[sf-lug] sf-lug Digest, Vol 1314, Issue 1

Tue Oct 17 06:23:19 PDT 2023

Well, I just tested the Jitsi link and it works.
Unfortunately I’ll be working then.
I’ll try to Jitsi in for a few minutes during my work shift today. Maybe
more than once.
Thanks for holding these meetings and I’ll attend as I can.

Elise Scher

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>    1. BALUG: meeting TOMORROW!: Tu 2023-10-17 (Security) & other
>       BALUG News (Michael Paoli)
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> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 07:27:43 -0700
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> Subject: [sf-lug] BALUG: meeting TOMORROW!: Tu 2023-10-17 (Security) &
>         other   BALUG News
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> BALUG: meeting TOMORROW!: Tu 2023-10-17 (Security) & other BALUG News
>
> ------------------------------
>
> items, details further below:
> BALUG: meeting TOMORROW!: Tu 2023-10-17 (Security)
> giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
> help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue, ...
>
> ------------------------------
>
> For our 2023-10-17 (3rd Tuesdays) BALUG meeting, we have:
>
> Theme: Security
> Don't have specific speaker/presentation lined up for this meeting at
> least at the time of this update, but do have a discussion topic:
> security. So, thoughts, comments, questions, etc. regarding security,
> or other topics or questions one might want to bring up, feel free to
> bring them. We generally have interesting conversations and at least
> some experts among us, even if we may not have a prearranged
> speaker/presentation.
>
>      6:00pm Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 2023-10-17
>
>      In-person:
>      Henry's Hunan Restaurant
>      110 Natoma St. (between 2nd & New Montgomery)
>      San Francisco, CA 94105-3704
>      1-415-546-4999
>      https://www.hhunan.com/ https://www.hhunannatoma.com/
>      Delicious Hunan cuisine and reasonably priced.
>      Easy Transit/Parking Access: short walk from BART, MUNI, parking
>         Trip planning:  http://www.511.org/
>
>      Virtual:
>      https://meet.jit.si/BALUG.org Dial-in numbers also available at the
>      URL.
>      Please use earbud(s)/headphone(s) or mute yourself to avoid audio
>      feedback issues, also please if you have background sound/noise
>      issues mute yourself when not talking.
>      Generally works quite fine with reasonably modern Firefox
>      Chrome/Chromium, Microsoft Edge, possibly others (requires WebRTC
>      https://webrtc.org/
>      (Wikipedia: WebRTC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC)
>      (can also do some testing here: https://test.webrtc.org/ Probably
>      don't worry about minor items like "Reflexive connectivity" )), from
>      desktop, laptop, tablet, smart phone, etc.
>
> Meeting Details...
>
> Cost/Dining:
>       The meetings are always free, but dinner is not (unless you are our
>       guest speaker, in which case we also treat you to dinner).  For
>       Henry's Hunan Restaurant, if folks are agreeable, we'll share and
>       dine "family" style, and split up the costs, and typical cost per
>       person including tax and tip (but not including beverages beyond
>       complementary tea) would be in the $15.00 to $31.00 range, and
>       commonly around $18.00 to $27.00.  Cash preferred to ease splitting
>       up the check.  One can also specifically order the dish(es) one
>       needs/prefers (e.g. for dietary considerations) - and we also
>       commonly order some dish(es) that may meet various dietary
>       considerations) (e.g. vegetarian, non-pork, ...). Punctual arrival
>       recommended for optimal dining experience, as we expect to be
>       ordering at that time.
>       At approximately 7:00 P.M. we start our presentation/talk, or more
>       informal talk/discussion if we don't have a particularly
>       presentation/talk/presenter or special guest arranged.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
>
> We often have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings.
>
> CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a look here:
> https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
> Donations of USB flash, blank or +-RW media, or funding thereof,
> also appreciated.  See the above URL for details.  If you're interested
> in anything in particular, best to request such reasonably in advance
> (may not schlep the inventory or portion(s) thereof, or have some
> particular ISO burned and available in quantity >0 if it's not requested
> in advance)
>
> Hardware, etc. wanted/offered!
> Got some (computer, etc.) hardware, etc. you're looking to give
> away or acquire (or if not free, well below current fair market value),
> and locally?  We have a wiki page to list that - so ... see what's
> offered, wanted, etc.!
>
> https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:offered_wanted_hardware_etc
>
> Books and other titles!
> have a peek here:
> https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:books_and_publications
>
> ------------------------------
>
> help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue ...
>
> You can do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG.
>
> Quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG.  Come talk to us at a
> meeting and/or drop us a note at: balug-contact at balug.org
> These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
> o assist or lead on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
> o venue arrangement (e.g. followup on potential leads,
>     on-site coordination/preparations)
> o chief/assistant cat herder
> o assist on publicity
> o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
>       quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrator(s)).
> o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
> o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
> o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG would like to be doing
>       (also feel free to suggest ideas!)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
> should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
> things we should do differently): publicity-feedback at balug.org
>
>
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