[kwlug-disc] KWLUG Microblogger needed [was: Meeting Monday, 7pm: Short talks]

[Bob Jonkman]

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Paul mentions
> Bob Jonkman if he can get to KW from Toronto during rush hour

Since I won't be around to microblog the KWLUG meeting proceedings
(and when I do show up I'll be at the front with Brian), is there
anyone else who wants the keys and take it for a spin?

This is what I did for the last meeting:
http://sn.jonkman.ca/conversation/218430  That shouldn't be hard to
improve on...

- --Bob.


On 14-07-04 05:19 PM, Paul Nijjar wrote:
> (If you are surprised to get this message despite CASL, read 
> below..)
> 
> 
> Surprise! Canada Day fell on a Tuesday this year, so we are holding
>  our monthly KWLUG meeting this Monday, not next.
> 
> Surprise! The topics for this month have changed, because the 
> originally-scheduled presenter is out of town. Instead we have a 
> collection of shorter presentations intended to educate and delight
>  (and sometimes provoke):
> 
> - Khalid Baheyeldin wanted to get over-the-air free high-definition
>  television on his TV. Easy, right? In this presentation you will 
> learn about the shiny toys required and how to set them up.
> 
> - Paul Nijjar (Hey. That's me. Uh oh.) wanted to record KWLUG 
> presentations and publish them as podcasts. Easy, right? Find out 
> during this presentation.
> 
> - Tim Laurence knows of at least 10 reasons Linux sucks, and he 
> would like to share them with you. Tim's other hobbies probably 
> include poking sticks inside wasp nests and commenting on online 
> newspaper articles.
> 
> - Brian Bentley (and Bob Jonkman if he can get to KW from Toronto 
> during rush hour, so probably just Brian Bentley) will share their
>  missionary efforts to transform members of the Bits and Bytes 
> computer club into Linux users (zealots?).
> 
> This series of presentations will start at 7pm.
> 
> Surprise! I mentioned the magic word "KWLUG podcast", and it turns 
> out that this is a thing that exists. There is no video podcast 
> available (yet?) but if you would like to listen to audio of our 
> meeting presentations, you can subscribe to the KWLUG podcast here:
>  http://kwlug.org/podcasts
> 
> Surprise! September is coming up quickly, and with it comes
> Software Freedom Day (http://softwarefreedomday.org) . It looks
> like we are going to put together another celebration this year
> (which is maybe not a surprise?) but by starting relatively early
> we hope to do a lot of outreach to demographics who do not already
> participate in these things (which may be a surprise) and make the
> event more relevant to a 2014 audience (which may also be a
> surprise, but shouldn't be). We could really use your help! If you
> would like to get involved (in outreach, in giving a presentation,
> in volunteering during the day, or something else) please send me
> an email and I will get you on our SUPER-SECRET sfd-planning
> mailing list.
> 
> Surprise! I said the phrase "mailing list", which might bring to 
> mind the brand new Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation 
> (http://fightspam.gc.ca/) which will eventually mean that nobody
> in Canada will ever get spam. Hooray! For some of you, that might
> bring up questions of why you are getting this message at all, and
> why we did not send out the usual "please click this tracking link
> to resubscribe to our newsletter" message all the businesses have
> been flooding us with. After some discussion on our kwlug-disc
> mailing list (in the thread starting here: 
> http://kwlug.org/pipermail/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org/2014-June/012749.html
>
>
> 
) it appears that our messages do not fall under the category of
> commercial electronic messages. In addition, most (all?) people on 
> the list have given explicit consent to be on it, either verbally, 
> by signing up for announcements on our KWLUG signup sheets, or 
> subscribing themselves.
> 
> Having said that, we do not want anybody to be on this list 
> involuntarily, and the unsubscribe mechanisms provided by GNU 
> mailman are awkward (especially if you cannot remember the email 
> address you used to get on the list). So if you are sick and tired
> of getting these emails (or just don't want to get them any more)
> then you can email me and I will get you off the KWLUG lists
> pronto.
> 
> 
> I think that is all the surprises for this month. Our meeting 
> location is no surprise:
> 
> St John's Kitchen 97 Victoria Street North (corner of Victoria and 
> Weber) Kitchener
> 
> More meeting location information is available at 
> http://kwlug.org/sjk
> 
> The meeting starts at 7pm, and the building should open around 
> 6:30pm. Setup helpers would be greatly appreciated, particularly
> this month.
> 
> - Paul
> 
> 
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