[announce] NYC*BUG Wed Apr 3: 20 Years of NYC*BUG - Vid Link*

[NYC*BUG Announcements]

https://youtu.be/UITF03xeQhw?si=gKR7R55yDgt6XehB

> On Apr 2, 2024, at 19:41, NYC*BUG Announcements <announce at lists.nycbug.org> wrote:
> 
> https://www.nycbug.org/index?action=view&id=10695
> 
> 20 Years of NYC*BUG and Can We Handle 20 More?
> George Rosamond
> 
> 2024-04-03 @ 18:45 EDT (22:45 UTC) - NYU Tandon Engineering Building
> (new), 370 Jay St, 7th Floor kitchen area, Brooklyn (directly across Jay
> St from National Grid office). Closest subway exits in order are Jay St
> - MetroTech Station (A, C, R, & F Trains) Borough Hall (4 & 5 Trains).
> 
> ***Notice: You should RSVP for this meeting at rsvp AT lists.nycbug.org.
> You should receive an autoresponse email. Your email address is
> sufficient verification for entry.***
> 
> The New York City *BSD User Group officially launched at Linux World
> Expo on January 2004 with a packed birds-of-a-feather session. The first
> meeting was held on February 4th.
> 
> Several of us starting pulling together the group in December 2003, and
> carefully planned for the events.
> 
> That makes January 2024 the official 20th anniversary of NYC*BUG, which
> is a long time in user-group years.
> 
> Like every other organization, NYC*BUG's history isn't a simple linear
> process. There were ebbs and flows, some due to our own decisions and
> activities, others due to the larger world.
> 
> But we are still operating, with regular monthly meetings after the
> pandemic, and still constantly assessing and reassessing what we're
> doing and where we're going.
> 
> This isn't going to be a straight-forward presentation. Rather, the
> input from everyone who experienced the trajectory at any moment is
> vital for drawing a full picture. That input will provide important
> ingredients for the more polished version of this presentation at BSDCan
> May 31 through June 1st.
> 
> We look forward to input from those who have been part of this journey.
> 
> Hopefully the outcome will be a rich image of the history.
> 
> George Rosamond is a founder and long-time admin@ member of NYC*BUG.
> He's the co-founder and CTO of ClearOPS, a privacy and security
> technology startup. A sysadmin by trade with citizenship in BSD Unix
> land, his area of interest and expertise lies with privacy-enhancing
> technologies, most importantly with the Tor Project. He thrives on
> creating and designing unorthodox solutions to ordinary problems, but so
> do most other people in the *BSD community.
> 
> Offsite Participation: We plan to stream via NYC*BUG Website unless the
> speaker requests otherwise. Q&A will be via IRC on Libera.chat channel
> #nycbug - Please preface your questions with '[Q]'
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