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SVLUG March Meeting - at the LinuxWorld Expo
"Running an Effective Linux User Group"
7PM, Wednesday, March 3, 1999
We'll meet in the Meeting Rooms A-F, up the stairs and all the way to the left/east. We may need to hold off entry to the room until the convention center crews finish reconfiguring it for our meeting after the BoF sessions are over.
We chose the subject of "Running an Effective Linux User Group" because we're expecting many more visitors from out of town than usual, due to the convention. Local and visiting attendees are encouraged to speak up with what they think works and what doesn't.
Our meeting will be held after all other convention activities for
the day are over.
As usual for an SVLUG meeting, attendance is free.
The Panel Discussion
We are in the process of inviting leaders of Linux User Groups
to participate in the panel,
from anywhere across the country or around the world
who will be in town for the convention (or any other reason.)
It doesn't matter if your LUG is from a small town or
large metropolitan area -
as long as you believe your LUG has been effective for your area
and you have advice that can help others running, starting
or participating in LUGs in their own areas.
If you would like to participate, contact SVLUG's speaker coordinator,
Sam Ockman at
<ockman@penguincomputing.com>
or the SVLUG officers at
<officers@svlug.org>.
The panelists so far (in alphabetical order) are
- Eugene Clement,independent computer consultant, Palm Springs, California
- Eugene is the founder of the
Coachella Valley Linux Users Group (CVLUG)
in Palm Springs, California.
After NetDay 96 failed to materialize in Palm Springs, he realized some
more training was going to be necessary for school administrators and staff.
After joining IELUG in the distant Riverside area,
he formed CVLUG for the Palm Springs area.
One of the things this new LUG does is arrange old-computer giveaways
for teens,
after they install Linux to put new life in the systems.
They've found it's a great learning platform.
- Chris DiBona, Director of Marketing, VA Research Linux Systems, Mountain View, California
- Chris is webmaster for Linux International
and the Vice President of the Silicon Valley Linux User Group.
Among Chris' many high-profile activities, he led the
"Great Linux Revolt"
of 1998, where SVLUG handed out 500 Linux CD's at stores which opened
at midnight on June 25, 1998, the opening day for Windows 98.
He also coordinated SVLUG's booths at the Comdex Enterprise and ISPCon
conventions.
Actually, Chris has been involved in just about everything
SVLUG has done since he was elected in December 1997.
- Ian Kluft, Software Engineer, IOS Technologies Division, Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, California
- Ian coordinates the web software on SVLUG's web server and was given
the title of SVLUG Vice President of Engineering at the February 1999
meeting.
He helped coordinate the
"Silicon Valley Tea Party"
on Nov 11, 1998, where SVLUG handed out 400 Linux CD's in front
of the party for the opening of the Microsoft Developer Center in Palo Alto.
As a spoof of Microsoft's "Win98 Launch", Ian built a model rocket
using Win98 CDs (cut in half) as fins for SVLUG's
"Launch Win98... on a Rocket!"
on June 28, 1998.
He's been in leadership positions in various clubs related to computing,
aviation or Ham Radio since 1985.
- Jeff Rose, US Postal Employee, Tavares, Florida; US Marine Corps 0331 (ret)
- Jeff is the acting president for
Everyone's Linux User Group (ELUG),
which meets in Orlando and serves Central Florida and the Space Coast area.
Currently he is working to get 501(c)3
Non-Profit Incorporation status for this new LUG.
He says he has aspirations of involving local school and
administrative governments as well as businesses as a whole to see Linux
demonstrated on-site, head-to-head with NT and Novell.
Jeff says he's very pleased to be afforded the opportunity to be visiting the
"Holy Land" (Silicon Valley) for the first time!
- Seth Schoen, UC Berkeley student and independent consultant, Berkeley, California
- Seth is a student, programmer, and Linux enthusiast residing in Berkeley.
His interests include Linux, classical literature, classical music, and
languages. A Linux user since 1994, he has served as Publicity Director and
general instigator on the Board of the
Cal Linux Users Group
(UC Berkeley),
and given Linux seminars and demos under the auspices of CalLUG.
He is currently on leave from UC Berkeley, and continues to be active in
CalLUG and the Bay Area Linux community.
- Randy Sommerfeld, System Administrator, Mountain Internet, Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
- Randy is the Chairman of the relatively small Squamish Linux Users Group which covers the Sea to Sky Corridor north of Vancouver, BC. The SLUG has been involved in a number of interesting projects involving a local ISP and the Sea to Sky FreeNet Association. The group used a (Canadian) federal grant to assist in setting up three community Net access sites, which run Linux and provide a location for installfests.
Directions to the Meeting Room
We are still obtaining specific directions within the Convention Center. IDG has confirmed we have a meeting hall with seating capacity for 400. (We've had more people than that before so it may be SRO. But that's still more chairs than we've had at a meeting before.)Directions to the Convention Center
The San Jose McEnery Convention Center is at 150 West San Carlos Street in San Jose. For driving directions to the Convention Center, see the map at the San Jose Convention and Visitor Bureau.
For VTA Light Rail riders,
use the San Jose Convention Center station at the midpoint in the
light rail line.
The train operator will call it the "Convention Center" station.
(Be careful not to confuse this with the Santa Clara Convention Center
at the northern extremity of the line.)
The light rail station is in the middle of San Carlos Street in front
of the entrance to the Convention Center.
Acknowledgements
SVLUG would like to thank IDG, organizers of the
LinuxWorld Expo,
for making this meeting hall available.
In order to do this, they will be reconfiguring the walls/dividers.
They'll remove the walls for the smaller meeting rooms
from the BoF sessions
and make one large meeting hall with seating capacity of at least 400.
Feedback to SVLUG webmasters.