Meeting Sept6 BerkeleyTIPGlobal-USA - Stallman Torvalds Debconf Akademy...

["giovanni_re" <user=181@nabble.blu.org>]

 Hello Bostonians, from Berkeley.  :) 

Anyone interested in attending this meeting there locally? 

=====  SUMMARY INTRODUCTION  ===== 
If you value knowing, using or contributing to free software, 
or getting together with members of the community, 
you won't want to miss this meeting. 

We'll be getting together in 1 week, on Saturday September 6, 
for the First monthly meeting 
(in your community, & throughout the USA) joining with the 
Berkeley TIP Global-USA meeting. 
TIP = Talks, Installfest, Potluck, ProgrammingParty 

I invite you to join us. 

Sign up for the BerkTIPGlobal mailing list at 
http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal

Someone will need to set up a local meeting in your community- 
at a place with internet for IRC. 
It's easy - a WiFi cafe, schoolroom, a house or apartment is great. 

Scan the rest of this announcement - there's a lot of info there, but 
you don't need to read it in detail. 

Is anyone there interested in attending this meeting?   
Reply to this message on your local list & see who'd like to come to a 
meeting. 

Ask any question you like on the Global mailing list too. 
What questions do you have? 

I hope to hear from you on the mailing list, 
and hope to meet you at the meeting.  :) 


===========  SUMMARY DETAILS  ===== 
WHO:   YOU, and the GLOBAL GNU(Linux)/BSD FSW COMMUNITY. 
WHAT:  The First Global-USA SIMULTANEOUS monthly MEETING of the 
       Berkeley - Talks Installfest Potluck & ProgrammingParty (TIP) 
WHEN:  SEPTEMBER 6 SATURDAY 10AM-6PM Pacific Daylight Savings Time 
       (Adjust for your local time. Ex: Eastern = Pacific + 3Hrs.) 
WHERE: In your local community 
WHY:   Learn, Install SW, Communicate, Produce 
HOW:   Bring your laptop & VOIP headset. Download videos before meeting. 


=====  HOWTO - ARRANGING A LOCAL MEETING  ===== 
Who will be the person to arrange your local simultaneous meeting, 
for SEPTEMBER 6, SATURDAY? 

It's really EASY. Just: 
1) JOIN the BerkeleyTIP-Global MAILING LIST: 
http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal
2) DECIDE on a LOCATION for the meeting: 
     PUBLIC UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE = GREAT. 
3) SEND out ANNOUNCEMENTS to email lists. 
4) DOWNLOAD the VIDEOS ahead of time. 
5) Have the MEETING.  :) 

Reply to this email on your mailing list & I'll try to help you out. 

Note: I'm doing this as one of my part time volunteer efforts for the 
community, so I can only make a little time to help you.  I'll try to 
help you.  :)  I've included step by step plans here & on the 
BerkeleyTIP-Global Group website.  Ask questions to the 
BerkeleyTIP-Global mailing list, & the community can help each other 
out. 

Reply to this message on your local list to let me know who will head up 
your local meeting effort. Also say "Hi" on the BerkTIPGlobal mailing 
list.  :) 


=====  ATTENDEE & MEETING - FACTS & BENEFITS  ===== 
Whatever aspects of GNU(LINUX)/BSD 
freedom software, technology, or culture you are interested in, 
on SEPTEMBER 6, SATURDAY, (& the 1st Saturday of every month) 
the place YOU WILL WANT TO BE is at a local meeting of: 

The historic First, Simultaneous, 
Berkeley GNU(Linux)/BSD Freedom Culture 
- Talks, Installfest, Potluck & ProgrammingParty (TIP) 
Global-USA monthly meeting. 
[10AM-6PM Pacific Daylight Savings Time - Adjust for your local time.] 

http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal


=====  MEETING ACTIVITIES  ===== 
You will have about 20 educational talks to watch 
[from the top minds in the GNU(Linux)/BSD Free SW world]. 
You will be able to: 
Learn, Install or Upgrade, Communicate, & Create. 

We will watch talks, then get together Globally-USA on IRC & VOIP to 
discuss anything & everything. 


