This Wednesday, February 11, 2015, SLUUG (St. Louis UNIX Users Group)
is proud to announce our (intermittent) annual Lightning Talks. Come
see various members talk about various topics. Come and talk about a
topic of interest to you. Want to practice talking in front of a group?
Want to try out a topic to see if it would make a good full-length talk?
It doesn't even have to be technical. No slides required (but slides
or videos are welcome).
Examples of some excellent Lightning Talks we've seen at various groups
in the past few years:
* Let me code (sung to the tune of Frozen's "Let It Go")
* How to pose for a photograph
* The secret to success - high fives
* Why Galileo was a bad-ass
* Johnny Appleseed was actually a speculator
No need to sign up. Just show up at the meeting. If you want to schedule
something, submit your title by mailto:editor@sluug.org
SCHEDULE (Sequence subject to change):
0. Official SLUUG Annual meeting (can we break our record?)
1. An Appropriate TED Talk {10 minutes}
2. 41 slides~ @14.6 sec each, instead of "What Is Linux" 90 minute presentation
3. 40 plus cartoons (mostly), instead of "Why Use Linux" 90 minute presentation
4. ...
Updates to this schedule will be made as frequently as possible.
Opinions, Rants, Slides, Talks or Videos should be limited to 10 minutes,
or less. We have a "GONG" sound file, and we know how to use it!
St. Louis Unix Users Group (SLUUG) Members that had attended two or more
of any of our meetings (includes the general meeting, steering committee
and Special Interest Groups) during the 2014 calendar year are eligible to
vote for the Board members and Officers that run our organization. Ballots
will be available at every SLUUG sponsored meeting through out the month
of February. Eligible members unable to attend can mail in an absentee
ballot to address shown at top of ballot.
> http://www.sluug.org/pdf/ballot2015.pdf
There are two seats up for election to our 5 member board. They are for 3
year terms. Our Officers are appointed by the board; but, we traditionally
include an advisory vote on the ballot for these positions as well. Also,
we will have our short official annual meeting during the general SLUUG
meeting on the 2nd Wednesday in February at Graybar. This is a formality
in our bylaws. SLUUG is a 501(c)6 professional association corporation.
