[wplug-members] WPLUG membership meeting Apr 4

[Vance Kochenderfer]

The regular meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group will
be held on Saturday, April 4, 2009 at the Wilkins School Community
Center located at 7604 Charleston Avenue in Swissvale.  Directions to
this location may be found on the WPLUG wiki at
<http://www.wplug.org/wiki/Wilkins_School_Community_Center>.

Beth Lynn Eicher will be speaking about how to expand the use of
Linux and other Free Software among the wider world of users.

The business meeting will start promptly at 11:00 AM.  More details
about the meeting will appear on the WPLUG wiki page at
<http://www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20090404>.

A draft of last meeting's minutes to be read and approved at this
meeting is provided below for your reference.

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DRAFT Minutes for March 7, 2009

The regular monthly meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users
Group was held on Saturday, March 7, 2009, at 11:00 AM, at the Wilkins
School Community Center, the regular presiding officer being in the
chair and the Secretary being present.  The minutes of the January 17,
2009 meeting were approved as read.

The Chair reported that he has been in contact with John Wallace of
Homewood, who is seeking to establish a community center there.  One
possible feature of this may be a computer lab, which WPLUG may be
able to assist in setting up.

The Vice-Chair reported that he is attempting to get announcements of
WPLUG meetings in the City Paper, Pittsburgh Technology Council
notices, and other locations.  He solicited ideas from those present
on additional possibilities.

The Secretary reported that WPLUG currently has 25 members.

The Treasurer reported that WPLUG has $460.87 in the checking account
and $173 cash on hand.

The Board of Directors reported that it has decided not to renew the
domain name pittlug.org.  If a local group is interested in using this
name, it should contact the Board before the registration expires.

The Internet Committee reported that it is looking into developing a
policy on what are appropriate announcements to be posted to the WPLUG
mailing lists.

The Program Committee reported that the topic of April's General User
Meeting will be on how to get the broader world interested in using
Linux.  It was also noted that Patrick Wagstrom will be hosting a
release party for Ubuntu "Jaunty Jackalope" in April; this is a non-
WPLUG event.  Yaakov Nemoy noted that an OpenStreetMap mapping event
was taking place in Pittsburgh this weekend; details at
openstreetmap.org.  Jonathan Daniels noted that a LAN party would be
held in the South Hills the weekend of March 22; details at
pittco.org.

The meeting adjourned at 12:10 PM.

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Vance Kochenderfer
Secretary, Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group