Nov 7 TODAY & Nov 22 - Join Global FreeSW GNU(Linux) HW Culture meeting via VOIP - BerkeleyTIP GlobalTIP - For Forwarding

[john_re]

Hi KPLUGers :) 

1) Who's in charge of this mail list & group?

2) Starting June 2008 I've been putting together this global Free SW HW
Culture GNU(Linux) group, BerkeleyTIP, & GlobalTIP, which meets via VOIP
globally. :)  It's purpose is educational, productive & social. TIP =
Talks, Installfest & Project/Programming Party.  I do all this in my
small "spare/free" time as a contribution to the communit(ies). {Thanks
for all the SW! :) }

I invite you all to join with the California & global community & 
attend online.  Join #berkeleytip on irc.freenode.net, & we'll help you
get on VOIP.  We also encourage all local groups to hold a simultaneous
local meeting, & join together with us all online.

3) One main purpose of BTIPGlobal is to provide a community for college
students to learn about these topics, because they are at a point where
they could become contributors to these efforts.  This year, one task
I'm focusing on is reaching out to the University of California student
communities.  Since KPLUG is near UC San Diego (am I correct?) 

I see from your mailing list that you are a very active & capabale
community.  :)   I wanted to let you all know about BTIPGlobal, & this
effort, & hope that you all can join with us all to help reach out to
UCSD students.  One possible way is to help get flyers put up on the
UCSD campus, & invite students there to a simultaneous KPLUG/BTIPGlobal
meeting.

(There are meeting flyers at the bottom of our home page, which are in
open doc format, & you can use directly, or customize.
http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/    )

Anyone there interested in joining in the meeting, & maybe also helping
reach out to the UCSD students?

4) May I send to this mailing list the monthly BTIPGlobal announcement? 
This month's announcement is included right below.

Best Wishes,  John Re



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CONTENTS: Meeting days/times & Howto - Mark your calendar's dates;
Videos; Hot topics; Opportunities; Announcement Flyers; New webpages

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Come join in with the Global Free SW HW & Culture community at the
BerkeleyTIP/GlobalTIP meeting, via VOIP.

Two meetings this month:
Sat Nov 7,  12Noon - 3PM Pacific Time (=UTC-8)
Sun Nov 22, 12Noon - 3PM Pacific Time (=UTC-8)
Mark your calendars, 1st Sat, 3rd Sun every month.
  {Note: 4th Sunday this November, to give 2 week spacing.}

Join online #berkeleytip on irc.freenode.net
& we'll help you get your voip HW & SW working:
http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/remote-attendance
Or come to the FreeSpeech Cafe at UC Berkeley in person meeting.

Join the global mailing list
http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal

I hope to see you there. :)


=====  Talk Videos for November 2009:
Django Development  - Richard Kiss, Eddy Mulyono, Glen Jarvis, Simeon
Franklin; BayPiggies
Python for scientific research, discussion with Guido van Rossum;
UCBSciPy
Netbooks - Michael Gorven, Dave Mackie, and Jonathan Carter; CLUG
Japan Linux Symposium Keynote, Linus Torvalds & Jim Zemlin; Linux
Foundation

http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/talk-videos
Download & watch them before the meetings, discuss at the meetings.

Thanks to all the Speakers, Videographers, & Groups! :)
[Record your local meeting! Put the video online, & email me for
inclusion for next month. :) ]

===== Hot topics: Ubuntu 9.10 - Problems? Fixes? Upgrade? Install?
Freeswitch VOIP server - setup for BTIP
Flyers & outreach to UCBerkeley.
Outreach to other UC campuses next semester.


=====  Opportunities - Learn new, or increase your job skills, &/or
volunteer & help the community:  Set up any of: a BTIP Mailing List, web
server/site, Freeswitch VOIP server, or Virtual Private Network & SSL


===== Announcement Flyers:  Print & Post them in your community.  4/5
available - Freedom, Karmic Koala, Free Culture, SciPy, OLPC. See bottom
of page:  http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal


===== New BTIP Webpages @ http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/
UC Campus local groups; Free Hardware; System Administration;
Announcement Flyers; Opportunities


For Forwarding - You are invited to forward this announcement wherever
it would be appreciated.