ANNOUNCE August 2011

announce@sluug.org

1 participants
2 discussions

by SLUUG Announcement List

Editor's picks = TOMMORROW i.e. Wednesday SNUG / Novell / SuSE Linux LUNCH Topic = Zenworks Also whatever else technical talk. Thurs. The monthly StL LUG Linux mtng will NOT meet! Summer break! Fri. Strangeloop Discount Deadline. Astronomical Society - Meteors in the Artic. Sat RoBoMo Bookfair starts Sun MC-Clinic - Rip, Burn & Edit CDs Aug 29 UMSL class starts on Intermediate UNIX commands. ========================================================================== ...and now the DETAILS... ========================================================================== TONITE Tuesday Aug 16 ========================================================================== 6:30pm StL Hadoop Users Grp WhenTue, August 16, 6:30pm . 8:00pm Where6665 Delmar Blvd, Suite 300, University City, MO. 63130 DescriptionSCM Express - Cloudera (Jonathan Creasy) Hadoop from an ISV perspective - InciteRetail (John Leach) Food and Refreshments will be provided. http://www.stlhadoop.org/ Previous mtngs were at 6665 Delmar Blvd, Suite 300, University City, MO. 63130, but now the website sasy location only revealed to members. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:00pm Astronomy Digital Imaging SIG WhenTue, August 16, 7pm . 10pm WhereWeldon Spring Interpretive Center DescriptionDigital Special Interest Group ( Digital SIG) meeting on digital imaging using ASEM telescopes and cameras (plus private equipment). How to use equipment, how to process images, distribution of free software, hands on demonstrations, etc. Free, open to public. ========================================================================== Wednesday, August 17 ========================================================================== 8:30am UMSL - Introduction to UNIX - Day 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9:00am Thornhill Computer Club WhenWed, August 17, 9am . 11am Where12863 Willowyck Dr, St. Louis MO (map) DescriptionThornhill Branch Library 314-994-3300 Questions about what you can do on the computer? Join the club! Our computer club will meet the third Wednesday of the month at 9:30 AM. Meetings will take place in the auditorium. Everyone is welcome. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11:30am SNUG - St.L Novell Users Grp & SuSE Linux Lunch WhenWed, August 17, 11:30am . 12:45pm Where9500 Manchester Rd, Rockhill, MO 63119 DescriptionSee http://snug.sluug.org/ TOPIC: ZENworks Configuration Management 11 ZENworks Configuration Management is a comprehensive set of integrated tools that automate the IT management processes across the lifecycles of all your Windows and Linux devices. Pat Nurre, Novell Endpoint Management Specialist, will review the ZCM suite and the new features found in the new version 11. A lunch time meeting about SuSE Linux, every 3rd Wednesday at Bandana's Bar-BQ (corner of Rock Hill and Manchester Rds). Seating is limited so please RSVP Gary Hollingsworth by mailto:garyh@itinet.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2:00pm STLISACA - StL InfoSys Audit & Ctrl Assn WhenWed, August 17, 2pm . 4pm DescriptionSee http://www.isaca-stlouis.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6:00pm GCC - Gateway Computer Club WhenWed, August 17, 6pm . 8pm Where10001 Bunkum Rd. Fairview Heights, IL 62208 (map) DescriptionVenue: Caseyville Township Bldg. http://gcc.signalhill.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6:30pm stlPM - StL Perl Mongers Grp WhenWed, August 17, 6:30pm . 8:30pm Where6665 Delmar Boulevard, Saint Louis, MO 63130-4544 DescriptionVenue is Announce Media, LLC Meetings are on every 3rd Wednesday of the month BUT there is nothing listed for this month's mtng YET! See http://stlouis.pm.org/ TOPIC: Varies (Unstructured Agenda) ========================================================================== Thursday, August 18 ========================================================================== 7:30am IT Advancement Council WhenThu, August 18, 7:30am . 9:00am Where12405 PowersCourt Dr., St. Louis, MO 63131 Venue: Charter Communications http://www.itac-stl.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1:00pm WCORCC - General Mtg WhenThu, August 18, 1pm . 3pm WhereDaniel Boone Branch, St. Louis County Library, 300 Clarkson Road in Ellisville DescriptionWest County Older Residents Computer Club http://wcorcc.tripod.com/ Contact Mary Ann (6363918123) or Gordon(6363916469) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1:30pm St. Louis GIS Users Group WhenThu, August 18, 1:30pm . 