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Welcome to the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group℠. We are a not-for-profit organization based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that provides collaboration resources, including mailing lists, presentations, installfests, and this wiki for Linux users of all backgrounds.

See our about page for more background on us, Linux, and free/open source software.

Just like an open source software project, we develop WPLUG in collaboration with the community: everyone is free to contribute. What does Western PA need out of WPLUG℠? What do you need out of WPLUG? Join our mailing list and tell us!

Upcoming Meetings & Events

Got something technology-related on your mind? Even if you're not a WPLUG member, we invite you to answer our Call for Presentations and talk about it at one of our meetings.

Subscribe to the wplug-announce mailing list to receive notices about future meetings!

Upcoming Related Events

E-mail info@wplug.org to have your event posted here.

PROPOSED: TechEventCalendar

The past related events page has examples of what we've done in the past. Check out these other interesting organizations for more to do!

Past Meetings

Every WPLUG meeting and event is recorded in our past meetings page. You may also view slide presentations from previous meetings. If you're new to WPLUG, this will give you a better idea of what we do.

Getting Involved

Things that WPLUG does which you can participate in.

Membership - Join the hottest Linux users group in Western PA!
Board Information - List of members on the WPLUG Board of Directors; records of WPLUG board meetings.
Committee Information - List of WPLUG committees.
Past Activities - Activities which are no longer ongoing. Let us know if you're interested in re-activating any of these.

Online Resources

WPLUG provides a variety of online resources to its members and the community at large. In fact, you're looking at one of them right now: the WPLUG wiki. We provide these resources as a way for our members to help each other, spread the word about Linux and other open source, and socialize.

Mailing Lists - The WPLUG mailing lists are a big part of our community; there are several hundred subscribers. We have lists for topics ranging from general announcements to jobs and classified ads.
Internet Relay Chat - A chat channel that we operate on the FreeNode IRC network. At times, this can be a very good way to get information.
WPLUG members can get an @wplug.org e-mail address, and can also use our RSS aggregator (similar to Feedly, or the now-defunct Google Reader)
Twitter - The official WPLUG Twitter account
LinkedIn - A professional networking group used by many WPLUG members.

Organizational Materials

Bylaws - WPLUG's governing rules.
Special Rules of Order - Supplementary rules that address gaps in the bylaws.
Meeting Checklist - What needs to be done at WPLUG general user meetings.
Venues - Information on where WPLUG meets.
Financial Documents - Forms to report expenses and request funding from WPLUG.
Election Instructions - How to vote in WPLUG's board elections.
Historical Documents - Organizational materials that are kept for future reference.
Inventory - Stuff that belongs to WPLUG: who has it and where.
TODO - Things that need to be done on the wiki.

Swag

Order clothing and other cool stuff with the WPLUG logo from CafePress.

