[XCSSA] July XCSSA Meeting Canceled in Lieu of the Open Source
Fest (12th-15th)
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xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
> Are there plans to put copies of the presentations online in a central
> location post fest? Some of these sound quite interesting, but I will
> not be able to make it :(
>
> Thanks,
> Cliff.
>
> On Sun, 2006-07-09 at 02:49 -0500, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
>> Xotic Computer Systems of San Antonio *
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>> http://xcssa.org
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>> Hey all!
>>
>> Well, we don't do this too often.. but there will be no XCSSA meeting this
>> month. This is partly because the Open Source fest seems to be what everyone
>> is focusing on this month (even SATLUG is cancling their meeting), plus I
>> won't even be in town on the 17th when our normal meeting would have been.
>> So the planets have aligned I guess.
>>
>> Instead.. come check out the Open Source Fest THIS WEEK from
>> Wednesday-Saturday! Myself and other XCSSA, SATLUG and Rackspace geeks will
>> be giving cool presentations. More info on the Fest site:
>> http://cis.sac.accd.edu/~skolars/satlug/ <http://cis.sac.accd.edu/%7Eskolars/satlug/>
>>
>> Or even better yet... volunteer to help out! Send Steve and email from the
>> link above.
>>
>> Overview:
>> The four day event (Wed-Sat) will be held at the Alamo Community College
>> District's Advanced Technology Center on Kelly USA (yes, the old air force
>> base). They have a very cool multimedia center there with classrooms, an
>> auditorium and more! Map here:
>> http://tinyurl.com/jyevo
>>
>> (If I have the time, maybe I can get a better map w/building photo together in
>> time.)
>>
>> My little song and dance (presentation) is on Saturday from 1pm-4pm. It will
>> be a rather non-technical, but interesting presentation on "The State of the
>> Linux Desktop". I will focus on the Linux Desktop (past, present and future)
>> as well as personal and business best practices for migrating to Linux on
>> both the desktop and the back office/IT infrastructure side of the house.
>> Fun fun.. good info if you work for a bunch of Windows-and-none-other
>> types. ;) But if I were you.. I would rather check out my co-worker's
>> "Regular Expressions" presentation (held at the same time as mine) on bash
>> scripting with sed and awk! :)
>> http://cis.sac.accd.edu/~skolars/satlug/#regex <http://cis.sac.accd.edu/%7Eskolars/satlug/#regex>
>>
>> Want A Job?:
>> Also.. Rackspace technical recruiting will be there on the last day, Saturday
>> 15th from 10am-2pm with pizza and folks to chat to about positions we have at
>> Rackspace. If interested.. bring a resume with you. Current job slots are
>> here: http://www.rackspacecareers.com/joblistings.php
>> We are really looking hard for experienced Linux Sys-Admins with
>> apache/sendmail/bind/networking experience.
>>
>> NOTE: If you can't make the Rackspace meet-n-greet on the 15th, or you just
>> want me to personally check out your resume and try to get it directly to the
>> eyes of the hiring manager, then fire me a PDF copy to hire-me@theweeks.org <mailto:hire-me@theweeks.org>
>> and we'll talk.
>>
>> Ok.. well that's about it. Hope to see you at the Open Source Fest!
>>
>> Tweeks
>> p.s. Please forgive any grammatical errors here.. it's quite late.. ;)
>>
>> Xotic Computer Systems of San Antonio
>> http://xcssa.org/
>>
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I will see what we can do.
