2017.08.21 Meeting Notes

Location

Explorit

Project Reports

• Installfests:
  • No news
• Hands-On Demo:
  • No news

Other Business

• News:
  • Next meeting: September 18, 2017 at Davis Public Library: "Installfest Junior."
  • Next social (September 5) will be at Steve's Pizza rather than Crepeville. See the website for details.
  • October meeting will be at Davis Hackerspace, nominations for officers will be opened then.
• Financial Report:
  • No recent expenditures
  • Donations: $12.10
• Elections:
  • Special elections nominations: Tim Thatcher nominated himself for president and Kevin Weedon nominated himself for vice president.
  • They both ran unopposed and approval was passed by consent.
  • Our officers are (effective at the next meeting):
    • Tim Thatcher: president (root)
    • Kevin Weedon: vice president (sys)
    • Will Marshall: treasurer (/dev/null)
    • Kenneth Lyons: secretary (typescript)

Presentation

• "Observing the Night Sky with Free Open-Source Software," presented by LUGOD members (Tim T., Will M., Kenny L.)
• Demos:
  • Will: Stellarium
  • Kenny: Celestia
  • Tim: Gpredict

Attendance

• Tim T.
• Kenny L.
• Will M.
• Kevin W.
• Glen
• Scott
• Rob
• +1