2012.04.16 Meeting Notes

Location

Project Reports

• Installfests — No news.
• Hands-On Demo — No news.

Other Business

• News —
  • ZaReason, Linux-system builder in Berkeley, is offering free shipping through April 30th.
  • RaspberryPi, inexpensive, Linux-based single-board computers, are finally shipping.
  • Eric Engelhard reports that the UC Davis Mouse Biology Program is looking for two PHP web developers.
  • LUGOD meeting topics and speakers are scheduled through September:
    • May 21: Ubuntu 12.04 and Unity
    • June 18: Wikimedia and Wikipedia
    • July 16: openSUSE (exact topic TBA)
    • August 20: Open Clip Art Library
    • September 17: WidgetFX
• Becoming a UC Davis "Campus Affiliate Group" — No news.
• Davis Community Network (DCN) Resource Allocation Committee) — No news.
• Financial Report —
  • $16.00 in donations were collected.

  Presentation

  • Akkana Peck, author of Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional, discussed GIMP: The GNU Image Manipulation Program
    • Photos (coming soon)

  Attendance

  • Akkana Peck
  • Andrew Roach
  • Bill Broadley
  • Bill Kendrick
  • Brian Lavender
  • Chris Horsting
  • Dave North
  • Eric Rasmussen
  • Gilbert Covell
  • Harry Low
  • Jim Berennan
  • Ken Mall
  • Paul Cubbage
  • Richard Harke
  • Spencer McDonald
  • Steve Inness
  • William Kendrick
  • ... and 2 others

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