[KLUG Members] KLUG wants you to speak up!

[Adam Williams]

The vitality of KLUG depends upon the participation of it members. 
Presenting at a LUG meeting is one of the easiest ways to give something
back to the community, and to make yourself known.  Being well known can
help with everything from job searches to motivating people to answer
your questions - since you may have answered some of theirs.

The following dates are available for your topic -
2003-02-25, 2003-04-08, 2003-04-15, 2003-05-20, 2003-06-10,
2003-07-08, 2003-07-15, 2003-07-22, 2003-08-12, 2003-08-19, 
2003-08-26, 2003-09-09, 2003-09-16, 2003-09-23, 2003-09-30,
2003-10-14, 2003-10-21, 2003-11-11, 2003-11-25, 2003-12-09,
2003-12-16

You can see an up-to-the-minute list of both available days and
scheduled topics at -
http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/meetings/schedule.php3

KLUG is also hosting a "Script-O-Mania" focusing on the myriad scripting
languages available for our beloved platform.  In this series we hope to
cover Perl, Python, TCL/Tk, PHP, shell scripts, and related topics.  If
your a scriptor, then this is the series for you - scheduled for the
last KLUG meeting of every month.  Multiple presentations on the same
language covering different aspects are welcome (Perl DBI and Perl GNOME
bindings for instance).

The following Script-O-Mania dates are available - 
2003-04-29, 2003-05-27, 2003-06-24, 2003-07-29

KLUG is also looking to assemble a collection of "Samba Shorts".  At
these meetings we will host 2 - 3 short presentations concerning
specific Samba features of functionality (time server, veto files,
locking, preexec scripts, etc...).  Since the topic of these
presentations is so narrow, prep time should be a problem.  So this is a
chance for you over-tasked Windows network administrators to strut your
stuff concerning how your solved problems on proprietary networks with
open software.  If you interested in presenting a "Samba Short" please
contact me for date information programdirector@kalamazoolinux.org

If you are interested in speaking on any of the above dates, or have
comments or ideas about possible topics, contact me at
programdirector@kalamazoolinux.org

Recently requested topics
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1. GIMP: Intro to using
2. StarBasic: Writing programs and macros in Star Office / Open Office
3. SGML: Huh?  (I wanted documentation and they told me they could build
it from the sgml included in the tar ball.....WTFM?)
4. SSL, Public Keys and Certificates
5. CORBA
6. Video / Multimedia with Linux
7. Automating Desktop Tasks in GNOME (Macros)
8. DNS servers: bind and djbdns
9. LTSP
10. Voice over IP, IP telephony
11. Manging large documents in Open/Star Office (table of contents,
indexes, document linking, cross referencing, versioning)
12. ACPI and power management

Speaker Guidelines:
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1. Presentations should be 30~90 minutes in length.  Length of 120
minutes for advanced topics is allowed,  but please notify the program
director of your intention to run long.
2. There is typically time after the presentation proper for one on one 
conversations with members of the audience.  The meetings close around
9:15 - 9:30pm.
3. KLUG can provide an SVGA projector that works with most computers.  
The projectors native resolution is 800x600x16bit,  but it will work,
with some negligable loss of quality, at 1024x768.  We have had very
good luck with compatibility but we cannot GUARANTEE compatibility.
4. Please consider that the meeting room is quite large,  if your going
to display text/examples, please plan ahead to use a LARGE and CRISP
font.
5. Presenters should provide a title, one paragraph bio, and one
paragraph topic description for inclusion on the KLUG schedule page. 
Please provide these in plain text.
6. It is appreciated when presenters can provide their presentations (in
some open format), notes, or other content for inclusion on the KLUG
past presentations page.
7. Internet access is available, both RJ-45 and wireless, at the
facility. But KLUG cannot guarantee it's functionality at any given
time.  Presenters are advised to avoid reliance on external resources
when possible.