Meeting-20090404

WPLUG will have a General User Meeting and presentation on Saturday, April 4th, 2009, starting at 11am at the Wilkins School Community Center.

Schedule for the Day

10:30am - Doors open, setup
11:00am - Business Meeting starts
11:30am - Featured Presentation
12:30pm - Meeting ends, everyone out. We are likely to go to D's 6pack or Square Cafe for lunch.

Speaker/Presentation

Beth Lynn Eicher will give a talk titled "Seriously Free Software." This talk will cover

• expanding use of Linux and other Free Software beyond its traditional core users to the broad range of people
• how to communicate the benefits of Linux and Free Software
• not so obvious uses of Linux soon to come

Links

Software as a Service slides http://scale7x.socallinuxexpo.org/conference-info/bradley-kuhn

Not sure if your software is free? Run Fossology http://www.fossology.org

ISPWare is back http://www.liliputing.com/2009/04/att-to-offer-50-netbooks-deals-in-philly-atlanta.html

Videos

What is "Trusted" Computing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0FAaah8jgY

"Your Linux Is Ready" from Novel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LNLDRVzz78

"Don't Copy That Floppy" anti-piracy commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xfqkdh5Js4

"Software as a Service" presentation at SCALE with Bradley Kuhn http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1174188

Meeting Minutes

To be added.

Meeting Staff

If you would like to volunteer to assist with this meeting, please add your name to one or more of the categories below.

• Host: Vance Kochenderfer
• Co-Host: Your name here
• Donuts: Your name here
• Setup: Vance Kochenderfer, Your name here
• Clean Up: Vance Kochenderfer, Your name here