3:30pm DescriptionSt. Louis Geographic Information Systems Users Group Meets Quarterly. Location, exact dates and times may vary. http://msdis.missouri.edu/stlgis/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6:30pm HIATUS - stlLUG -Linux Users' Grp WhenThu, August 18, 6:30pm . 9:30pm Venue: This meeting NORMALLY meets at UMSL's IT Enterprises on World Pkwy Circle near the airport. BUT NOT THIS MONTH!!! There is NO meeting in August 2011 because of scheduling conflicts. http://www.stllinux.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6:30pm stlJS - StL JavaScript Meetup WhenThu, August 18, 6:30pm . 8:30pm DescriptionThe Able Few LLC 2603 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, MO Meetup starts at 6:30pm, with 30 min of social time. Eric Turcotte will be presenting jQuery Mobile, beginning at 7pm. Starting about 8:15pm, we'll move into a hacking session to experiment in groups or as individuals (bring your laptops!) with the material that's been presented or other JavaScript/node.js topics that may flow out of the presentation and discussion. http://www.stljs.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:00pm PHP - St Louis PHP Users Gr WhenThu, August 18, 7pm . 9pm Description http://www.meetup.com/php-425/ Amped Up Digital 216 Compass Point Drive, Saint Charles, MO Look for a Meetup table tent * PHP Fundamentals o Suggest a topic on the mailing list. * PHP Debugging - from print statements to xdebug * PHP tips from group members * Q&A * Future topics --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm hiatus- stl Wordpress Users Grp WhenThu, August 18, 7:30pm . 9:00pm Where7220 Lindbergh Blvd., Hazelwood, MO 63032 (map) DescriptionSummer hiatus until next month. Venue: Lift Office http://www.meetup.com/stlwordpress/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm SLRCFA - St. Louis Radio Control Flying Association WhenThu, August 18, 7:30pm . 9:00pm Where13045 Tesson Ferry, St. Louis, MO (map) Description http://www.slrcfa.com/ ========================================================================== Friday, August 19 ========================================================================== All day 33rd Annual YMCA Bookfair WhenAug 19 . 24, 2011 Where6050 Wells Road, St. Louis, MO, 63128 DescriptionVENUE: Kennedy Recreation Center http://www.ymcastlouis.org/metropolitan-office/ymca-bookfair --------------------------------------------------------------------------- All day Discount Deadline - StrangeLoop WhenFriday, Aug 19, 2011 Where1 South Broadway, Saint Louis, Missouri 63102 DescriptionVENUE: the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark See http://thestrangeloop.com Strange Loop mixes together bleeding edge technology, enterprise systems, and academic research into a high octane knowledge cocktail! Unicorns and rainbows included at no extra cost. Registration and Fee required. This day is the deadline for registration discount. The Strange Loop conference is on Sep 18 . 20, 2011. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1:00pm NCORCC - North County Older Residents Computer Club WhenFri, August 19, 1pm . 3pm Where915 Utz Lane Hazelwood, MO 63042 (map) DescriptionVENUE: Prairie Commons Branch (between Howdershell and Dunn) The North County Older Residents Computer Club of St. Louis, Missouri https://sites.google.com/site/corccstl/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:00pm SLARC - St. Louis Area Radio Club WhenFri, August 19, 7pm . 8pm WhereBuder Park, Valley Park, MO 63088 (map) DescriptionMonthly Meeting -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm SLAS - St.L Astronomical Society WhenFri, August 19, 7:30pm . 9:00pm WhereWashington University, McDonnell Hall Room 162, St. Louis, MO DescriptionThe Antarctic Search for Meteorites: My Two Months in the Antarctic Interior by Dr. Ryan Zeigler Washington University Each year, the National Science Foundation funds a team of scientists to search for meteorites in remote field areas in Antarctica. Dr. Zeigler was one of the team members for the December 2010 - January 2011 expedition. As he explains, ?This year, we were able to collect over 1200 meteorites during our 6 week field season. I will describe to you how and why we search for meteorites in Antarctica, what we do with them after we collect them, and what life is like for 40 days in a tent in Antarctica." Ryan Zeigler is a Research Scientist in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University. He studies the physical characteristics and chemistry of meteorites and lunar samples, using advanced instrumentation such as the electron microprobe and neutron activation. http://www.slasonline.org/ ========================================================================== Saturday, August 20 =========================================================================== All day 33rd Annual YMCA Bookfair WhenAug 19 . 