talk subject to the website in advance have priority. Time permitting, we'll > also take impromptu lightning talks from the floor. > > If you are planning on using the projector for your lightning talk, please > arrive at 5:30 to ensure we can work out any kinks with the projector prior > to the meeting. > > The meeting will take place at Mid Hudson Library System Auditorium on > Wednesday, May 4th at 6 pm. > > All meetings are *free* and open to the public, and everyone from all > levels of expertise and interest in Linux and Open Source Software are > encouraged to attend (and bring a friend or two)! After each meeting ends > everyone is welcome to join in on an informal dinner gathering at the Palace > Diner <http://mhvlug.org/content/palace-diner> on Washington St. This is a > great opportunity to interact with members of the local Linux community, and > a forum where questions and comments are strongly welcomed. > > For more details, including maps and directions, please see > http://mhvlug.org. > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > May 4 - Inkscape > Jun 1 - Zimbra > Jul 6 - Jul 2011 > >
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_______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium May 4 - Inkscape Jun 1 - Zimbra Jul 6 - Jul 2011
