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WPLUG will have a general users meeting and presentation on Saturday, December 8th, starting at 10am on the Campus of Carnegie Mellon University, Newell Simon Hall 3002.
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WPLUG will have a general users meeting and presentation on Saturday, December 8th, starting at 10am on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University, [http://www.wplug.org/meetings/one-location?location_id=13 Newell Simon Hall 3002].
  
 
= Schedule for the Day =
 
= Schedule for the Day =
 
9:30am - Setup<br/>
 
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10:00am - Business Meeting Starts<br/>
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10:00am - Doors Open<br/>
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10:30am - Business Meeting Starts<br/>
 
10:45am - Business Meeting Ends<br/>
 
10:45am - Business Meeting Ends<br/>
 
11:00am - Featured Presentation<br/>
 
11:00am - Featured Presentation<br/>
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12:00pm - Break for Lunch<br/>
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12:30pm - Break for Lunch<br/>
 
2:00pm - Finish clean up, everyone out<br/>
 
2:00pm - Finish clean up, everyone out<br/>
  
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Neal Sofge of [http://www.rand.org/ RAND]
 
Neal Sofge of [http://www.rand.org/ RAND]
  
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In 2003, the Pittsburgh-based web development team for the [http://www.rand.org/ RAND Corporation] embarked on a 27-month project to modernize their [http://www.rand.org/pubs/ online bookstore]. To manage the 20,000+ pages of content involved, they selected the Perl-based open-source [http://bricolage.cc/ Bricolage] system. Join former RAND Web Technology Manager Neal Sofge for an in-depth exploration of how Bricolage works, its strengths and weaknesses, and its performance in real-life enterprise-class usage.  
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In 2003, the Pittsburgh-based web development team for the [http://www.rand.org/ RAND Corporation] embarked on a 27-month project to modernize their [http://www.rand.org/pubs/ online bookstore]. To manage the 20,000+ pages of content involved, they selected the Perl-based open-source [http://bricolage.cc/ Bricolage] system. Join former RAND Web Technology Manager Neal Sofge for an in-depth exploration of how Bricolage works, its strengths and weaknesses, and its performance in real-life enterprise-class usage.
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Neal's slides are now posted on his [http://web.mac.com/sofge/bricolage_at_wplug/index.html .Mac account], which hopefully won't get clobbered by all the traffic from here...
  
 
= Business Meeting =
 
= Business Meeting =
  
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# Reading and approval of minutes from October meeting
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# Reports of officers
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## Chair
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## Vice-Chair
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## Secretary
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## Treasurer
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## Member-at-Large
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# Reports of committees
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## Program
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## Public Relations
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## Internet
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## Investigating
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## Newsletter
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## ErieLUG
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# Unfinished business
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# New business
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== Minutes ==
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The regular monthly meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group was held on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at 11:02 AM in 3002 Newell-Simon Hall, Carnegie Mellon University, the regular presiding officer being in the chair and the Secretary being present.
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[I don't have any notes as to whether the November minutes were read and approved.  If they were available, I presume they were.]
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The Secretary reported that there were 37 people currently on the membership rolls.
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No other significant officer or committee reports.
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The meeting adjourned at 11:12 AM.
  
 
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* Host: Your Name Here
 
* Host: Your Name Here
 
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* Donuts: [[User:pwagstro|Patrick Wagstrom]]
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* Setup: Your Name Here
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* Setup: [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]], [[User:pwagstro|Patrick Wagstrom]]
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* Clean Up: [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]], [[User:Eksortso|David Ostroske]]

Latest revision as of 16:47, 27 June 2008

WPLUG will have a general users meeting and presentation on Saturday, December 8th, starting at 10am on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University, Newell Simon Hall 3002.

Schedule for the Day[edit]

9:30am - Setup
10:00am - Doors Open
10:30am - Business Meeting Starts
10:45am - Business Meeting Ends
11:00am - Featured Presentation
12:30pm - Break for Lunch
2:00pm - Finish clean up, everyone out

Speaker/Presentation[edit]

Neal Sofge of RAND

In 2003, the Pittsburgh-based web development team for the RAND Corporation embarked on a 27-month project to modernize their online bookstore. To manage the 20,000+ pages of content involved, they selected the Perl-based open-source Bricolage system. Join former RAND Web Technology Manager Neal Sofge for an in-depth exploration of how Bricolage works, its strengths and weaknesses, and its performance in real-life enterprise-class usage.

Neal's slides are now posted on his .Mac account, which hopefully won't get clobbered by all the traffic from here...

Business Meeting[edit]

  1. Reading and approval of minutes from October meeting
  2. Reports of officers
    1. Chair
    2. Vice-Chair
    3. Secretary
    4. Treasurer
    5. Member-at-Large
  3. Reports of committees
    1. Program
    2. Public Relations
    3. Internet
    4. Investigating
    5. Newsletter
    6. ErieLUG
  4. Unfinished business
  5. New business

Minutes[edit]

The regular monthly meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group was held on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at 11:02 AM in 3002 Newell-Simon Hall, Carnegie Mellon University, the regular presiding officer being in the chair and the Secretary being present.

[I don't have any notes as to whether the November minutes were read and approved. If they were available, I presume they were.]

The Secretary reported that there were 37 people currently on the membership rolls.

No other significant officer or committee reports.

The meeting adjourned at 11:12 AM.

Meeting Staff[edit]

If you would like to volunteer to assist with this meeting, please add your name to one or more of the categories below.

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