Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:49:35 -0700 From: "john_re" <john_re@fastmail.us> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Aug 1 & 16- Global VOIP Free SW HW Culture meeting, BerkeleyTIP, For Forwarding Message-ID: <1249116575.24515.1327808119@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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Interested in joining the friendly global Free SW HW & Culture communities = in a global Voice meeting? You=B4re invited. :) You can join from your home, or better: get a local meeting together. Tip: = a college WiFi cafe could be a great local meeting place. Make sure you ha= ve a VOIP headset! For all details, see the website (I=B4m leaving out many sublinks to make t= his email smaller). http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip Start by joining #berkeleytip on IRC freenode.net. We=B4ll help you get yo= ur VOIP connection working. :) =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D MARK YOUR CALENDARS: 1st Sat & 3rd Sunday each month. Augu= st 1 & 16. 10A - 6P Pacific US time (+7H GMT, IIRC) =3D 1P-9P Eastern US time =3D 5P - 1A GMT ? Or, come to the local meeting on the UC Berkeley campus. NOTE: SPECIAL LOCATION AUG 1: SEE BTIP WEBSITE FOR LOCATION, & RSVP TO ME OR THE BTIP LISTS. AUG 1 MEETING WILL BE 12N - 3P AT THE BTIP VOIP SERVER LOCATION=20 ON THE UCB CAMPUS. SEE THE WEBSITE FOR ROOM LOCATION. We=B4ll hack on the new BTIP Asterisk VOIP server, in its presence. PLEASE RSVP TO ME (John) OR THE LIST IF YOU WANT TO MEET AT OUR USUAL LOCATION, THE FREE SPEECH CAFE, 10A-12n, 3-6PM, (otherwise i might not be there). =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D MEETING TOPICS FOR AUGUST: 1) Whatever _you_ want to work on - Email the BTIPGlobal list &=20 let us know what your interests are. 2) Our VOIP conference server, using Asterisk. 3) Planning for year 2. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D JOIN FOR THE START OF YEAR 2 GLOBAL MEETINGs: We had a great first year. We had local attendees from around the San Fran= cisco Bay Area & Northern California. High School, College, Grad Students,= & working & retired people attended. >From the US, people joined the meeting (IRC or VOIP) from Hawaii to Virgina= , Washington to Michigan to Florida. (+ California & other states.) Globally, Sweden, Germany, England, Ireland, Iran & India (& maybe others I= don=B4t recall right now.) :) In May Richard Stallman joined the global meeting for Q & A about free SW &= HW. =3D=3D YEAR 2 FOCUS: COLLEGE LOCAL MEETINGS, & AMERICAS=B4 ANNOUNCEMENTS. Two main things I=B4ll focus on this year: 1) Inviting groups to join at colleges & universities - BTIP is educational= . My hope: if more students learn about free SW hw & culture, some of them= will then go on to become _contributors_. :) 2) I=B4ll try to get monthly announcements out to the biggest LUGs in the 1= 0 largest countries in the Americas. =3D=3D What would _YOU_ like to accomplish this year? Email the BTIP mail = list, say =A8hi=A8, tell us about your interests, projects & desires. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D FOR FORWARDING - You are invited to forward this announcem= ent wherever you think it might be appreciated.
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