24, 2011 Where6050 Wells Road, St. Louis, MO, 63128 DescriptionVENUE: Kennedy Recreation Center http://www.ymcastlouis.org/metropolitan-office/ymca-bookfair -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:00am ROBOMO - StL Area Robotics Grp WhenSat, August 20, 10am . 1pm Where 10267 Saint Charles Rock Road, St. Ann, MO DescriptionMeasuring RPM and temperature with the Arduino,and a recap of the ROBOMO-2 near space balloon flight. NEW LOCATION! StL County Library Rock Road Branch (314) 429-5116 http://www.robomo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2:00pm MC-Clinic - Rip, Burn & Edit CDs WhenSat, August 20, 2pm . 3pm Where87 Brentwood Promenade Ct., Brentwood, MO 63144 DescriptionVenue: Micro Center In Store Clinic FREE in-store computer technology clinic, http://www.microcenter.com/instore_clinic/sign_up.html to sign up. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4:00pm SILUG-ME - Southern Illinois Linux Users Group WhenSat, August 20, 4pm . 6pm Where3720 Green Mount Crossing Dr., O Fallon, IL 62269 Description Souther Illinois Linux Users Group - Metro East http://www.silug.org/ ========================================================================== Sunday, August 21 ========================================================================== All day 33rd Annual YMCA Bookfair WhenAug 19 . 24, 2011 Where6050 Wells Road, St. Louis, MO, 63128 DescriptionVENUE: Kennedy Recreation Center http://www.ymcastlouis.org/metropolitan-office/ymca-bookfair -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2:00pm MC-Clinic - Rip, Burn & Edit CDs WhenSun, August 21, 2pm . 3pm Where87 Brentwood Promenade Ct., Brentwood, MO 63144 DescriptionVenue: Micro Center In Store Clinic FREE in-store computer technology clinic, http://www.microcenter.com/instore_clinic/sign_up.html to sign up. ========================================================================== And coming NEXT WEEK... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, August 22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All day 33rd Annual YMCA Bookfair 1:00pm SCORCC-WK - MS Works & MS Word SIG -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, August 23 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All day 33rd Annual YMCA Bookfair All day STLCMG - St. Louis Computer Measurment Group 6:30pm HZWLUG - Hazelwood Linux Users Group 7:00pm GAMUG-SP 7:00pm Gateway Older Adults PC Club 7:00pm LUCI General 7:30pm ARCH - Arch Reactor -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, August 24 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All day 33rd Annual YMCA Bookfair 6:30pm VIM Geeks 7:00pm StL ALT.NET 7:00pm Hiatus - TAP - Science on Tap -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, August 25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8:30am STLCRMUG - St. Louis CRM Users Group 10:00am WCORCC - Technical SIG Multimedia SIG 5:30pm STL-AITP - Association of Information Tech Professionals 6:00pm STLMD - St. Louis Mobile Dev 6:00pm NSBracket-STL iOS Developer Group 6:30pm StC LUG - St. Charles Linux Users Group 7:00pm MWG - MidWest Geeks --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, August 26 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9:30am Weber Road Computer Club 7:30pm SLSRC - St. Louis & Suburban Radio Club 11:00pm CODERS - Code Until Dawn in STL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, August 27 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2:00pm GAMP - Gateway Area Mac Programers 2:00pm STL CocoaHeads Meeting 2:00pm MC-Clinic - MS Word Tips & Tricks -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, August 28 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2:00pm MC-Clinic - MS Word Tips & Tricks -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, August 29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8:30am- All day + more days UMSL - Intermediate Commands of UNIX - Day 1 ========================================================================== ========================================================================== ========================================================================== As akways, check specific websites, etc for details & last minute changes. Everything is our best guess or opinion and shouldn't be considered a statement of fact. Anything percieved as an insult, libelous, or hurtful is obviously misspelled, meistated, misinterpreted, poorly worded, or unintended. Send additions & changes to: Editor(a)sluug.org

