Hi everyone, Just a note of many thanks to our speakers Russell and Daniel for their efforts tonight, and for travelling so far to be with us. I'm sure you'll all agree it was a valuable and worthwhile session, and the general sentiment of the night was that we're keen to run more in the future. Just as a recap if you couldn't join us (poor George got vlined and metro'd :( ), Russell provided a very interesting overview of ZFS and BTRFS as alternative file systems, and Daniel went through a number of barriers to open source adoption in education, which sparked a group discussion on Microsoft licensing practices and how they are designed to limit FOSS adoption. Andrew Van Slageren rounded off the night with a show and tell of his Melbourne Wireless hardware, including a Nano bridge and Mikrotik router. Thanks all for your assistance in packing/cleaning up - very much appreciated. Again, it was fantastic to meet everyone face to face, and very much looking forward to future catchups. Kind regards, Kathy
Hey Kathy, thanks so much for organizing it & the speakers too! Some random thoughts for next meeting... Suggestions for talks/activities... -- is anyone interested to do some tutorials? (Maybe introduction level - 30min or so), doesn't have to be too technical. Some of the meetups I've been to have computer access so people can follow along rather then just watching. -- I've been to the Melbourne free-software group before and they have topics for discussion each meet-up, maybe doesn't have to be so organized --- since we discuss stuff anyway, but could be worth doing. -- When? (is the plan to make this regular at all, monthly, bi-monthly or so?), maybe this was mentioned and I missed it. ... also realize this takes some effort so would be good to know if help is needed. - Regards, Campbell On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Kathy Reid <kathy@kathyreid.id.au> wrote:
Hi everyone,
Just a note of many thanks to our speakers Russell and Daniel for their efforts tonight, and for travelling so far to be with us. I'm sure you'll all agree it was a valuable and worthwhile session, and the general sentiment of the night was that we're keen to run more in the future.
Just as a recap if you couldn't join us (poor George got vlined and metro'd :( ), Russell provided a very interesting overview of ZFS and BTRFS as alternative file systems, and Daniel went through a number of barriers to open source adoption in education, which sparked a group discussion on Microsoft licensing practices and how they are designed to limit FOSS adoption.
Andrew Van Slageren rounded off the night with a show and tell of his Melbourne Wireless hardware, including a Nano bridge and Mikrotik router.
Thanks all for your assistance in packing/cleaning up - very much appreciated.
Again, it was fantastic to meet everyone face to face, and very much looking forward to future catchups.
Kind regards, Kathy
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Hey Kathy, thanks so much for organizing it & the speakers too!
Welcome :-)
Some random thoughts for next meeting...
Great suggestions - thanks!
-- is anyone interested to do some tutorials? (Maybe introduction level - 30min or so), doesn't have to be too technical.
Computer access will be an issue, but I figured most people would have their own lappy, I could probably swing wireless access (sorry about that Daniel). Tutorials are a great idea - anyone want to give one? (I've done them before on WordPress, Inkscape, GIMP, and Anki would be happy to give again)
-- I've been to the Melbourne free-software group before and they have topics for discussion each meet-up, maybe doesn't have to be so organized --- since we discuss stuff anyway, but could be worth doing.
Agreed - great idea. Really enjoyed our discussion on M$ knobbling adoption of free software in schools.
-- When? (is the plan to make this regular at all, monthly, bi-monthly or so?), maybe this was mentioned and I missed it. ... also realize this takes some effort so would be good to know if help is needed.
Would love to make this a regular thing - monthly is probably the best frequency. Will be guided by the group as to timing / days / etc. Were Thursdays good? Was the time good for everyone? Re: help - pretty much all good, just had a busy day that day so didn't have as much time to prepare. The Uni has been *super* supportive of all the open source stuff I've been involved in (like BarCampGeelong etc). The key issue seems to be getting the Marketing people (who deal with room bookings for university stuff) to talk to the Security people about what's going on - just means a few phone calls. Kind regards, K.
On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Kathy Reid <kathy@kathyreid.id.au> wrote:
Hey Kathy, thanks so much for organizing it & the speakers too!
Welcome :-)
Some random thoughts for next meeting...
Great suggestions - thanks!
-- is anyone interested to do some tutorials? (Maybe introduction level - 30min or so), doesn't have to be too technical.
Computer access will be an issue, but I figured most people would have their own lappy, I could probably swing wireless access (sorry about that Daniel).
I have 2 laptops running linux- perhaps if we knew ahead of time to bring them we could manage to have a system for everybody, maybe usb stick if needed for files if we cant get network access.
Tutorials are a great idea - anyone want to give one? (I've done them before on WordPress, Inkscape, GIMP, and Anki would be happy to give again)
Would be interested in any of these (personally maybe not gimp if its introduction level, only because I already used a lot, but for others I'm sure it would be interesting). I'd also be happy to do intro tutorial for some of the apps I use - audacity/blender/gimp? And maybe programming with pygame or blender-gameengine - though not sure if programming tutorials are of interest to others.
-- I've been to the Melbourne free-software group before and they have topics for discussion each meet-up, maybe doesn't have to be so organized --- since we discuss stuff anyway, but could be worth doing.
Agreed - great idea. Really enjoyed our discussion on M$ knobbling adoption of free software in schools.
-- When? (is the plan to make this regular at all, monthly, bi-monthly or so?), maybe this was mentioned and I missed it. ... also realize this takes some effort so would be good to know if help is needed.
Would love to make this a regular thing - monthly is probably the best frequency. Will be guided by the group as to timing / days / etc. Were Thursdays good? Was the time good for everyone?
Another group I go to visit once a month, but hold talks/tutorials every second month and other meetings are more of a casual dinner & chat. Again - not sure this kind of thing should be structured - but it has the advantage that people who come from a long way off might prefer to skip the casual meetups. (& time was fine for me).
Re: help - pretty much all good, just had a busy day that day so didn't have as much time to prepare. The Uni has been *super* supportive of all the open source stuff I've been involved in (like BarCampGeelong etc). The key issue seems to be getting the Marketing people (who deal with room bookings for university stuff) to talk to the Security people about what's going on - just means a few phone calls.
Great to hear, and annoyed I missed BarCampGeelong :)
Kind regards, K.
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