Herefordshire Linux and Open Source User Group

We have a change of venue for our meeting this month - we are moving to the Courtyard's Café Bar - and the good news is that's it's open until 11pm so we can start the meeting at 7:30pm which will give everyone a little more time to arrive.
The Courtyard has wifi and there is level access to all public areas of the building.

You can find directions to The Courtyard, Edgar Street, Hereford, HR4 9JR here
The Courtyard has pay and display parking adjacent and free parking a short walk away -

Our November meeting will be at the Point4 in Hereford on Weds 23 starting at 7:30pm.

No definite agenda for the meeting, but as usual please bring along your Linux/Open Source gear if you want help with it, or just a chance to talk FLOSS.

If you've recently joined please come along, we are a varied bunch and welcome everyone whatever they're level of experience.

The meeting is free to attend, with free fast wifi, and free car parking.

Look forward to seeing you there

Julian

Our Sept meeting will be at the Point4 in Hereford on Weds 28 starting at 7:30pm - lots to talk about following the SFD event and launch of Tuxedu this week - everyone's welcome.
Next Month when the meeting is on Weds 26th Oct (venue TBC) Tony Sales will be demonstrating how to create a customised version of Linux - using the Tuxedu build process as an example.

Software Freedom Day is nearly here and we have all been very busy organising behind the scenes, making contacts with schools for the Open Source Schools Project which is launching at our SFD event and planning our workshop material including a 'dry run' with some willing children from friends and neighbours of HLUG members.

Guest speaker at HLUG's Software Freedom Day event will be Bob Higgie, Senior Lecturer in Computing at Herefordshire College of Technology he will be speaking following the Open Source Schools Project launch at 2pm about the use of Open Source Software in education and the importance of ensuring that students understand the fundamentals of computing. There will be a Q&A session following his talk.

Our HLUG meeting will be as usual at The Point 4's cafe/bar in Hereford.
It will start at 7:30pm and we will of course be discussing the imminent SFD 2011 event plus the Open Source Schools Project and
hopefully Tony will update us on Tuxedu.
If the weather is good we'll be out on the terrace - so see you there

We now have a A4 poster and an A5 flyer version ready to go please print off some copies and put them up in your local area (please do ask for permission first before putting them on noticeboards etc - people are usually very happy to help and its a chance to explain what FOSS is) and do let us know on the Pirate Pad where you have put them so we know which areas have been covered.

The July HLUG meeting will be as usual at the Point 4 Cafe Bar at the National College for the Blind in Hereford. For those who need to apply for a CRB for the schools project please arrive at 7pm (don't forget your ID so we can complete the forms) and for everyone else start time will be 7:30pm.
We will be discussing plans for ISFD, the Open Source Schools Project and Tuxedu.
Julian is going to do a quick demo/introduction to Archipel which
is a new jabber based Virtualisation manager .
Sounds as if it will be a busy meeting - everyone is welcome - so see you there.

Busy, busy, busy...
Less than a week to our July meeting and we are busy preparing for another bold leap forward spreading FLOSS goodness around the county. Our schools project, to be launched at ISFD at All Saints church on September 17th is now beginning to take on real shape and substance.