Meeting-20101113
WPLUG will have a General User Meeting and presentation on Saturday, November 13th, 2010, starting at 2pm at the Panera Bread Galleria.
Schedule for the Day
2pm - Doors open, setup
2:15pm - Business Meeting/Election starts
2:45pm - First Featured Presentation
3:45pm - Second Featured Presentation
5pm - Meeting ends, everyone out.
Election
At this meeting, we will elect the WPLUG Board of Directors for 2010-2011.
Download the ballot from here.
Votes may be cast by mail or in person at the meeting. Your vote must be received before the polls close to be counted, so show up by 2:15pm to be sure you get to cast yours.
Candidate Statements
Candidates for the WPLUG 2010/2011 Board of Directors are invited to enter a statement:
Beth Lynn Eicher
Terence Golightly
Greetings fellow WPUGer's,
Linux was brand new when I first heard of it way back in 1993. I didn't try it though until 1997. My Windows 95 box kept crashing and corrupting my hard drive. I installed Mandrake in 1997. I switched to Ubuntu in 2005. As a member of our board I would like to work with other board members to find ways to expand WPLUG's exposure in S.W.P.A. Perhaps through links to local search engines and or neighborhood newsletters when we have a meeting in an area. I hope I can count on your support. See you all on Saturday November 13th at the Panera Bread in Mt. Lebanon!
James Harris
Vance Kochenderfer
If you look back at my statement from last year, you'll see that I had not planned to run again after this past term. I still strongly believe that turnover on the board is important to prevent an organization from stagnating. However, I feel that WPLUG is in a state of relative weakness, and I am not comfortable with walking away from the board while there is some heavy lifting to be done.
First, the good news - WPLUG has a stable meeting place, a consistent meeting schedule, and functional online services. The bad news is we have been doing poorly at recruiting and announcing speakers with sufficient lead time, and attendance has suffered because of this. Also, I consider membership participation to be extremely important, and we have not been consistently holding member meetings or effectively encouraging member involvement. These will be my major goals should I be elected. Whether you agree or disagree, please come out and participate and cast your vote!
Stanley Slomberg
Robert Turley
Speaker/Presentation
Robert Blackwell will be speaking about the Arduino, a microcontroller-based embedded device which can be interfaced with a number of sensors and controllers. He'll talk about communicating with the Arduino, as well as programming the device itself.
Objective-C is the principal language for programming Macs and iPhones. You can use Objective-C on Linux and Windows too. Mark Dalrymple, principal author of Learn Objective-C on the Mac, will talk about the language and programming patterns.
Meeting Minutes
(TBA)
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: David Kraus
- Co-Host: Your name here
- Donuts/Bagels: WPLUG Board
- Setup: David Kraus, Your name here
- Clean Up: David Kraus, Your name here
Carpooling
Unfortunately, this venue has poor transit options. Please sign up below if you are available to transport people to the venue or need a ride.
- Vance Kochenderfer can provide rides from the Castle Shannon area. I can also pick up people from the Castle Shannon or Willow Avenue "T" stations. Please e-mail me if interested.
- Your name/location here