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| − | We are wplug (of borg), Western Pennsylvania's Linux Users' group. Founded sometime around Friday September 26th at 11:37:08 EDT 1997, we support Western PA's Linux community. The group is a not-for-profit, educational organization that provides a mailing list for Linux users of all backgrounds.
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| − | We are a Linux Users Group based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania so most of our members are from South Western PA and the Greater Tri-State area. If you are looking for something in North Western PA, please check our sister LUG, Erie Lug. If you're looking for a group in another location, then here's a good spot to start.
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| − | We're working hard at developing our organization. If you think you can help, we'd appreciate any ideas you have. We'd like to hear your thoughts: What does Western PA need out of WPLUG? What do you need out of WPLUG? Join the list and tell us!
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| − | == Upcoming Meetings & Events ==
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| − | * [[Meeting-20080423 | Wednesday April 23, 2008 - Venue: TBA]] - Round Table Topics
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| − | * [[Meeting-20080518 | Sunday May 18, 2008 - Snyder Park, Whitehall]] - Spring Picnic
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| − | For longer term planning and discussion about future meetings, please see the [[UpcomingMeetings | upcoming meetings]] page.
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| − | == Upcoming Related Events ==
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| − | Feel free to see the [[Previous Related Events | previous related events]] page for examples of what we have done in the past.
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| − | == Past Meetings ==
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| − | For information on previous meetings, please see the [[Past Meetings | past meetings page]]. If you are new to WPLUG, this will give you an idea of WPLUGs activity level and what sort of things we do.
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| − | == Online Resources ==
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| − | 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.
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| − | * [[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.
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| − | * [[ByLaws]] - How is WPLUG governed.
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| − | * [[Membership Info | Membership]] - Become a member of the hottest Linux Users Group in Western PA.
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| − | * [[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.
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| − | * [[Study Group | Certification Study Group]] - A self-study group is forming for participants to assist each other in obtaining Linux certification.
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| − | * [[The Open Pitt | The Open Pitt]] - The official newsletter of WPLUG.
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| − | == Organizational Materials ==
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| − | * [[MeetingChecklist | Meeting Checklist]] - this is what needs to be done for each meeting and the responsibilities of each person.
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| − | * [[FinancialDocuments | Financial Documents]] - links to the forms and instructions from the WPLUG treasurer.
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| − | * [[Committees | Committee Information]] - Listing of WPLUG Committees and members
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| − | * [[WPLUGBoard | Board Information]] - information on meetings of the WPLUG board
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| − | == BOINC-based Teams ==
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| − | * [[SETI@home | WPLUG SETI@home Team]] - Our team to assist with experiments for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
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| − | * [[Rosetta@home | WPLUG Rosetta@home Team]] - Team to "help to determine the 3-dimensional shapes of proteins in research that may ultimately lead to finding cures for some major human diseases."
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| − | * [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/ BOINC] - Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing
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| − | == Swag ==
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| − | Order clothing and other cool stuff with the WPLUG logo from [http://cafepress.com/wplug CafePress]. [[Image:Wplugmug.jpg]]
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