Yes.  That would fit well with a couple of the topics I was suggesting.
Would you will willing to spend a few minutes (say 5 minutes) talking
discussing
the need for a public cloud?  That would be great.

David

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 2:32 AM, Paul Charles Leddy <[email protected]> wrote:
> how about: how cloud computing has shown the community that it needs a
> public cloud, a public option? ;)
>
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 5:11 AM, David Mandel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>                             MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
>>
>>                        The Portland Linux/Unix Group
>>                                  will meet
>>                          7 PM Thursday Apr 1, 2010
>>                                      at
>>                          Portland State University
>>                                    in the
>>                               Fariborz Maseeh
>>              College of Engineering & Computer Science Building
>>                               Room FAB 86-01
>>                        (This is in the basement.)
>>           The building is on SW 4th across from SW College Street.
>>        See location H-10 on map at http://pdxLinux.org/campus_map.jpg
>>
>>     *******************************************************************
>>
>>
>>                                 PRESENTATION
>>
>>                              Rapid Discussions
>>
>>                                      on
>>
>>                                  Any Topic
>>
>>                                      by
>>
>>                              Anyone & Everyone
>>
>>      Instead of having a formal presentation, we will get together and
>>      discuss anything anyone wants to discuss in brief sessions of no
>>      more than a few minutes each.  If we have enough people involved
>>      we can break into smaller groups to handle each topic.
>>
>>      Two topics that I will be prepared to discuss for a few minutes
>>      will be:
>>           -  Subsistence Computing
>>              How to do good computing on a low budget.
>>           -  Could we lose the internet to Government and Corporate
>>              interests?
>>
>>     AND YES - We are looking for speakers for upcoming months.
>>               Volunteers and Recommendations are welcome.
>>
>>     *******************************************************************
>>
>>         Agenda:
>>
>>             7:00 - 7:30  Business
>>                  We will discuss the status of our ongoing projects
>>                  including PLUG's monthly Advanced Topics meetings,
>>                  PLUG's monthly hands on clinics, PLUG for Education,
>>                  etc.
>>
>>             7:30 - 8:30  Presentation
>>
>>                  See above
>>
>>             9:00 - ...  Beer
>>                         The Lucky Lab Northwest Beerhall
>>                         1945 NW Quimby
>>                         Portland, Oregon
>>
>>                                         David Mandel
>>                                         Chief Activist
>>                                         Portland Linux/Unix Group
>>                                         560 SE Alexander
>>                                         Corvallis, Oregon 97333
>>                                         (541) 730-5285 mobile
>>                                         dmandel at pdxLinux.org
>>
>>         P.S.  The Mid Willamette Valley Linux Users Group meets
>>               every month.
>>               See http://www.lug.corvallis.or.us/ for details.
>>
>>         P.S.  The Eugene Linux Users Group meets several times a month.
>>               See http://www.euglug.org for details.
>>
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