=====  1 WEEK TO ARRANGE LOCAL MEETINGS  ===== 
With 1 week to go before the meeting, 
you have ample time to arrange a local meeting place & meeting. 

I've created a simple plan/ set of instructions for you 
- all you have to do is follow the steps. 

There's already been interest expressed in BatonRouge, Boston, Chicago, 
Denver, Detroit, Hawaii, Montana, NorthCarolina, Virginia, Canada & 
Columbia.  & Berkeley/SiliconValley.  & from FSF, FreeBSD & Debian 
people. (And that's just from my small, part time effort on this.) 

Who will be the person(s) to arrange your local meeting details? 
Maybe it's you. (& it's straightforward, and easy to do.) 


=====  WHO SHOULD ATTEND  ===== 
Parts of this meeting are relevant for: 
Computing & technology professionals, business people, non-profits, 
educators, students, scientists, (re)searchers, engineers, artists, & 
home & personal computer users. 

The meeting is Free, no money $ cost. 
- & You might want to make a donation to support its growth/benefits. 

I invite you to join our mailing list at 
http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal


=====  VOLUNTEERING - ME & YOU  ===== 
Note:  I'm putting this together as my volunteer effort for the 
community, in my almost nonexistent "free/spare" time.   I've designed 
this as a "self-reliant" event.  I'll certainly try to help everyone 
out, but this event doesn't depend on me - if _you_ want a successful 
event, it depends on _you_ (collectively).  It's a self reliant event, & 
I've worked hard to ensure it is easy for you to succeed in making & 
having a successful event/ experience(s). 

Forward this announcement wherever you think it will do some good: like, 
any list you don't see me posting this to. 

I'm sending this to about 15 LUGs around the USA, plus come topic 
groups, ex BSD, FSF, GNU, Debian, Gentoo, KDE, GNOME, Python.  Fee free 
to send this announcement to any community email list where it could do 
some good. 


======================================================================= 
======================================================================= 
If I had lots of time, I'd complete this section.  But, since I want 
this announcement to go out now, I'll leave this merely as complete as 
it is.  You can find most of this information on the BerkTIPGlobal group 
website.  Ask any questions you have on the group mailing list. 


=====  CONTENTS: 
0) Global group - mailing list - everyone join 
1) Local Meeting Management/Arrangement Plan 
2) Attendee Video Downloading Plan - Download before meeting 
3) Talks / Topics - Tentative Schedule 
4) IRC & VOIP - ProgrammingParty = VOIP this meeting 
5) Installfest - HowTo - SelfReliance = bring everything you need 
6) Ex of local meeting info: BerkeleyTIP local 


=====  0) Global group - mailing list - everyone join  ===== 
http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal

There are 4 PARALLEL TRACKS of events: 
1) TALKS        Talks by various speakers (stream video globally) 
2) INSTALLFEST  Bring your computer & install BSD or GNU/Linux software. 
3) POTLUCK      Bring $5 or food to share: eat, chat (optional) 
4) PROGRAMMING PARTY     Write SW on your. or a group. project 

This next meeting I am stepping this up from a local Berkeley meeting, 
toward its goal of being a Global meeting.  For the September 6 meeting 
I'm working to get USA locations up & connected.  I call this month's 
meeting "Global-USA".  Anyone is welcome to set up a simultaneous 
meeting anywhere in the world.  But _my_ efforts this month are 
primarily directed to getting USA groups going.  Next month I'll focus 
on getting Americas' groups added. 


=====  1) Local Meeting Management/Arrangement Plan  ===== 
For people who want to have  a local meeting, whoever does the work is 
the leader.  Here is a Plan for you to follow to arrange a meeting: 

Here are the major accomplishments to achieve, by time point: 
In time before the meeting: 

3rd week:  August 17 - 23 
1) Discuss meeting online with local group 
2) Where to hold local meeting - Discuss 

2nd Week:  August 24 - 30 
1) Visit possible locations, verify internet connectivity. 
2) Discuss merits of various locations. 
3) Choose location for meeting. 

