Location: We will be in the Centennial Library, starting at 18:30. We will be in this location for Until August of 2020 (so far). The Centennial Library is at 3870 Old Richmond Rd. in Bells Corners. Bus routes 88, 9, and 256 are listed as servicing that area. Note that we will be done by 20:30, as this library closes earlier than the other location. Reminder: Our AGM is in April. If you do not expect to be there, please provide a proxy so we don’t have to keep announcing it if we do not have a quorum. Proxy instructions are below, along with a sample. We can also handle an additional board member so if someone wants to be part of coordinating the group, self-nomination is permitted. Send an email to: secretary <at> linux <dash> ottawa <dot> org with your nomination. The target number we need is 20 people/proxies. This has been close in the past and we would like to only do it once. Discussions: - James Romeo will be talking about backups and the broader topic of business continuity. This will be an interactive session and everybody is encouraged to participate. There is a good chance you will learn something you never considered before. - Tug Williams will be giving a talk on IIO. This also should provide some new insights and ideas for everybody. - The “Managing your Laptop with Ansible” talk by Scott Murphy will be in March. We also have to set and tear down, so we need to finish a few minutes early to be out of the room for 20:30 There will be a half hour pre-meeting item from 18:00 to 18:30 for people who are new to Linux, have general questions, or wish to help out with people just getting started. After the meeting, there could be an optional social event at one of the nearby pubs or restaurants. A short discussion and vote as to location will be taken then. After the talks, there will be the opportunity for a GPG key signing. This is a monthly offering, just look for Scott after the talk and we can go from there. Bring some kind of photo ID and some keyslips if you expect people to sign your key. If you need some method of creating pages of keyslips, there is an online slip generator available at http://openpgp.quelltextlich.at/slip.html Note: New speakers welcome. If you have a topic or know someone who may have a good topic for a meeting, feel free to suggest it to the board. ----------------------------- Proxy Instructions… ----------------------------- Proxies can be registered by sending an email to either John Nash (john dot nash at uottawa dot ca) or Scott Murphy (scott dot murphy at arrow dash eye dot com) prior to 17:00 on Wednesday, April 8th so that we have a record prior to the election. The email should be in the form of the example in the bylaws, replicated below: ----cut—— OTTAWA CANADA LINUX USERS GROUP Proxy Appointment The undersigned member of the OTTAWA CANADA LINUX USERS GROUP hereby appoints _________________________ of _________________________ or failing in person appointed above, _________________________ of _________________________ as the proxy of the undersigned to attend and act at the OCLUG meeting to be held on the day of _________________________, and at any adjournment thereof in the same manner, to the same extent and with the same power as if the undersigned were present. Dated this day of _________________________. Legal name of Member: _________________________. Email address of Member: _________________________. —cut— At the request of another board member to ensure the above makes sense, the following is an example of filled out example would look something like: OTTAWA CANADA LINUX USERS GROUP Proxy Appointment The undersigned member of the OTTAWA CANADA LINUX USERS GROUP hereby appoints Scott Murphy of Ottawa or failing in person appointed above, John Nash of Ottawa as the proxy of the undersigned to attend and act at the OCLUG meeting to be held on the day of April 9, 2020, and at any adjournment thereof in the same manner, to the same extent and with the same power as if the undersigned were present. Dated this day of _April_1,_2020_. Legal name of Member: _Tux_T._Penguin_. Email address of Member: _tux@linux-ottawa.org_.