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===== AGM & Meeting =====


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====== April Meeting: AGM & Meeting ======

Date: April 5, 2018 at 7 p.m.\\
Location: [[history:location:38|Algonquin College (Woodroffe Campus), room T111]]\\


This is our AGM and election of board members. At this point, we have enough
candidates for an election, however we still have to go through the
announcement of the slate to the membership and accept any nominations from the
floor. Further details follow.

Following the AGM, we will have the official launch of the new website and
branding. After that, we will have a discussion on why should we use Linux and
a discussion on what is desirable in user interfaces.

**Pre-meeting:**

There will be a one hour pre-meeting item from 18:00 to 19:00 for people who
are new to Linux, have general questions, or wish to help out with people who
are just getting started.

**After Meeting Social:**

After the meeting, there will be a social event at one of the nearby pubs or
restaurants. A short discussion and vote as to location will be taken then.

**GPG Keysigning:**

After the main talk and possibly the BoF, there will be the opportunity for a
GPG key signing. This is a monthly offering, just look for Scott after the talk
and we can go from there. Bring some kind of photo ID and some keyslips if you
expect people to sign your key.If you need some method of creating pages of
keyslips, there is an [[http://openpgp.quelltextlich.at/slip.html|online slip
generator]] available.


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===== 2018 AGM =====

Speaker: [[history:speaker:72/|Ian Gorman]]\\
Speaker: [[history:speaker:73|Scott Murphy]]\\

This is our AGM and election of board members.

We will have our election of officers at the meeting. As of this point, we have
the following people on the slate:

  * Bruce Davis
  * Ian Gorman
  * Kelly Kendrick
  * Scott Murphy
  * John Nash
  * Tug Williams

Based on the current rules regarding the board, four is the minimum, six is the
maximum. We prefer to have more than the minimum in case of circumstances
requiring an existing member to step down.

In addition, according to the bylaws of the non-profit corporation, we require
at least 20 people to be present, either in person or via proxy. We will have a
sign-up sheet for the election and will require all present to sign in order to
prove the election was held in compliance with the bylaws.

Proxies can be registered by sending an email to the board email address (board dash members at oclug.on.ca) prior to 17:00 on Wednesday, April 4th so that we have a record prior to the election.

The format will be:

  * Short announcement from the President
  * Short financial update from the Treasurer
  * Board elections if necessary

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==== About the Speaker ====

Ian has a lot of experience at applying experience outside of its original box.

He has solved problems in Economics, Math, Computer Science, logic based
controllers, bicycles, and human relations, generally mixing in information
from at least one other discipline or computer language to make it work, or
work better. His experience with computers includes Linux, Mac, and several
server OSes from IBM, Sun, and others. He has worked with drivers, parsers, API
design, business rules, Java garbage collectors, and some less exotic code that
just needed to work.


==== About the Speaker ====

Scott has been haunting server rooms and using/administrating Unix and Unix
like systems for more than 30 years now. His background includes IT
infrastructure, system administration, deployments and migrations, security and
management. He is currently working as a consultant for the federal government.


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===== Launch of new VPS and branding for OCLUG =====

Speaker: [[history:speaker:19/|John C. Nash]]\\
Speaker: [[history:speaker:73|Scott Murphy]]\\

We will be officially launching the new website running on a VPS instead of on 15+ year old hardware in a dark basement somewhere in the depths of Ottawa. We will be rebranding the website as well, perhaps it will allow for more visibility.

This new system will include:

  * A new layout, currently a static page for the site. Making it "pretty" will be an exercise for the future.
  * The wiki will be the main information system.
  * A new mailing list will be used instead of the old mailman system.
  * A searchable archive of the old mailing list, as well as the new one.
  * Meeting history (as much as we have anyway)

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==== About the Speaker ====

Retired Professor of Management at U of Ottawa.

  * 2006 - May -- Pres. of OCLUG -- Now I'll have to learn more about Linux!
  * 2007 - Mar -- have learned a lot, including how much still to learn.


==== About the Speaker ====

Scott has been haunting server rooms and using/administrating Unix and Unix
like systems for more than 30 years now. His background includes IT
infrastructure, system administration, deployments and migrations, security and
management. He is currently working as a consultant for the federal government.


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===== Should you use Linux: the elevator pitch. =====

Speaker: [[history:speaker:73|Scott Murphy]]\\

Why use Linux?

This meant to be an interactive discussion, mostly to get people thinking about
why Linux? As part of our stated mission, we are supposed to be Linux
advocates. Just how prepared are we to tell somebody why Linux should be their
next operating system?

We will attempt to capture the content and see if we can use it as material for
the website and maybe some advocacy projects. If anyone is interested in being
part of that project, let John or Scott know after the meeting.

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==== About the Speaker ====

Scott has been haunting server rooms and using/administrating Unix and Unix
like systems for more than 30 years now. His background includes IT
infrastructure, system administration, deployments and migrations, security and
management. He is currently working as a consultant for the federal government.


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===== Desiderata for interfaces,CLI or GUI =====

Speaker: [[speaker/19/|John C. Nash]]\\

While not a UX (user experience) talk, John will be discussing some things that
would improve the GUI or CLI for end users.

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==== About the Speaker ====

Retired Professor of Management at U of Ottawa.

  * 2006 - May -- Pres. of OCLUG -- Now I'll have to learn more about Linux!
  * 2007 - Mar -- have learned a lot, including how much still to learn.


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===== Finding the Meeting Location =====

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Algonquin+College-Woodroffe,+Canada\\
http://www.algonquincollege.com/main/yourAlgonquinTab/directions/woodroffeMap.htm\\

Algonquin College is close to the corner of Woodroffe and Baseline and right
across from the Baseline transitway station. Room T111 is in Building T. Free
parking is available in lots 8, 9 and 12 after 5pm.