From announce at lists.nycbug.org Tue Jan 7 11:22:05 2014 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:22:05 -0500 Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG upcoming and NYCBSDCon Message-ID: Besides the meeting on Wednesday night, it will be the first chance to purchase tickets for NYCBSDCon 2014 to be held before the meeting, starting at 6 PM in the backroom. Be sure to bring $25 in cash to cover your admission. Online registration will open soon, but the cost will be higher than paying in person. Our speakers are lined up, and we'll be posting the full program shortly. www.nycbsdcon.org ******* January 8 2014, Wednesday Suspenders at 111 Broadway just above Wall Street 645 PM OpenBSD: A Crash Course, Brian Callahan Abstract With issues of privacy and security occupying the forefront of recent international news, a reexamination of the technologies used in one's personal and professional infrastructure is essential. This talk will highlight why OpenBSD should be at the forefront of these reexaminations. Whether you are a long time *BSD user or are completely new to *BSD, you will discover why OpenBSD excels in these areas and why its security reputation is well deserved. Speaker Bio Brian is a graduate student at Monmouth University studying Anthropology. He is an OpenBSD developer, working primarily on ports. From announce at lists.nycbug.org Wed Jan 8 08:05:34 2014 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2014 08:05:34 -0500 Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG Tonight; get your NYCBSDCon tickets Message-ID: Besides the meeting on Wednesday night, it will be the first chance to purchase tickets for NYCBSDCon 2014 in the hour before the meeting, starting at 6 PM in the backroom. Be sure to bring $25 in cash to cover your admission. Online registration will open soon, but the cost will be higher than paying in person. We will organize another opportunity to purchase tickets at $25 before the conference. Our speakers are lined up, and we'll be posting the full program shortly. www.nycbsdcon.org ******* January 8 2014, Wednesday Suspenders at 111 Broadway just above Wall Street 645 PM OpenBSD: A Crash Course, Brian Callahan Abstract With issues of privacy and security occupying the forefront of recent international news, a reexamination of the technologies used in one's personal and professional infrastructure is essential. This talk will highlight why OpenBSD should be at the forefront of these reexaminations. Whether you are a long time *BSD user or are completely new to *BSD, you will discover why OpenBSD excels in these areas and why its security reputation is well deserved. Speaker Bio Brian is a graduate student at Monmouth University studying Anthropology. He is an OpenBSD developer, working primarily on ports. From announce at lists.nycbug.org Sun Jan 12 20:57:03 2014 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 20:57:03 -0500 Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG & NYCBSDCon Upcoming Message-ID: Things are moving ahead fast for NYCBSDCon 2014. NYCBSDCon online registration is coming online soon. There will also be an opportunity to register for $25 cash at the next Unigroup (.org) meeting this Thursday. An additional chance will happen the week after, which seems like it's turning into a laptop installfest at the same time. Stay tuned for more details. Remember that there's an NYCBSDCon mailing list at: http://www.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/nycbsdcon *** As mentioned on the conference home page, the day after the conference, there is a chance to take the BSD Certification Group's BSDA exam in downtown Brooklyn. Be sure to register as soon as possible on their web site at bsdcertification.org. *** Note that George Neville-Neil will be speaking at the NYLUG meeting on February 19th about "FreeBSD and Linux, a Comparative Analysis." We encourage everyone to attend this event. *** Finally, there will be NO February monthly meeting. In March, Amitai Schlair will be speaking about NetBSD. From announce at lists.nycbug.org Sun Jan 19 12:09:18 2014 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 12:09:18 -0500 Subject: upcoming NYC*BUG, NYCBSDCon tickets Message-ID: A few quick notes. *** By request, there is a small installfest happening focused on BSDs on laptops on Tuesday, January 21 starting at 630 PM in the backroom of Suspenders. It should last until about 8 PM. ---->$25 tickets to NYCBSDCon will also be available<---- Feel free to