Steve
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Are there plans to put copies of the presentations online in a central
location post fest? Some of these sound quite interesting, but I will
not be able to make it :(<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Cliff. <br>
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<pre><font color="#000000"> Xotic Computer Systems of San Antonio *</font>
<font color="#000000"> \_____\________\__________\___\______X</font>
<font color="#000000"> \________\__________\___\_____C</font>
<font color="#000000"> \__________\___\____S</font>
<font color="#000000"> \___\___S</font>
<font color="#000000"> \__A</font>
<font color="#000000"> <a
href="http://xcssa.org">http://xcssa.org</a></font>
<font color="#000000">Hey all!</font>
<font color="#000000">Well, we don't do this too often.. but there will be no XCSSA meeting this </font>
<font color="#000000">month. This is partly because the Open Source fest seems to be what everyone </font>
<font color="#000000">is focusing on this month (even SATLUG is cancling their meeting), plus I </font>
<font color="#000000">won't even be in town on the 17th when our normal meeting would have been. </font>
<font color="#000000">So the planets have aligned I guess. </font>
<font color="#000000">Instead.. come check out the Open Source Fest THIS WEEK from </font>
<font color="#000000">Wednesday-Saturday! Myself and other XCSSA, SATLUG and Rackspace geeks will </font>
<font color="#000000">be giving cool presentations. More info on the Fest site:</font>
<font color="#000000"> <a
href="http://cis.sac.accd.edu/%7Eskolars/satlug/">http://cis.sac.accd.edu/~skolars/satlug/</a></font>
<font color="#000000">Or even better yet... volunteer to help out! Send Steve and email from the </font>
<font color="#000000">link above.</font>
<font color="#000000">Overview:</font>
<font color="#000000">The four day event (Wed-Sat) will be held at the Alamo Community College </font>
<font color="#000000">District's Advanced Technology Center on Kelly USA (yes, the old air force </font>
<font color="#000000">base). They have a very cool multimedia center there with classrooms, an </font>
<font color="#000000">auditorium and more! Map here:</font>
<font color="#000000"> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jyevo">http://tinyurl.com/jyevo</a></font>
<font color="#000000">(If I have the time, maybe I can get a better map w/building photo together in </font>
<font color="#000000">time.)</font>
<font color="#000000">My little song and dance (presentation) is on Saturday from 1pm-4pm. It will </font>
<font color="#000000">be a rather non-technical, but interesting presentation on "The State of the </font>
<font color="#000000">Linux Desktop". I will focus on the Linux Desktop (past, present and future) </font>
<font color="#000000">as well as personal and business best practices for migrating to Linux on </font>
<font color="#000000">both the desktop and the back office/IT infrastructure side of the house. </font>
<font color="#000000">Fun fun.. good info if you work for a bunch of Windows-and-none-other </font>
<font color="#000000">types. ;) But if I were you.. I would rather check out my co-worker's </font>
<font color="#000000">"Regular Expressions" presentation (held at the same time as mine) on bash </font>
<font color="#000000">scripting with sed and awk! :)</font>
<font color="#000000"> <a
href="http://cis.sac.accd.edu/%7Eskolars/satlug/#regex">http://cis.sac.accd.edu/~skolars/satlug/#regex</a></font>
<font color="#000000">Want A Job?:</font>
<font color="#000000">Also.. Rackspace technical recruiting will be there on the last day, Saturday </font>
<font color="#000000">15th from 10am-2pm with pizza and folks to chat to about positions we have at </font>
<font color="#000000">Rackspace. If interested.. bring a resume with you. Current job slots are </font>
<font color="#000000">here: <a
href="http://www.rackspacecareers.com/joblistings.php">http://www.rackspacecareers.com/joblistings.php</a></font>
<font color="#000000">We are really looking hard for experienced Linux Sys-Admins with </font>
<font color="#000000">apache/sendmail/bind/networking experience. </font>
<font color="#000000">NOTE: If you can't make the Rackspace meet-n-greet on the 15th, or you just </font>
<font color="#000000">want me to personally check out your resume and try to get it directly to the </font>
<font color="#000000">eyes of the hiring manager, then fire me a PDF copy to <a
href="mailto:hire-me@theweeks.org">hire-me@theweeks.org</a> </font>
<font color="#000000">and we'll talk.</font>
<font color="#000000">Ok.. well that's about it. Hope to see you at the Open Source Fest!</font>
<font color="#000000">Tweeks</font>
<font color="#000000">p.s. Please forgive any grammatical errors here.. it's quite late.. ;)</font>
<font color="#000000"> Xotic Computer Systems of San Antonio</font>
<font color="#000000"> <a
href="http://xcssa.org/">http://xcssa.org/</a></font>
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I will see what we can do.<br>
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Steve<br>
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