[ale] BerkeleyTIP-GLOBAL TODAY JOIN US ONLINE Oct4 VIDEOS: Debian Akademy IRC

[john_re]

Hey - ALE'rs - With 705 messages in my Inbox, you are #1!  (NOVALUG is
@2 with 383)  I guess you are all to busy sending messages to answer my
msg (from 0801) who's in charge there - & who want's to step up & get
the #1 LUG online with the community & watch some educational Linux
videos.  Probably shouldn't call em educational,  call em "Peaches" -
yeah, that's the ticket.

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SHORT SUMMARY: YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN WITH US ONLINE TODAY, EITHER FROM
HOME, or organize a quick get together - best at some campus location
with wifi, so you can educate students.

HI-LIGHTS: Debian & KDE videos at 1PM Pacific time, 4PM Eastern, etc, 
           IRC starts 11am, VOIP is the programming project.
 
Hope to C ya!  :)

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Whole bunch of NEW EXCITING THINGS for YOU at the 
  GLOBAL LINUX FreeSW meeting This SATURDAY OCTOBER 4 -
1) Join from HOME, 2) Hot DEBIAN & KDE AKADEMY VIDEOS
3) PROGRAMMING PARTY  = Get VOIP between local meetings

http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal
  Join the mailing list & say "Hi".


===== Good day GNU(Linux) & FreeSW enthusiasts -  :)

You are INVITED to join with the friendly people at
The GLOBAL, MONTHLY, SIMULTANEOUS, FREE SOFTWARE MEETING:

BERKELEY-TIP-GLOBAL All FreeSW & GNU(Linux) & BSD & Etc.
  TIP = Talks, Installfest, Potluck, ProgrammingParty

TIME:  11AM - 6PM PACIFIC Daylight Savings Time
        2PM - 9PM EASTERN, etc.
IRC:   BerkeleyTIPGlobal  on freenode.net
VOIP:  Working on creating this capability this meeting
 
NEW - You & Everyone are invited to 
    1) Join from HOME,
  OR
    2) Set up a LOCAL MEETING in your community-
         A GREAT place is at a local COLLEGE or UNIVERSITY.
         EASY TO DO - Merely meet at a WiFi cafe.
                    - Announce on your local email list

This is a FREE, NO $ COST, global event.


===== HIGHLIGHTS:  =====
  1) VIDEOS/TALKS: Debconf, KDE Akademy
       Meet the community - introductions to people
  2) _NEW:_  JOIN IN FROM ANYWHERE -
       EVEN FROM HOME, or FROM a COLLEGE or UNIVERSITY
     WITH IRC, and working toward VOIP CONFERENCING CALL
  3) Welcome NEW INVITEES
       GNU, DEBIAN, KDE, UC Berkeley students, LUGOD & UC Davis Students


=====  SCHEDULE:  11 AM - 6 PM PACIFIC Daylight Svgs. Time  =====
=====    ADJUST for your LOCAL time zone                    =====
=====      Ex: EASTERN DST = 3 Hrs + PDST                   =====
=====        ie  IRC Start 11 AM Pacific = 2 PM Eastern     =====

10   SETUP - LOCAL Meeting - Signs, Power, Wifi
11   SETUP - GLOBAL Communication - IRC, VOIP 
12   PROG-PARTY - VOIP Dimdim Ekiga Asterisk - 1-N, N-N
 100   VIDEO  - DEBCONF - Introduction to meeting
 130   VIDEO            - Debian - 15 years and counting
 230   VIDEO  - AKADEMY - The KDE e.V.: Foundation for the Community
 3   DISCUSSION - USE KUBUNTU 8.10, OR SWITCH TO DEBIAN?
 4   PROG-PARTY - VOIP Dimdim Ekiga Asterisk - 1-N, N-N
 5   UC Planning - Organize BerkTIP-G meetings at Univ of CA campuses
 6   Done - closeup


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=====  VIDEOS - TALKS

HOT NEW VIDEOS FROM DEBIAN DEBCONF & KDE AKADEMY

Download the files to your laptop before the meeting.
Play the videos at the relevant times.
Get on IRC or VOIP to discuss them with the other viewers
  around the globe.

100P  VIDEO  - Debconf - Introduction to Debconf 2008
                       - Debian - 15 years and counting
230P  VIDEO  - Akademy - The KDE e.V.: Foundation for the Community

Video Download information here:
http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal/web/videos-2008-10


=====  GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS - IRC, VOIP - 11 AM IRC Start time

==  !!  11AM  !! SETUP TIME - should be online starting this hour
    NOTE: ONLINE MEETINGS STARTS AT 11 AM, NOT 10 AM
      This gives the local group 1 hour to do local setup.

    IRC CHANNEL - BerkeleyTIPGlobal on Freenode.net

==  VOIP -
1) Dimdim.com ? - VOIP conference in Firefox + Adobe Flash
2) or try Ekiga?  or Asterisk?

This meeting will be our first attempt to get VOIP going.
VOIP capability is the group   Programming/Development/Progress Project
for this meeting.  We will be working together to get this capability
working for the global meeting.


===== PROGRAMMING PARTY
Work on getting VOIP working between meeting locations,
including individual participants from home.

We'll be trying & testing:
1) Dimdim.com - One to Many (1-N) net meeting service using 
     Firefox & Adobe Flash
2) Asterisk - Red Hat Infrastructure team has new VOIP capability,
     I think using Asterisk & donated hosting from Digium???
     We'll investigate this technology.
3) Ekiga - Can this be used for 1-N?  N-N? How? Server needed? What SW?


===== JOIN FROM HOME - NEW ; OR, SETUP A LOCAL MEETING

NEW this meeting, we INVITE everyone to JOIN FROM HOME if you wish.
This is an easy way to get started with the meeting.

Or, you can organize a LOCAL MEETING & get together with your friends.
Having a meeting with friends can generate much more learning, progress,
community & fun.  You could have a local potluck meal, too.

A GREAT PLACE to have a local meeting is at a COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.
It can be at a WiFi cafe.
It's great to INVITE the STUDENTS there to attend
- it HELPS them LEARN about Linux & Free Software, and
- it keeps the community UP TO DATE on the NEW THINGS STUDENTS are
DOING.


=====  NEW INVITEES -
Welcome the new invitees this month:

1) GNU PROJECT
2) DEBIAN DISTRO
3) KDE GUI PROJECT
4) University of California Berkeley CS & EE & Engineering students
5) LUGOD, including U. C. Davis students

=====  BE SELF SUFFICIENT - BRING ALL EQUIPMENT YOU NEED
If you attend a local meeting, be sure to bring everyting you need:
Laptop, power supply, extra power extension cord / power splitter,
WiFi? ethernet cable?  networking hub or router?


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JOIN the MAILING LIST for the BerkeleyTIP-Global meeting & say "Hi".
Tell us if you'll attend the meeting from home,
or if you'll set up a local meeting.
Or, ask any questions.

I hope to hear from you on the mailing list, 
& at the meeting on IRC & VOIP.  :)