14 years, 9 months

TONITE= Mail merge, Mail server. This Week's Events.

by SLUUG Announcement List

Editor's pick's: TONITE = Wednesday SLUUG's general mtng. Libra Office's "mail merge" by Stan Riechardt. SLUUG's rebuilding of the mail server by Jeff Muse. A technical tour de force...or how to get alot of work done!! ;-) And lots of good technical conversations. Thurs = Oracle UG Java UG NEXT Monday & Tues... UMSL's Intro to UNIX class ============================================================================== Wednesday, Aug 10 ============================================================================== 6:30pm SLUUG St. Louis Unix Users Group WhenWed, August 10, 6:30pm . 9:00pm Where11885 Lackland Road, Maryland Heights, MO 63146 (map) Description http://www.sluug.org/ VENUE: Graybar Electric Co, Inc. THIS MONTH= The basics portion will be on LibreOffice Mail Merge Processing by Stan Reichardt Informal demonstration of the Mail Merge Wizard process to create multiple documents from a simple database. To begin, we export column and row data from a spreadsheet into a *.CVS file. That file is then used to quickly build a LibreOffice database. Using that database, we can filter selected records and extract specific data fields into a document or email format. Output can be globally modified, or individual outputs can be customized before being printed or emailed. Our main event will be Migration of Services to AMBER (tentative pending completion of work) by SLUUG Volunteers When finished we will have moved our main SLUUG web site to much larger hardware on AMBER. A warning notice went out and instructions about password changes were sent to subscribers. During several hours downtime we rewnewed a domain, synced mailboxes, propagated DNS records, and much more. We have migrated most of our affiliate web sites from our BUD server to our AMBER server. Migration of SLUUG e-mail and mailing lists is mostly complete. Plans for re-purposing our BUD server are in view. EVERY MONTH= Your forum for exchanging information about open standards, open systems, open source, products, services and architectures. The St. Louis Unix Users Group (SLUUG) general meetings are usually on the second Wednesday of each month. We start the general meeting with a basic session; which may include either simple tutorials, displays of newly discovered web sites, command line wonders, demonstrations of useful applications, amazing graphical packages, major resolution of long standing anomalies, blinking lights, or quantum shifts in both time and space. 1Then we will have our usual quick welcome, introduction, administrative announcements, and a Questions and Answers Period. After all that, we take a break before our main event. ============================================================================== Thursday, August 11 ============================================================================== 8:15am STL Tech-Security Conference WhenThu, August 11, 8:15am . 3:45pm Where16625 Swingley Ridge Road Chesterfield, MO. 63017 (map) DescriptionVENUE: Doubletree Hotel & Conference Center See http://www.dataconnectors.com/events/2011/08StLouis/agenda.asp Overview The St. Louis Tech-Security Conference features 25-30 vendor exhibits and several industry experts discussing current tech-security issues such as email security, VoIP, LAN security, wireless security, USB drives security & more. There will be lots of give a ways and prizes such as iPods, $25, $50 and $100 gift cards, as well as cash prizes and lots more! This unique conference format will provide educational speaker sessions as well as tremendous networking opportunities. You'll come away with advice and knowledge you can start applying to your environment immediately. To register for this conference, click on the link in the left column. Your registration will include your breakfast, lunch, conference materials and entrance into the conference sessions and exhibit area. Scroll down to view the full conference agenda. more details» copy to my calendar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10:00am WCORCC-WE - MS Word SIG Excel SIG WhenThu, August 11, 10am . 3pm WhereDaniel Boone Branch Library (map) DescriptionWest County Older Residents Computer Club http://wcorcc.tripod.com/ MS Word SIG - 10:00 AM MS Excel SIG - 1:00 PM more details» copy to my calendar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11:00am Hiatus - SCORCC-F Financial SIG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12:00pm Hiatus- Gateway/400 Grp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1:00pm SLOUG - St. Louis Oracle Users Group WhenThu, August 11, 1pm . 4pm Where424 South Woodsmill Road, Suite 200 Chesterfield , MO 63017 (map) Description<a href="http://www.sloug.org/> http://www.sloug.org/</a> <p> Dan Glasscock from Oracle will be doing a presentation on RAC tuning. There will be ample time after the presentation for questions. At Oracle's office on Woodsmill. more details» copy to my calendar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6:30pm stlJUG - StL Java Users Grp WhenThu, August 11, 6:30pm . 8:00pm WhereCityPlace One Auditorium, One City Place, Creve Coeur, MO 63141 (map) Description http://www.ociweb.com/javasig/ n the Java build space, first there was Ant, which provided a reliable way to build without an IDE. Then there was Maven, which provided standardization in build life cycles and dependency management. Now... Enter the Gradle, which provides convention over configuration approach to the build process and an approach at building that isn't based on XML. This session assumes no familiarly with Gradle as it introduces this new approach at building projects. This session will look at multi-language or polyglot projects, as well as integration to Ant and Maven. It will conclude with building custom plugins for the Gradle build process. About the Presenter: Ken has been a practitioner and instructor of RUP since the late 1990s, and an extreme programmer and coach since the middle 2000s. more details» copy to my calendar ============================================================================== Friday, August 12 ============================================================================== All day Perseids Meteor Shower WhenAug 12 . 