From allan at nblug.org Tue Oct 10 08:38:04 2017 From: allan at nblug.org (Allan Cecil) Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 08:38:04 -0700 Subject: [NBLUG/Announce] Tonight's meeting canceled, use this time to help others instead Message-ID: <6361ea26-a07d-d778-b1ed-42cc4d5eb9fa@nblug.org> Due to the ongoing fires the regularly scheduled general meeting will not be held tonight. There will not be anyone present to unlock doors. Some NBLUG members are still unaccounted for at this time. Please consider using the time you would have spent at the meeting to volunteer, as many evacuation shelters are in need of supplies. I'd like to (ab)use this announcement to highlight the help of one of our sponsors - Sonic.net generously uncapped full bidirectional gigabit fiber service to New Life Christian Fellowship which is one of the many evacuation centers currently open in Petaluma. I witnessed many evacuees there using various devices to either gather news or contact friends and family and I'm thankful for the help from Sonic. Stay safe and see you next month, A.C. ****** President, North Bay Linux Users' Group From list-nblug-announce at rangat.org Thu Oct 19 11:09:12 2017 From: list-nblug-announce at rangat.org (Robert Thille) Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 11:09:12 -0700 Subject: [NBLUG/Announce] Announcement: NBLUG Board Election Nomiations Now Open for 2017/2018 Terms Message-ID: <20171019182126.23591.qmail@bluesky.rangat.org> Hello NBLUG members! It's that time again: North Bay Linux Users Group is holding its annual elections. Nominations may begin immediately. Nominations close when elections are held on November 14, 2017 at 7:30PM at the regularly scheduled NBLUG meeting. All positions are open, and all positions must be filled. Any person may nominate any other person, and this includes self-nominations. Nominations do not need to be seconded, but there is no harm in doing so. Positions are as follows, copied and pasted from the bylaws page ( http://nblug.org/bylaws/). *President*: the glue that keeps it all together. She/he tries to keep NBLUG on track. Duties of the president shall include: 1. To set the agenda for meetings 2. To act as chair of the meetings 3. To oversee the committees by keeping in regular contact with the committee chairs 4. Share responsibility of duties assigned to absent officers *Vice President*: does all the stuff that keeps NBLUG running. The duties of Vice President shall include: 1. Making preparations for the meeting, including coordinating the advertising, reservations, setup of any necessary equipment, and with the guest speakers. 2. To take over the duties of any officers that may be absent, or to arrange for someone else to. 3. Share responsibility of duties assigned to absent officers *Treasurer*: keeps track of money, bills, expenses, and financial matters. The duties of Treasurer shall include: 1. Provide a current financial report at each board meeting. 2. To keep track of the other key for the PO Box. 3. Delegation of checking the PO Box at least once each month 4. Share responsibility of duties assigned to absent officers *Scribe*: does all the managerial and logistical work. The duties of scribe shall include: 1. To take the minutes at regular meetings, as well as board meetings and coordinate with the webmistress/master to have them made available at the website. 2. To conduct elections for officership and Constitutional and Bylaw amendments. 3. Share responsibility of duties assigned to absent officers *Directors at Large*: two officers who share many duties. Duties are determined after the election, but can include: 1. Public Relations - work with the media to “get the word out” 1. Publicize NBLUG meetings, and events like installfests 2. Represent NBLUG in a positive light as an open organization that does not discriminate based on sex, race, creed, religion, sexual orientation, political affiliation, economic standing, employer 3. Contact various media organizations such as newspapers, magazines, SRJC, and SSU to publicize NBLUG events 4. Share responsibility of duties assigned to absent officers 5. Other duties as assigned 2. Outreach - coordinate events / help find new presenters 1. Work with librarian to ensure book lending service works well 2. Oversee Installfest and take over for Installfest Coordinator when absent. 3. Oversee Linux Day events and take over for Linux Day Event Coordinator if they should not be available. 4. Coordinate Other events when Event Coordinator is absent 5. Share responsibility of duties assigned to absent officers 6. Other duties as assigned Use this thread for nominations, discussions, and general dialog. Happy nominating! Best, Robert -- Robert Thille 1228 Moss Rock Court; Santa Rosa, CA 95404 Cell: 707.217.7544 Office/VOIP: 707.780.1560 rthille at mirapoint.com IRC/IM:rthille http://www.rangat.org/ Cyclist, Mountain Biker, Freediver, Kayaker, Rock Climber, Hiker, Geek May your spirit dive deep the blue, where the fish are many and large! From frankb at frankb.us Tue Nov 7 19:37:34 2017 From: frankb at frankb.us (E Frank Ball III) Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 19:37:34 -0800 Subject: [NBLUG/Announce] Nov meeting: Installing Ubuntu Linux onto a Chromebook with crouton Message-ID: <20171108033734.GG21953@kamajii.efball.com> Topic: Installing Ubuntu Linux onto a Chromebook / Chromebox with crouton When: Tues Nov 14th, 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM Speaker: Frank Ball Location: O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol CA in the Tarsier conference room Chromebooks and Chromeboxes are cheap, easy to use, and pretty secure; but after a while the shortcomings of Chrome OS get annoying and I want my Linux. Crouton is a script which installs Debian, Kali, or Ubuntu Linux into a chroot container that runs under Chrome OS. It's easy to install, and it works great. -- E Frank Ball frankb at frankb.us From ac at sonic.net Tue Nov 14 17:48:46 2017 From: ac at sonic.net (Allan Cecil) Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:48:46 -0800 Subject: [NBLUG/Announce] [NBLUG/talk] Nov meeting: Installing Ubuntu Linux onto a Chromebook with crouton In-Reply-To: <20171114064607.GM21953@kamajii.efball.com> References: <20171108033734.GG21953@kamajii.efball.com> <20171114064607.GM21953@kamajii.efball.com> Message-ID: <8b1e9a0e-8345-aff8-de48-3850ba83a1f1@sonic.net> Note that our elections are tonight following Frank's talk and seeing as we haven't had any nominations submitted by E-Mail this year we'll be doing that process live at the meeting. Come in person if you can not just to do your civic duty to vote but also to pick up free T-Shirts, stickers, and other shwag from Linux laptop maker System76. We'll also have lots of free O'Reilly books available for the taking at tonight's meeting. Oh, and come for Frank's talk. I'm amazed how far the Chromebook community has come. See you tonight at O'Reily at 7:30, A.C. ****** President, North Bay Linux Users' Group On 11/13/2017 10:46 PM, E Frank Ball III wrote: > Topic: Installing Ubuntu Linux onto a Chromebook / Chromebox with crouton > When: Tues Nov 14th, 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM > Speaker: Frank Ball > Location: O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol CA in the Tarsier conference room > > Chromebooks and Chromeboxes are cheap, easy to use, and pretty secure; > but after a while the shortcomings of Chrome OS get annoying and I want > my Linux. Crouton is a script which installs Debian, Kali, or Ubuntu > Linux into a chroot container that runs under Chrome OS. It's easy to > install, and it works great. > From list-nblug-announce at rangat.org Tue Dec 12 18:39:34 2017 From: list-nblug-announce at rangat.org (Robert P. Thille) Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 18:39:34 -0800 Subject: [NBLUG/Announce] Meeting Tonight 2017-12-12: Lightning talks & Hackfest Message-ID: The meeting tonight is Lightning talks & Hackfest -Robert