This is great, thanks for the plug! Contributing to user groups is key, please see: https://github.com/canada-ca/open-source-logiciel-libre/tree/master for a discussion on ways to support Canadian TBS policy requirements, with a little pull request on user groups from yours truly 😉 (https://github.com/canada-ca/open-source-logiciel-libre/pull/359/commits/1a303c2bf08fa89aedd373ef03e76f4a08c5b211). Thank you everyone for supporting our communities! -Katie ________________________________ From: Katherine Mcmillan <kmcmi046 [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca> Sent: 08 February 2024 15:08 To: Ron / BCLUG <admin [ at ] bclug [ dot ] ca> Subject: Re: [linux] The Future of Linux User Groups with Stefano Maffulli of OSI Hi Ron, This is great, thanks for the plug! Contributing to user groups is key, please see: https://github.com/canada-ca/open-source-logiciel-libre/tree/master for a discussion on ways to support Canadian TBS policy requirements, with a little pull request on user groups from yours truly 😉 (https://github.com/canada-ca/open-source-logiciel-libre/pull/359/commits/1a303c2bf08fa89aedd373ef03e76f4a08c5b211). Thank you everyone for supporting our communities! -Katie ________________________________ From: Ron / BCLUG via linux <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> Sent: 08 February 2024 14:42 To: linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> Subject: [linux] The Future of Linux User Groups with Stefano Maffulli of OSI Attention : courriel externe | external email There's an event Friday which will touch on Linux User Groups and options available to them in 2024 and beyond. I thought this might be of interest to members of this LUG. The meeting will be Friday morning, with follow-up discussion at the usual GTALUG meeting on Tuesday. (See https://bclug.ca/tech-meetups/ for times and locations.) Everyone's welcome to attend and contribute questions or thoughts. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [GTALUG] This month's meeting: Friday (Tomorrow) AND Tuesday Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2024 09:21:51 -0500 (EST) From: talk [ at ] gtalug [ dot ] org To: Toronto Linux Users Group <talk [ at ] gtalug [ dot ] org> NOTE THE UNIQUE TIMING. The Future of Linux User Groups and Open Source Advocacy with Stefano Maffulli, Executive Director of the Open Source Initiative 09 February, 2024 at 11:00 AM EST Big Blue Button - https://blue.lpi.org/b/eva-zjc-gjy-kgl Join GTALUG and our guest this month, Stefano Maffulli, to discuss the current state of Linux User Groups and Open Source advocacy, and how our community can be most effective in the coming years. Stafano is Executive Director of the Open Source Initiative (OSI, opensource.org), maintainers of the Open Source Definition, and involved in ongoing advocacy and community development worldwide. PLEASE NOTE THE MEETING DATE/TIME. To address timezone and availability issues, Stefano's live presentation will take place Friday February 9 at 11:00am Toronto time (16:00 UTC). A recording of the presentation as well as followup Q&A will be held during the usual GTALUG meeting time Tuesday February 13 at 19:30 Toronto time (Feb 14 at 00:30 UTC). We're going to use Big BLue Button for this meeting: https://blue.lpi.org/b/eva-zjc-gjy-kgl Time: February 09th, 2024 11:00 AM Eastern Time Join us on Big Blue Button: https://blue.lpi.org/b/eva-zjc-gjy-kgl Location Big Blue Button - https://blue.lpi.org/b/eva-zjc-gjy-kgl -- To subscribe, send an email to discuss-subscribe [ at ] lists [ dot ] bclug [ dot ] ca -- https://bclug.ca -- List Web site: https://lists.bclug.ca/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- BCLUG.ca https://bclug.ca To subscribe, send an email to discuss-join [ at ] lists [ dot ] bclug [ dot ] ca List Web site: https://lists.bclug.ca/mailman/listinfo/discuss To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org