[GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Meeting on 14th February 2017 at 7:30pm

David Collier-Brown davec-b at rogers.com
Thu Feb 2 15:51:20 EST 2017


ERK!

--dave

On 02/02/17 03:38 PM, Peter Hiscocks via talk wrote:
> Sounds like an interesting meeting.
>
> However, anyone wanting to attend will have to do some negotiation with
> their Significant Other, since this is Valentine's day. (It would feed
> into the stereotype to suggest that TLUG members don't *have* SO's, but
> I'm sure that's not the case ;).
>
> Anyway, I checked with my SO and she's willing to attend, so the date is
> not a major problem for me. But it might be for others...
>
> Peter
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>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017, at 08:47, hi--- via talk wrote:
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>>> # Linux and UN Refugee Agency
>>> Longtime GTALUG member and open source advocate Evan Leibovitch
>>> Has just
>>> returned from a two-year contract heading the Community
>>> Technology Access
>>> program of the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR).
>>> In this presentation Evan will discuss some of the challenges
>>> encountered
>>> in providing Internet connectivity and services to some of the world's
>>> most impoverished populations. Special emphasis will be given to
>>> the role
>>> of FOSS-based solutions and collaborative techniques in this
>>> unique realm
>>> of both technical and political problem-solving. Q&A to follow.
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>> Hi,
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>> I'm not a GTALUG member, but I've been lurking on this list for a
>> few weeks now.  This talk is something that I would be very
>> interested in seeing.
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>> Unfortunately, I live in Montreal.  Do you video your presentations?
>> If this were made available online,  I would definitely take the time
>> to watch it.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
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