Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG)

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About BALUG

BALUG is the Bay Area Linux Users Group.
We generally meet monthly in San Francisco (generally in the Chinatown area, near downtown). We also operate several mailing lists.

BALUG meetings

BALUG generally meets the third Tuesday of the month. We talk about Linux and related topics, and we generally share large portions of Chinese food (Note: for 2008-09-16 meeting, where we will meet at a different location, we almost certainly won't have Chinese food, but will likely have pizza - watch this space and our announcements for updates).

We typically have a speaker/presentation for our meetings (generally starting around the tail end of dinner or immediately following dinner). In any case, with or without a speaker/presentation arranged and scheduled, our meetings include good people, interesting conversations, and good food at a relatively bargain price. And if we haven't announced/posted a speaker/presentation, don't let that fool you - sometimes we manage to score an excellent speaker/presentation (e.g. at the last minute) without our having managed to get it posted onto the web site and an announcement sent out in advance.

Please RSVP if you're planning to attend.
6:30 P.M. - You're welcome to meet up with us as early as 6:30 P.M. by the restaurant's bar for some social chat, etc.
7:00 P.M. Dinner starts - $13.00 USD per person (includes dinner - please don't be late if you want to join us for dinner.)

We generally meet at:
Four Seas Restaurant (directions)
731 Grant Ave. (between Clay and Sacramento)
San Francisco, CA 94108-2113
USA
1-415-989-8188 (restaurant number)

RSVP

Please RSVP if you're planning to attend. To do so please e-mail us a note at
rsvp@balug.org
indicating meeting date. If you'll be bringing additional guest(s) please let us know total number of folks you're RSVPing for. Also please let us know any special requirements or concerns you may have (e.g. if you have any particular dietary considerations, so that we might possibly be able to accommodate you, or if you won't be joining our typical family/buffet style dining arrangement but do wish to otherwise join our meeting).

Next meetings:

Be sure to note future meetings on your calendar:

Please RSVP (including indicating date) for meetings you plan to attend - Thank You
2008-12-16 NO DECEMBER MEETING THIS YEAR (we commonly skip meeting in December)
2009-01-20 Kyle Rankin on Where'd my files go?
Kyle Rankin is a systems architect for Quinstreet, Inc., the current president of the North Bay Linux Users' Group, the author of Knoppix Hacks, Knoppix Pocket Reference, Linux Multimedia Hacks, and Ubuntu Hacks and has contributed to a number of other O'Reilly books. Kyle is also a columnist for Linux Journal and has had articles featured in PC Magazine, TechTarget, and other publications.
2009-02-17
2009-03-17
2009-04-21
2009-05-19
2009-06-16
2009-07-21
2009-08-18
2009-09-15
2009-10-20
2009-11-17
... BALUG generally meets the third Tuesday of the month. Subscribe to our "announce" list to learn of upcoming meetings and speakers/presentations.

BALUG Mailing Lists

BALUG Mailing Lists:

"announce" - low-volume announce-only (non-discussion) mailing list (e.g. important announcements about meeting programs and other BALUG newsy/noteworthy items; if you subscribe to any of our lists, you'll want to include this one)
"talk" general public BALUG, Linux and related discussion (see the URL for policies)
"admin" - administrivia (for those interested in the inner workings of the BALUG group)

Note that all of the above lists are publicly archived - so one can search them and/or get an idea of traffic volume, what lists one may be most interested in, etc. Note that most of the lists can also be subscribed to as a digest version (e.g. if one wants all the items on the list to be combined into a single mailing when the list (e.g. "talk") might sometimes be very "chatty").

CABAL

In conjunction with CABAL, we will help you install Linux.

Need details?
Let us know if you're bringing a computer and monitor (what kinds?) or joining as a helper.
Check out the CABAL InstallFest Schedule.

Volunteering and helping BALUG

We could also always use more volunteers to make BALUG even better! Some of the tasks which could use more volunteers include:

help arrange speakers/presentations for our meetings (help refer to us, coordinate schedules, etc.)
publicity (helping us get information out in as timely a manner as feasible, and in as many places as appropriate)
website: webmaster and/or assistance with routine updates/additions
writing up meeting "minutes" (brief summaries of meeting highlights - e.g. information on presentations, interesting/noteworthy discussions/topics, etc.; suitable for web use, or even just rough notes on the relevant items)
mailing list maintenance

If you're at all interested in helping with any and/or all of the above, please contact BALUG contact.

Need to contact BALUG?: BALUG contact
Know a good speaker? contact speaker coordinators
Web questions/issues? contact balug-webmaster