Sydney Linux Users' Group Monthly Meeting: March 2004
When:
Friday, March 26, 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Where:
UTS Broadway, room 1.16.22 (main tower building, 16th floor). Directions at
http://slug.org.au/events/uts.html
In this mail:
1. Details of March meeting
2. Details of AGM (and appointment of proxies -- please read if you
want to vote but not attend!)
3. A (tentative) list of upcoming talks in April and May
--- Details of March meeting ---
When:
Friday, March 26, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Where:
UTS Broadway
SLUG's monthly meeting. Meetings are open to the general public, and free
of charge. The room for this meeting is 1.16.22, UTS. This room is on
level 16 of the main UTS tower building: use the elevators in the centre
of the building.
Annual General Meeting:
SLUG's Annual General Meeting, including president's report,
treasurer's report and election of the 2004-2005 committee, will be
held at the March monthly meeting.
See the AGM announcement:
http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/announce/2004/03/msg00000.html
and details of the committee election:
http://www.slug.org.au/2004/election.html
General Talk:
Jeff Waugh will talk about Planet - http://planetplanet.org/ - a simple
blog aggregator written in Python - covering the history of the project
from both a social and technical perspective, the effect of Planet on
the communities it has touched, an overview of blogging and
aggregation, points of interest in its development history, and how a
tiny FOSS project can go a long way.
NOTE: Due to the AGM, no SLUGlets or special interest talk will be
held in March.
6:30pm: Doors Open
6:45pm: The Usual Suspects
Q&A - Introduction to SLUG + "What has Linux done for/to me
lately?" + SLUG News & Discussion
7:15pm: Annual General Meeting
President's report, treasurer's report, and election of 2004-2005
committee.
8:00pm: Break
Refreshments in the foyer, for a small covering charge.
8:20pm: General talk
Jeff Waugh talks about Planet.
Dinner
This month, SLUG is returning to the House of Guang-Zhou
restaurant ("The House of Boiled Television Entrails"). Banquet
approximately $20 per head.
--- Details of AGM ---
The AGM will commence at 7:15pm on Friday 26th March 2004, in room
1.16.22 of UTS Broadway.
The agenda for the AGM will be:
1. President's report 2003-2004
2. Treasurer's report 2003-2004
3. Election of 2004-2005 SLUG committee
For details of the committee election, see:
http://www.slug.org.au/2004/election.html
MEMBERSHIP
In order to vote in, or stand in, the election, you must be a 2004-2005
member of SLUG. You may pay either on the night, or by cheque to the
address listed on http://www.slug.org.au/contacts.html
Any cheques must be accompanied by your full name, email address, and
postal address.
Membership costs: $15 for students, unemployed people and healthcare
card holders, $25 otherwise.
PROXIES
If you want to vote but can't be there on the night, please let the
committee know the name of a proxy. If you can't organise a proxy, mail
the committee and one of the current committee members will hold your
proxy vote.
If you do not let the committee know of your proxy appointment, the
proxy will NOT be allowed to vote on your behalf.
If you're a candidate and can't be there, mail the committee and one of
the current committee members will make a statement for you. You will
probably also wish to appoint a proxy to hold your vote.
The committee can be contacted by mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--- Upcoming talks ---
See http://www.slug.org.au/cfp.html if you're interested in filling one
of the "unplanned" slots!
At this stage, the talks schedule for April and May is:
Friday 30th April:
General talk: Angus Lees, "Introduction to emacs"
Special interest talk: Ben Leslie, "User Level Device Drivers in Linux"
SLUGlets: as yet unplanned
See http://www.slug.org.au/events/detail.html?id=139
Friday 28th May:
General talk: as yet unplanned
Special interest talk: Chris "Crossfire" Collins, "Home 802.11b wireless
networks and security"
SLUGlets: as yet unplanned
See http://www.slug.org.au/events/detail.html?id=142
-Mary
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