[vox] Special BTIP meeting Sept 21 7-9PM - Fwd: Linux Users' Group of Davis, September 21: "BerkeleyTIP"

[john_re]

Mark your calendar  -  BTIP will hold a special extra meeting Monday evening September 21 6-9PM Pacific time.  Global + FSCafe @ Berkeley, & also at LUGOD, Davis, California.  Everyone is invited to join in from home, or anyplace else.

Bill Kendrick, Leader? President? Founder? of LUGOD invited me to give a talk at the regular LUGOD meeting about BTIP.  I can't remember if he or I suggested that we do it virtually.  &, that's the current plan.

This came about because as one of the main things I want to do in year 2 is to get colleges involved in the global btip meetings.  LUGOD has a long existence, and they are right near UCDavis, & have often had installfests or meetings on campus.  Since they are the only UC campus other than Berkeley [there is KernelPanic in SanDiego?  But they dont meet at the campus, iirc.]  with an active local LUG, I wanted to invite them to have simultaneous local meetigs with BTIP.  I got ahold of Bill, & we discussed it, & he said he'd try to join last saturday's btip meeting. He got ekiga installed, did the loopback test, & joined the irc meeting, though he was too busy that day to get on voip with  BTIP.  So, he's making great progress.

So, I emailed LUGOD back & said I'd invite all the BTIP members to join my virtual talk with LUGOD, & so we can all get to meet & talk.  I suggested they might want to ask BTIP members about what special contributions various BTIP members make to helping run BTIP - web page, mail list, voip server, asterisk config, video findin g, etc.

This is great for BTIP also, cause it can be a kind of test of the "BTIP evening meetings" I'd like to try to get started sometime this year.  Maybe we could start around 6pm, & just chat, whatever, as usual, & get the meeting going, so we are ready at 7PM for the start of the LUGOD meeting.

Below is Bill's meeting announcement.


----- Original message -----
From: "nbs" <nbs at sonic.net>
To: vox at lists.lugod.org
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 09:21:52 -0700
Subject: [vox] Linux Users' Group of Davis, September 21: "BerkeleyTIP"


The Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD) will be holding its next meeting on:

  Monday
  September 21, 2009
  7:00pm - 9:00pm


The meeting will be held at:

  Explorit Science Center
  Mace Ranch Facility
  3141 5th Street
  Davis, California 95616


Presentation:

  BerkeleyTIP

  Presented by:
    'john_re', founder

    Founded in July 2008, BerkeleyTIP (Berkeley Talks, Installfest,
    Potluck & Project/Programming Party) is a group dedicated to
    free software, free hardware and free culture.  It holds in-person
    meetings in Berkeley, while simultaneously providing global access
    to meetings via online text chat (IRC) and audio conference
    calling (VoIP).
 
    John will discuss the technical and organizational hurdles required to
    run global, internet-based events, as well as share stories about BTIP
    and how it differs from a typical computer club.  Also, as a first for
    LUGOD, John will tele-present this meeting from Berkeley.


For more details on this meeting, visit:

  http://www.lugod.org/meeting/


For maps, directions, public transportation schedules, etc., visit:

  http://www.lugod.org/meeting/explorit/


About LUGOD:

  The Linux Users' Group of Davis is a 501(c)7 non-profit organization
  dedicated to the Linux computer operating system and other Open Source
  and Free Software.

  For over 10 years, LUGOD has held regular meetings with guest speakers
  in Davis, California, as well as other events in Davis and the greater
  Sacramento region.  Events are always free and open to the public.

  Please visit our website for more details:  http://www.lugod.org/


-- 
Bill Kendrick
pr at lugod.org
Public Relations Officer
Linux Users' Group of Davis
http://www.lugod.org/
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