NewsUpdate8Feb2003

This is just an online version of what was/is-going-to-be sent to linux-users and posted as a bulletin.

email to Linux-users

Subject: Weekly Meetings

Hi!

We hope everyone's been enjoying Winter Carnival. We were considering making a snow penguin on the Green, but the snow is just too dry.

In order to increase Linux use and awareness on campus, we're revamping the linux.dartmouth.edu website and we've decided to start having weekly meetings.

Meetings could evolve to serve many purposes, including

Structured method of planning projects or events
time for people to give/receive help on using Linux, etc...
place for people to give a mini-talk on some aspect of admining linux
time for us to have fun

This week's meeting will be on Friday Feb 14, (3 - 4 PM).
We'll be meeting in the conference room in the basement of Berry (where we held the planning meeting for the Install Fest -- see below for info.)

Topics for this meeting are:

How do we encourage Linux use?
MicrosoftCampusAgreement -- What is it and why won't Dartmouth give us information?
IMAP, Blitzmail, and Email on Linux: Options for new users and public machines.
Linux/OpenSource/Techie meetings -- What do we want them to be?

Feel free to discuss any of these topics on the mailing list. Additional information can be found on the wiki (see below).

If you're interested in attending or have input concerning weekly meetings but won't be there on Friday, please let us know.

More Information:

Our wiki is found here, http://sa.dartmouth.edu/twiki/bin/view/Linux/
The node pertaining to weekly meetings is located here: http://sa/twiki/bin/view/Linux/WeeklyMeetings
For instructions to the conference room and the secret password to get inside, see http://sa.dartmouth.edu/twiki/bin/view/Linux/KiewitConferenceRoom

We hope to see you all there on Friday!

--Robinson Tryon, Sam Reisner, Jared Alessandroni, & Sydney Lu

bulletin to "Computing - Linux"

Subject: Linux Meetings

The Dartmouth Linux Community is going to have weekly meetings to increase the awareness and use of Linux.

This week's meeting is on Friday Feb 14, (3 - 4 PM).

LOCATION: the conference room in the basement of Berry (for instructions see http://sa.dartmouth.edu/twiki/bin/view/Linux/KiewitConferenceRoom ).

TOPICS:

How do we encourage Linux use?
MicrosoftCampusAgreement -- What is it and why won't Dartmouth give us information?
IMAP, Blitzmail, and Email on Linux: Options for new users and public machines.
Linux/OpenSource/Techie meetings -- What do we want them to be?

For more information, blitz 'linux'.

To subscribe to the linux-users mailing list (where we talk about Linux, Open Source software, and other cool stuff), send mail to Majordomo@dartmouthNOSPAM.edu with subscribe linux-users in the body of the message. (just take out the NOSPAM part first...)

RobinsonTryon - 08 Feb 2003