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-The purpose of the WPLUG Wiki is to keep track of various documents and other "stuff" related to WPLUG.
+Welcome to the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group&#8480;. We are a not-for-profit organization based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that provides collaboration resources, including mailing lists, presentations, installfests, and this wiki for Linux users of all backgrounds.
-The main WPLUG page is at [http://www.wplug.org/ http://www.wplug.org/]
+See our [[WPLUG:About|about page]] for more background on us, Linux, and free/open source software.
+Just like an open source software project, we develop WPLUG in collaboration with the community: everyone is free to contribute. What does Western PA need out of WPLUG&#8480;? What do ''you'' need out of WPLUG? Join our [[MailingLists|mailing list]] and tell us!
 == Upcoming Meetings & Events ==
-The official schedule can always be found at [http://www.wplug.org/meetings/ http://www.wplug.org/meetings/].  Here's the unofficial listing with pages for each talk.
+Got something technology-related on your mind? Even if you're not a WPLUG member, we invite you to answer our [[CallforPresentations | Call for Presentations]] and talk about it at one of our meetings.
-* [[Meeting-20071020 | October 20, 2007]] - 10a-2p - Board Elections & General User Meeting
+Subscribe to the [http://{{SERVERNAME}}/mailman/listinfo/wplug-announce wplug-announce mailing list] to receive notices about future meetings!
-For longer term planning and discussion about future meetings, please see the [[UpcomingMeetings | upcoming meetings]] page.
 == Upcoming Related Events ==
-* October 13-14, 2007 - [http://www.pghpw.org/ Pittsburgh Perl Workshop], Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
+E-mail [mailto:info@wplug.org info@wplug.org] to have your event posted here.
-Feel free to see the [[Previous Related Events | previous related events]] page for examples of what we've done in the past.
+* PROPOSED: [[TechEventCalendar]]
+The [[Past Related Events | past related events]] page has examples of what we've done in the past.  Check out these [[WPLUG:About#Groups|other interesting organizations]] for more to do!
+== Past Meetings ==
+Every WPLUG meeting and event is recorded in our [[Past Meetings | past meetings page]]. You may also view [[:Category:Presentations | slide presentations]] from previous meetings. If you're new to WPLUG, this will give you a better idea of what we do.
+== Getting Involved ==
+Things that WPLUG does which you can participate in.
+* [[Membership]] - Join the hottest Linux users group in Western PA!
+* [[WPLUGBoard | Board Information]] - List of members on the WPLUG Board of Directors; records of WPLUG board meetings.
+* [[Committees | Committee Information]] - List of WPLUG committees.
+* [[Past Activities]] - Activities which are no longer ongoing.  Let us know if you're interested in re-activating any of these.
 == Online Resources ==
-WPLUG provides a variety of online resources to its members and the community at large, in fact, you're looking at one of these resources right now -- the WPLUG wiki.  We provide these resources as a way for our members to help each other, spread the word about Linux and other open source, and generally just socialize.
+WPLUG provides a variety of online resources to its members and the community at large. In fact, you're looking at one of them right now: the WPLUG wiki. We provide these resources as a way for our members to help each other, spread the word about Linux and other open source, and socialize.
-* [[MailingLists | Mailing Lists]] - The WPLUG mailing lists are a big part of our community.  We have specific lists for many different issues, ranging from general announcements, to jobs, to people trying to sell stuff in our marketplace.
+* [[MailingLists | Mailing Lists]] - The WPLUG mailing lists are a big part of our community; there are several hundred subscribers. We have lists for topics ranging from general announcements to jobs and classified ads.
-* [[IRC | Internet Relay Chat]] - This is a realtime chat facility that we operate on the [http://www.freenode.net/ FreeNode] IRC network.  At times this can be a very good way to get information.
+* [[IRC | Internet Relay Chat]] - A chat channel that we operate on the [http://www.freenode.net/ FreeNode] IRC network. At times, this can be a very good way to get information.
-* [[Study Group | Certification Study Group]] - A self-study group is forming for participants to assist each other in obtaining Linux certification.
+* [[Membership#Member_Benefits | WPLUG members]] can get an @wplug.org e-mail address, and can also use our RSS aggregator (similar to Feedly, or the now-defunct Google Reader)
+* [https://twitter.com/wplug Twitter] - The official WPLUG Twitter account
+* [http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=150161 LinkedIn] - A professional networking group used by many WPLUG members.
 == Organizational Materials ==
+* [[ByLaws | Bylaws]] - WPLUG's governing rules.
-* [[MeetingChecklist | Meeting Checklist]] - this is what needs to be done for each meeting and the responsibilities of each person.
+* [[Special Rules of Order]] - Supplementary rules that address gaps in the bylaws.
-* [[FinancialDocuments | Financial Documents]] - links to the forms and instructions from the WPLUG treasurer.
-* [[Committees | Committee Information]] - Listing of WPLUG Committees and members
+* [[MeetingChecklist | Meeting Checklist]] - What needs to be done at WPLUG general user meetings.
-* [[WPLUGBoard | Board Information]] - information on meetings of the WPLUG board
+* [[Venues]] - Information on where WPLUG meets.
+* [[FinancialDocuments | Financial Documents]] - Forms to report expenses and request funding from WPLUG.
-* [[OpenSourceHowTo.Org | OpenSourceHowTo.Org]] - OpenSourceHowTo.Org is a place for instructional guides, video how-to's, wiki's & forms on setting up Open Source server side applications.
+* [[Election Instructions]] - How to vote in WPLUG's board elections.
+* [[HistoricalDocuments | Historical Documents]] - Organizational materials that are kept for future reference.
+* [[Inventory]] - Stuff that belongs to WPLUG: who has it and where.
+* [[TODO]] - Things that need to be done on the wiki.
 == Swag ==
 Order clothing and other cool stuff with the WPLUG logo from [http://cafepress.com/wplug CafePress]. [[Image:Wplugmug.jpg]]
-== Past Meetings ==
-For information on previous meetings, please see the [[Previous Meetings | previous meetings page]].  If you're new to WPLUG, this will give you an idea of WPLUGs activity level and what sort of things we do.