Date: Friday 26th of March Start Time: Arrive at 6:00pm for a 6:30pm sharp start Format: Erik de Castro Lopo on "Programming: How can we do it better?, AGM, Pizza Dinner Where: Google Australia, Level 5, 48 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont (opposite Star City)
As this meeting contains the AGM, all previous memberships expire and you'll have to pay dues ($25, $15 concession) if you wish to remain financial (including if you wish to participate in the election). First up, we have Erik de Castro Lopo, speaking on the topic of Programming : How can we do it better? As developers, we hear a constant stream of complaints about how software (not necessarily our own) is buggy and crashes. In this presentation I plan to look at what we can do now and in the future to make software development more reliable, repeatable and scalable. This will be followed (after the break) by the 2010 AGM - see [1] and [2] for more details. Meeting Details SLUG is the very mis-named Sydney Linux User Group. We are a general Open Source interest group which runs our primary event on the last Friday of every month (except December). Meetings are open to the general public, and are free of charge. Our venue is Google, Level 5, 48 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont. It's across the road from Star City Casino. You will need to sign-in to enter the venue. This can be performed when you arrive, but to help us organise adequate catering we ask that you do so online beforehand at [3]. If you are unsure, please sign up as a 'maybe'. This allows us to organise adequate meeting space and facilities. You do not need to create an account to indicate your attendance. Meeting Schedule We start at 18.30 but we ask that people arrive at least 15 minutes early so we an 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! * 18.15: Open Doors * 18.30: Announcements, News, Introductions * 18.45: Programming: How can we do it better? * 19.30: Intermission * 19.45: AGM * 20.30: Dinner Hacker Space We have heaps of room available to us at Google. If the talks do not grab you, feel free to come along and hack away on your favourite project in the designated Hacker Space. Dinner We order in a selection of pizzas for dinner after the meeting. The cost is $10 per head, and we will be collecting money from the beginning of the meeting. If you have any particular dietary requirements (e.g. vegetarian), let us know beforehand. Dinner is a great way to socialise and learn in a relaxed atmosphere :) For those who want to continue the conversation after dinner, some of us will be heading to a pub in the local area. [1] http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/announce/2010/02/msg00005.html [2] http://wiki.slug.org.au/2010agm [3] http://slug-march.eventbrite.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