1st Week:  August 31 - Sept 5 
1) Visit location & get on IRC for  a test. 
2) Make physical arrangements 
    signs, network hardware (WiFi AP, ethernet switch, ethernet cables, 
    power cables) 

0 Day:     September 6 
Have meeting: Learn, install, eat, talk, create, have fun!  :) 

http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal/web/local-meeting-manager-accomplishments

!!! NOTE: Your time zone simultaneous times are a 
    DIFFERENT HOUR OF THE DAY than the hours below 
    if you aren't in PDST. So ADJUST FOR YOUR TIME ZONE!!! 
    EX: EAST COAST USA = PDST + 3 HOURS. 
    I.E. 10 AM PDST = 1 PM EDST.  ) 

September 6 Saturday 10AM-6PM (Pacific Daylight Savings Time). 
In your region. 


=====  2) Attendee Video Downloading Plan - Download before meeting 
===== 
All attendees to every meeting should download, before the meeting, the 
videos they want to watch to their laptop.  This ensures you are self 
sufficient, & aren't depending on someone else to bring the videos you 
want to see. 

At the appropriate hour, watch the relevant video.  Get on IRC with 
others watching the same video & discuss it. 

=====  3) Talks / Topics  ===== 
NEW THIS MONTH: 
Watch the latest talks from Debconf, SciPy & KDE Akademy. 
?Maybe even Defcon?? 


TALKS/VIDEOS/GROUP_MEETINGS AGENDA: 

1000A DISTROS - GNU(Linux), BSD, Debian, Gentoo, FreeBSD OpenBSD 
      SOCIAL - EFF, FSF 
1130A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES - Python, PERL, CC++, PHP 
      DATABASES - MySQL, MSQL, BerkeleyDB 
 100P GUI's - GNOME, KDE 
      NETWORKING - internet, Apache, web browser, VOIP 
 230P BUSINESS - CRM, ERP, spreadsheets 
      EDUCATION/ACADEMIC - OLPC, SciPy 
 400P HARDWARE - OLPC, phone 
      PERSONAL APPLICATIONS - K/Open-Office, audio, video 
 530P ART - Creative Commons, music, visual, Wikipedia 
      WEB DESIGN 


TENTATIVE SCHEDULE - Likely to change - watch group website for updates 

1000 AM-------------------------------------------------------------- 
Network1:  Asterisk VOIP - Sameer Verma 
Social:    GNU & Copyright - Richard Stallman 
1130 AM-------------------------------------------------------------- 
Network2:  Debian - Setup A WiFi Repeater 
Prog Lang: Painless Python Part 1 - Alex Martelli 
Database:  A Googly MySQL Cluster 
100 PM-------------------------------------------------------------- 
GUIs:      ? - Akademy 
Distros:   git - Linus Torvalds 
           ? - Debian Debconf 
230 PM-------------------------------------------------------------- 
Business:  Web 2.0 startups - David Weekly 
Education: Python on the OLPC XO Laptop 
400 PM-------------------------------------------------------------- 
Hardware:  ? Open Moko?? - can we get someone to give a talk on this??? 
Pers Apps: ? Games - TeamSpeak - can we get a talk on this??? 
530 PM-------------------------------------------------------------- 
Art:       ? 
WebDesign: ? 


===== 4) IRC & VOIP - ProgrammingParty = VOIP this meeting  ===== 
If you know WiFi, internet connection sharing, IRC, or VOIP, come & help 
out on getting connection sharing going for local meetings, getting IRC 
up for all meetings to join, & getting VOIP going. 

VOIP = everyone bring a laptop, Audio Headset & microphone, WiFi 
capability, & get together with people at all meetings on group VOIP 
channels.  Too many details for me to mention more here. 


===== 5) Installfest - HowTo - SelfReliance = bring everything you need 
===== 
Local installfests - Optional, up to local meeting organizers.  Ask 
attendees to be prepared, be self reliant, bring everything they think 
they'll need - HW, SW, networking, power cables, minitors, WiFi cards & 
AccessPoints, blank CDs, etc. 


===== 6) Ex of local meeting info: BerkeleyTIP local  ===== 
Check out the announcements & links here for suggestions & guidelines: 
http://groups.google.com/group/berktip


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JOIN the BerkeleyTIP-Global MAILING LIST: 
http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal

What questions do you have? 

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