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− | In 2003, the Pittsburgh-based web development team for the [http://www.rand.org/ RAND Corporation] embarked on a 27-month project to modernize their [http://www.rand.org/pubs/ online bookstore]. To manage the 20,000+ pages of content involved, they selected the Perl-based open-source [http://bricolage.cc/ Bricolage] system. Join former RAND Web Technology Manager Neal Sofge for an in-depth exploration of how Bricolage works, its strengths and weaknesses, and its performance in real-life enterprise-class usage. | + | In 2003, the Pittsburgh-based web development team for the [http://www.rand.org/ RAND Corporation] embarked on a 27-month project to modernize their [http://www.rand.org/pubs/ online bookstore]. To manage the 20,000+ pages of content involved, they selected the Perl-based open-source [http://bricolage.cc/ Bricolage] system. Join former RAND Web Technology Manager Neal Sofge for an in-depth exploration of how Bricolage works, its strengths and weaknesses, and its performance in real-life enterprise-class usage. |
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+ | Neal's slides are now posted on his [http://web.mac.com/sofge/bricolage_at_wplug/index.html .Mac account], which hopefully won't get clobbered by all the traffic from here... | ||
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+ | The regular monthly meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group was held on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at 11:02 AM in 3002 Newell-Simon Hall, Carnegie Mellon University, the regular presiding officer being in the chair and the Secretary being present. | ||
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+ | [I don't have any notes as to whether the November minutes were read and approved. If they were available, I presume they were.] | ||
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+ | The Secretary reported that there were 37 people currently on the membership rolls. | ||
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+ | No other significant officer or committee reports. | ||
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+ | The meeting adjourned at 11:12 AM. | ||
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− | * Donuts: | + | * Donuts: [[User:pwagstro|Patrick Wagstrom]] |
− | * Setup: | + | * Setup: [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]], [[User:pwagstro|Patrick Wagstrom]] |
− | * Clean Up: | + | * Clean Up: [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]], [[User:Eksortso|David Ostroske]] |
Latest revision as of 16:47, 27 June 2008
WPLUG will have a general users meeting and presentation on Saturday, December 8th, starting at 10am on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University, Newell Simon Hall 3002.
Contents
Schedule for the Day[edit]
9:30am - Setup
10:00am - Doors Open
10:30am - Business Meeting Starts
10:45am - Business Meeting Ends
11:00am - Featured Presentation
12:30pm - Break for Lunch
2:00pm - Finish clean up, everyone out
Speaker/Presentation[edit]
Neal Sofge of RAND
In 2003, the Pittsburgh-based web development team for the RAND Corporation embarked on a 27-month project to modernize their online bookstore. To manage the 20,000+ pages of content involved, they selected the Perl-based open-source Bricolage system. Join former RAND Web Technology Manager Neal Sofge for an in-depth exploration of how Bricolage works, its strengths and weaknesses, and its performance in real-life enterprise-class usage.
Neal's slides are now posted on his .Mac account, which hopefully won't get clobbered by all the traffic from here...
Business Meeting[edit]
- Reading and approval of minutes from October meeting
- Reports of officers
- Chair
- Vice-Chair
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Member-at-Large
- Reports of committees
- Program
- Public Relations
- Internet
- Investigating
- Newsletter
- ErieLUG
- Unfinished business
- New business
Minutes[edit]
The regular monthly meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group was held on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at 11:02 AM in 3002 Newell-Simon Hall, Carnegie Mellon University, the regular presiding officer being in the chair and the Secretary being present.
[I don't have any notes as to whether the November minutes were read and approved. If they were available, I presume they were.]
The Secretary reported that there were 37 people currently on the membership rolls.
No other significant officer or committee reports.
The meeting adjourned at 11:12 AM.
Meeting Staff[edit]
If you would like to volunteer to assist with this meeting, please add your name to one or more of the categories below.
- Host: Your Name Here
- Co-Host: Your Name Here
- Donuts: Patrick Wagstrom
- Setup: Vance Kochenderfer, Patrick Wagstrom
- Clean Up: Vance Kochenderfer, David Ostroske