13, 2011 DescriptionSee http://www.seasky.org/astronomy/astronomy-calendar-2011.html The Perseids is one of the best meteor showers to observe, producing up to 60 meteors per hour at their peak. The shower's peak usually occurs on August 13 & 14, but you may be able to see some meteors any time from July 23 - August 22. The radiant point for this shower will be in the constellation Perseus. The full moon will definitely be a problem this year, hiding the fainter meteors with its glare. But with up to 60 meteors per hour possible, it could still be a great show. Find a location far from city lights and look to the northeast after midnight. more details» copy to my calendar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10:00am Hiatus SCORCC-DTP Desktop Publishing ============================================================================= Saturday, August 13 ============================================================================== All day Perseids Meteor Shower WhenAug 12 . 13, 2011 DescriptionSee http://www.seasky.org/astronomy/astronomy-calendar-2011.html The Perseids is one of the best meteor showers to observe, producing up to 60 meteors per hour at their peak. The shower's peak usually occurs on August 13 & 14, but you may be able to see some meteors any time from July 23 - August 22. The radiant point for this shower will be in the constellation Perseus. The full moon will definitely be a problem this year, hiding the fainter meteors with its glare. But with up to 60 meteors per hour possible, it could still be a great show. Find a location far from city lights and look to the northeast after midnight. more details» copy to my calendar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8:30am Hiatus - T3 Techies Teaching Techies ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12:00pm DBUG - Data Bytes Users Group WhenSat, August 13, 12pm . 3pm Where12863 Willowyk Drive, St. Louis, MO (map) DescriptionSee http://dbug-stl.tripod.com/Home.htm Thornhill Branch Library, 12863 Willowyk Drive (off Fee Fee Road), St. Louis, MO more details» copy to my calendar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6:00pm ASEMO - Astronomical Society of Eastern Missouri WhenSat, August 13, 6pm . 10pm DescriptionSee http://asemonline.org/ for current information. * Regular General Meeting* ============================================================================== Sunday, August 14 ============================================================================== All day 1945 VJ Day ============================================================================== ============================================================================== And coming NEXT week... ============================================================================== Monday, August 15 1:00pm SCORCC-GM - General Meeting ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuesday, August 16 8:30am UMSL - Introduction to UNIX - Day 1 1:00pm Hiatus - SCORCC-CM - Computer Media SIG 2:00pm STLISSA - Information Systems Security Association 4:00pm stlHDI - Help Desk Institute -date & time CHANGE 6:00pm HIATUS - STLOSUG - St. Louis OpenSolaris Users Group 6:30pm StL Hadoop Users Grp 7:00pm Astronomy Digital Imaging SIG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, August 17 8:30am UMSL - Introduction to UNIX - Day 2 9:00am Thornhill Computer Club 11:30am SNUG - StL Novell Users Grp & SuSE Linux Lunch 2:00pm STLISACA - StL InfoSys Audit & Ctrl Assn 6:00pm GCC - Gateway Computer Club 6:30pm stlPM - StL Perl Mongers Grp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thursday, August 18 7:30am IT Advancement Council 1:00pm WCORCC - General Mtg 1:30pm St. Louis GIS Users Group 6:30pm HIATUS - stlLUG -Linux Users' Grp 6:30pm STLJS - Saint Louis JavaScript Meetup 7:00pm PHP - St Louis PHP Users Group 7:30pm SLRCFA - St. Louis Radio Control Flying Association 7:30pm STL Wordpress Users Group ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, August 19 All day 33rd Annual YMCA Bookfair All day Discount Deadline - StrangeLoop 1:00pm NCORCC - North County Older Residents Computer Club 7:00pm SLARC - St. Louis Area Radio Club 7:30pm SLAS - St. Louis Astronomical Society ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, August 20 All day 33rd Annual YMCA Bookfair 10:00am ROBOMO - StL Area Robotics Grp 4:00pm SILUG-ME - Southern Illinois Linux Users Group ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sunday, August 21 All day 33rd Annual YMCA Bookfair ============================================================================= NOTICE: Everything is our "best guess". Check the details, last minute changes, etc. on the appropriate websites. Anything that you have interpreted as false, mean, insulting, or libelous is an obvious unintended typo or accidental misstatement or corrupted transmission. Any suggestions of new items, changes, etc. please send to Editor(a)sluug.org.

14 years, 9 months

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

ANNOUNCE August 2011


	St. Louis UNIX Users Group	Your Forum for exchanging information about open standards, open systems, open source, products, services and architectures