Linux Users' Group of Davis - "LUGOD 1999.05.18 Meeting Notes"
1999.05.18 Meeting Notes
We met at Round Table Pizza in Davis.
Committee Reports
- UCD RESENET-HOWTO - The HOWTO is done. We are waiting for
approval or denail from UCD IT.
- UCD PPP-HOWTO - A draft is available from, and comments should be
sent to, Mike Simons.
- Tax Exempt Club Status - Still in progress, nothing to report.
- Davis High School Project - The school was having network trouble
when the DHS Project members visited last week. They will be returning
to install Linux on Thursday.
- LUGOD Logo - Check the website and the VOX mailing list for an
upcoming web-based poll.
- Ambassador to Other LUGs - BayLUG will be having Linus Torvalds
speaking in June. COWLUG seems to be dead. SacLUG will be having speakers
talk about programming CGI's and an Install Fest in June.
Other Business:
- Install Fest - LUGOD's Install Fest will be held on Saturday,
May 22 from 10am to 4pm at the UC Davis Engineering Unit II (EUII) building
in room 1131. Contact Mike Simons for details.
- PO Box - Motion to get a local P.O. box passed by consent.
Root and Sys members will each hold a key. The cost is $22.00 for 1/2 year,
plus $2.00 for keys.
- Financial Report - $41 was donated to the club today. Dev-Null
reports a total of $113.36 total.
- Elections - The summer solstice is soon. That means election time
is around the corner!
- Government Technology Conference - There WAS room. Mike Simons
helped out SACLUG and Sac PC Users Group and provided a LUGOD presence.
Spare Update99 flyers were passed out. Mike donated lots of time and
money. Thanks Mike!
- Dontation - On behalf of VA Linux Systems, Chris DiBona paid for
our first 6 months of the PO Box! Thanks Chris and VA!
Speakers
- Chris DiBona of VA Linux Systems
provided a lively and entertaining look at the company, Linux in general,
and more. He also bought us all beer and lots (too many!) twisty
bread-sticks.
Attendance
- Peter Salzman
- Tom Trueblood
- Marianne Waage
- Allan Hollander
- John Lin
- Steve Wormley
- Zach Johnson
- Bob Scofield
- Jim Crowe (new member)
- Josh Cohen
- Francis Courtois
- Jessica Luedtke
- Remington Stone
- Jennifer Rutherford
- Melissa Hardenbrook
- Ajay Tallam
- Mike Simons
- Chris DiBona (guest speaker)
- Joe Arruda
- Nicole Carlson
- Matteo Fortini
Quote of the Meeting
- "He is so hyper... imagine the love-child of me and Bill." - Joe
Arruda
LUGOD: PO Box 1336, Davis, CA 95617
URL: http://www.lugod.org/meetings/past/1999.05.18.php
Last updated:
2001 Jul 18 12:48