Linux In The Park 2006

[David J Patrick]

Well hello there, my fine, fat and flightless friends !
How's the herring ?
I bet you could go for a nice cold glacier, about now !

If I understand correctly, the members of the GTAlug executive (you
know who you are) have agreed the Linux In The Park (or LitP) will be
held this year
on
Saturday, August 26 (event times TBA)
at
Bickford Park, across from linuxcaffe.
http://www.linuxcaffe.ca/contact

The date is one day after the famous initial usenet post, my Linus
Torvals, announcing the first release of linux. We would have LITP on
the 25th, but we'll have more fun on a Saturday.

The agenda is still up in the air, but we have several major thrusts;

1) outreach
Lets use this as an occasion to introduce our hairy own selves to
non-geek members of the community. Between now and then, let's
identify other communities/ organizations who (whether they know it or
not) would greatly benefit from some help in the Open Source
department, and invite representatives for some stimulating dialog.

2) exchange
We got skillz and we got stuff !
Methinks it's an opportunity for a repeat of last years, highly
successful, high-tech yard-sale/ swap-meet. It's also an opportunity
for the larger propellers amongst us to help the newbies get their
systems working properly. How about a wireless workshop ? or demos of
brilliant open source apps ? (if things need infrastructure, we can
shuffle groups through the caffe)

3) fun
and frivolity ! Let's bring games and be prepared to get silly !
(no lawn darts please !) How about a water slide ?

4) food
(yes, I know, this should be #1)
Bar-B-Q, salads, beverages, baked good, ethnic treats, BRING IT ON !
We'll be putting together some sort of wiki to ensure that we don't
end up with 67 kilos of potato salad and 2 bottles of coke ! maybe on
the GTAlug site ? Sy ?

just a couple of things that we're working on;
a 10ft inflatable tux ! (IMHO, a must-have)
an outdoor screening of revolutionOS (after dark, obviously)
lots of free stuff !

So mark the date on your calendar and be ready to do some prep work !

see you there,
djp

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