== Call for Speakers == Our General session for this month's meeting will be a round-up of the linux.conf.au conference in Hobart last week. We welcome everyone who attended to share their experiences with the group. This can include what you learnt, whom you met, what the conference was like, and so on. If you gave a talk or found a talk to be particularly interesting, you are welcome to give a summary. Please try to notify us first if you wish to give a mini-talk, to allow for planning.
We are also looking for speakers for our next meetings on Friday 27 February and beyond. Our meetings are held on the last Friday of every month. Please let the Committee ([email protected]) know if you can help out. == January SLUG Monthly Meeting == You can read the full version of this announcement on the Web at http://slug.org.au/node/110 When: 18.30 - 20.30, Friday, 30 January, 2009 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[0], 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[1]. = Talks = ** General Talk ** linux.conf.au 2009 round-up An open discussion, rather than a single talk. SLUG members who attended linux.conf.au in Hobart are welcome to share their experiences with the group. This can include what they learnt, whom they met, what the conference was like, and so on. If you gave a talk or found a talk to be particularly interesting, you are welcome to give a summary. Please try to notify us first if you wish to give a mini-talk, to allow for planning. ** In-Depth Talk ** Robin Gareus: 'State of the Art: linuxAV 2009' A walk though Audio/Video/Film production on GNU/Linux. After a ~15-20min presentation and overview of available FLOSS tools, including a quick from "scratch to master" example, the talk can go in depth on one or two topics the audience is most interested in: * recent FOMS developments. * System setup: codecs/ffmpeg, JACK, real-time, openCV, dvgrab.. * Linux Audio tools for composition, sound-design and mastering. * Live performance and installation interaction development: OSC, JACK-MIDI and friends. ** SLUGlets ** General discussion and Q&A about Linux, free software and open source. = Meeting Schedule = See here[2] for an explanation of the segments. * 18.15: Open Doors * 18.30: Announcements, News, Introductions * 18.45: General Talk * 19.30: Intermission * 19.45: Split into two groups for: o In-Depth Talk o SLUGlets * 20.30: Dinner Dinner is at Golden Harbour Restaurant, in Chinatown. We will be having the $24 Banquet[3], but we will be collecting $25 per head for ease of accounting and to cover a tip. We will be taking numbers during the break to confirm the reservation size. If you have any particular dietary requirements (e.g. vegetarian), or if you would prefer to order separately, let us know beforehand. Dinner is a great way to socialise and learn in a relaxed atmosphere :) We hope to see you there! [0] http://www.atlassian.com [1] http://tinyurl.com/35fxes [2] http://www.slug.org.au/meetings/meetingformat [3] http://www.goldenharbour.com.au/specials.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
