{"id":86,"date":"2008-12-06T16:26:19","date_gmt":"2008-12-06T20:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mail.ale.org\/?p=86"},"modified":"2008-12-06T16:47:33","modified_gmt":"2008-12-06T20:47:33","slug":"ale-solstice-celebration-oss-pecha-kucha-contest-for-thurs-dec-18-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ale.org\/?p=86","title":{"rendered":"ALE Solstice Celebration & OSS Pecha Kucha Contest for Thurs., Dec. 18, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our regular ALE Central Meeting venue is unavailable for the
\nthird Thursday of December, so we found this a great excuse to combine
\nshort form ALE presentations with some ALE tasting at our first ever…
\n
\nALE Solstice Celebration <\/font>
\n& OSS Pecha Kucha Contest <\/font><\/p>\n

Thursday, December 18th, 7:30pm to 11:30pm
\nat the Emory area facilities of
\n Railroad Earth <\/font>
\n1467 Oxford Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 <\/strong>
\nSEE MAP HERE.<\/a> See Location Details* below for more.<\/p>\n

The ALE Solstice Celebration:<\/strong>
\nOur December meeting will be an open social event where we can
\nall relax, have fun, chat and get to better know our fellow Linux
\nenthusiasts. All friends and family are welcome and there is an open
\ninvitation for anyone who is interested in learning more about Linux
\nand GPL Open Source Software in a casual setting. Provided
\nrefreshments will be limited, so guest contributions of snacks and
\nbeverages, adult and otherwise, will be welcome. Coolers, ice and
\nutensils will all be available.<\/p>\n

The OSS Pecha Kucha Contest:<\/strong>
\nAs topical entertainment for the evening everyone is invited
\nparticipate in our Geek version of a Karaoke contest and provide
\na (modified) Pecha Kucha<\/a> style presentation on a Linux or Open
\nSource related topic. Presenters will be alloted 10 minutes at
\nthe microphone and 20 computer slides** to fully enlighten the
\naudience with every single item of information there is to know
\nabout their Open Source related topic. After all the Pecha Kucha
\nperformers are done, the audience will select their favorite and
\nthe winner will receive a copy of the recently published
\nLinux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible, <\/a>
\nrated as 10 of 10, 5 Star, “Top Stuff” by Linux Format magazine.
\n(Pecha Kucha participants should also see AV Support** notes below.)<\/p>\n

Additional Festivities:<\/strong>
\nThe RRE facilities include a full audio recording studio (with two pianos,
\na few guitar amps, a PA, an analog synth, a trap kit and various hand
\ndrums and percussion toys), so jamming and drum circles can be enjoyed
\nin the later half of the evening. There is also a large, private back yard
\nwith a fire pit, so weather and firewood supplies allowing, an outdoor
\nwarming fire may add “s’more” to the festivities and Solstice sacrifices
\nof SUSE swag may also be offered to the flames.<\/p>\n

=====<\/p>\n

* Location Details:
\nThe RRE facility is a large stone front house that is located a block West of
\nEmory law School and a few doors down Oxford Road from Everybody’s
\nPizza, Domino’s delivery station and the Saba restaurant. Street parking
\non the curbs is acceptable, and there is an adjacent paved lot where
\nparking in spaces not reserved for Saba is allowed. Google maps has
\nsome good views of the street where you can see what’s what before
\nyou get there.<\/p>\n

** AV Support:
\nA VGA RGB data projector, a microphone and sound system connection
\n(1\/8″ mini stereo) will be provided for Pecha Kucha presenters. A Linux
\nlaptop with Ubuntu 8.04 install and a Mac G4 iBook (with DVD player) will
\nalso be available to support slide shows compatibly formated as OOo Impress
\npresentations or as a series of jpg, png or pdf files. Up to 2 minutes of DVD
\nvideo clips will be allowed in exchange of some of the computer slides at a
\nratio of trading 1 slide for every 10 seconds of video.<\/p>\n

=====<\/p>\n

Questions or offers to provide an ALE meeting presentation
\nshould be directed to Aaron@pd.org \/\/ 404.315.0406<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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