come by just to buy a ticket. Be sure to do the appropriate homework to make it successful. - check dmesgd (http://nycbug.org/?action=dmesgd) for your model - bring the appropriate install media for the BSD of your choice, and confirm that it boots *** Online registration opens up shortly for those unable to register locally. The price is $50 via Paypal. On the conference morning itself, walk-in registration will be $60. For students, the price is $15 *whenever* or *however* they register, as long as there there is a valid ID for a full-time student. Additional opportunities to purchase tickets for $25 locally *may* happen in the new few weeks. *** The NYCBSDCon schedule has been posted at http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2014/schedule.html. The full presentation and speaker descriptions will be posted shortly. *** We are on track to have an excellent and well-attended conference. An updated flier and poster will be available on the conference web site shortly, and we strongly encourage it to be posted in appropriate locations, particularly at universities. Make sure you send an announce around in your own IT department. The best way to build the conference is through personal contacts, not through vague virtual blasts to the internet blackhole. *** There is no NYC*BUG meeting for February 6 since NYCBSDCon is on February 8. Future planned meetings include: March 6: NetBSD's pkgsrc April 1: Getting Random Number Generation Right (not that this meeting will likely be held on the first Tuesday of April, as opposed to Wednesday) From announce at lists.nycbug.org Mon Jan 20 14:40:41 2014 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 14:40:41 -0500 Subject: NYCBSDCon online registration Message-ID: Now open to those remote! http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2014/registration.html Spread the word. And as noted last night, there is another opportunity to purchase tickets for $25 at Suspenders from 630 PM on Tuesday, January 21 during the installfest. From announce at lists.nycbug.org Tue Jan 21 13:50:36 2014 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 13:50:36 -0500 Subject: CANCELLED installfest/ticket sale Message-ID: Tonight's installfest/NYCBSDCon ticket sale is cancelled. We will reschedule for next week. From announce at lists.nycbug.org Wed Jan 22 16:27:01 2014 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 16:27:01 -0500 Subject: NYCBSDCon ticket sales Message-ID: Two more scheduled as per the registration page for $25 tickets. Suspenders, January 23, 2014, 6:30 PM (111 Broadway, Manhattan) Suspenders, January 27, 2014, 6:30 PM (111 Broadway, Manhattan) These should last until 8 PM or so. We are not sure when the other ones will be, if any. These times will also be used for installfest-type activities. From announce at lists.nycbug.org Mon Jan 27 08:05:26 2014 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 08:05:26 -0500 Subject: NYCBSDCon Tickets Message-ID: NYCBSDCon is only 12 days away. The schedule and full presentation descriptions are posted. There are two remaining chances to purchase tickets at $25 cash: - Suspenders BSD Laptop Installfest, January 27, 6:30-7:45 PM (111 Broadway, Manhattan) - Ear Inn with "the man in the EFF hat", January 29, 6:30-8:30 PM (www.earinn.com at 326 Spring St, Manhattan) After that, only online tickets (at $50) and at the door (at $60) are available. Valid full-time students can pay $15 at any of those times. There will be no February meeting on the first Wednesday of the month, but we have meetings lined up for both March and April. Stay tuned for details. From announce at lists.nycbug.org Wed Jan 29 12:22:41 2014 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 12:22:41 -0500 Subject: NYCBSDCon tix: last chance Message-ID: The last chance to purchase conference tickets at $25 cash is tonight: Ear Inn, January 29, 6:30-8:30 PM (www.earinn.com at 326 Spring St, Manhattan) Look for the man in the "EFF" hat. After that, you can only buy tickets online for $50 with Paypal until February 7th, or walk-in for $60. Valid, full-time students can do walk-in for $15. ***** Also, for those not aware, there is a conference discussion list. http://www.nycbug.org/mailman/admin/nycbsdcon From announce at lists.nycbug.org Wed Jan 29 12:24:12 2014 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 12:24:12 -0500 Subject: NYCBSDCon list correction Message-ID: The link is: http://www.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/nycbsdcon