== February SLUG Monthly Meeting ==

You can read the full version of this announcement on the Web at 
http://www.slug.org.au/node/90


When:
   18.30 - 20.30, Friday, 29 February, 2008

We start at 18:30 but we ask that people arrive 15 minutes early so we can all 
get into the building and start on time. Please do not arrive before 18:00, 
as it may hinder business activities for our host!

Appropriate signage and directions will be posted on the building.


Where:
   Atlassian[1], 173-185 Sussex Street, Sydney
   (corner of Sussex and Market Street)

Entry is via the rear on Slip Street. There are stairs going down along the 
outside of building from Sussex St to near the entrance. A map of the area 
and directions can be found here[2].


= Talks =

** Tom Worthington: A Watershed for the Networked Organisation **

With trends for carbon neutral, thin client, wireless and open source 
converging to signal a radical change in the use and distribution of the 
desktop personal computer and the desktop phone, the CIO is being presented 
with real challenges for transformation.

Low power, diskless and low cost advances are creating alternatives and 
opportunities for the organisation to simplify their systems. Some of the 
results from testing those alternatives with carbon neutral thin client 
computers, handheld Linux systems and diskless sub notebook computers will be 
included and discussed in this presentation.

If low power and portable networked systems are set to revolutionise the 
organisation, the CIO needs to be ready.

Tom Worthington will demonstrate, citing devices such as the Zonbu Thin Client 
Computer and the Asus Eee PC.

** Matt Palmer: SNMP: 'e's not dead, 'e's just restin' **

What SNMP is, why it's still useful these days, how easy it really is to get 
SNMP stuff working, and a tour of a simple way to provide custom data through 
SNMP.


= Meeting Schedule =

    * 18:15 : Open Doors
    * 18:30 : Announcements, News, Introductions
    * 18:45 : General Talk (see above)
    * 19:30 : Intermission
    * 19:45 : Split into two groups for
        * In-depth Talk (see above)
        * SLUGlets: Linux Q&A and other miscellany
    * 20:30 : Dinner


We hope to see you there!

- Sridhar


[1] http://www.atlassian.com
[2] http://tinyurl.com/35fxes

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