BALUG is
the
Bay Area Linux Users Group.
We generally meet monthly
in San Francisco (generally in the Chinatown area, near downtown).
We also operate several
mailing lists.
BALUG generally meets the third Tuesday of each month. We talk about Linux and related topics, and we generally share large portions of Chinese food.
We typically have a speaker/presentation for our meetings (generally starting around the tail end of dinner or immediately following dinner). In any case, with or without a speaker/presentation arranged and scheduled, our meetings include good people, interesting conversations, and good food at a relatively bargain price. And if we haven't announced/posted a speaker/presentation, don't let that fool you - sometimes we manage to score an excellent speaker/presentation (e.g. at the last minute) without our having managed to get it posted onto the web site and an announcement sent out in advance.
Please RSVP if you're planning to attend.
Meeting kicks off at 6:30 P.M. - we start near the restaurant's bar for meet and greet and chat and such, then move to our restaurant seating around 7:00 P.M. for dinner - $13.00* USD per person for dinner (meeting itself is free)
- please arrive before 7:00 P.M. if you want to be assured of being able to join us for dinner.
We generally meet at:
Four Seas Restaurant
(directions)
731 Grant Ave. (between Clay and Sacramento)
San Francisco, CA 94108-2113
USA
1-415-989-8188 (restaurant number)
Please RSVP if you're planning to attend.
To do so please e-mail us a note at
rsvp@balug.org
indicating meeting date.
If you'll be bringing additional guest(s) please let us know total number of folks you're RSVPing for.
Also please let us know any special requirements or concerns you may have (e.g. if you have any particular dietary considerations,
so that we might possibly be able to accommodate you,
or if you won't be joining our
typical
family/buffet style dining arrangement
but do wish to otherwise join our meeting).
Be sure to note future meetings on your calendar:
Corey Quinn: Salt. Configuration Management and Remote Execution at Scale
Corey Quinn has been finding new and better ways to be lazy via configuration management since discovering that "ssh in a for loop" didn't scale. He's a volunteer for the freenode IRC network, and splits his time between Los Angeles and San Francisco, where he's the director of systems operations at Expensify.com, helping make expense reports not suck.
We're working on putting together a panel discussion on Working in the Business - Linux and related areas - with emphasis on Linux and open source and in the San Francisco Bay Area, but we may also include related areas and comparisons (systems/network/database/security administration, programming/development open source and other environments, comparisons to other regions, etc.).
Know someone you'd want to see on the panel (or as
moderator)?
You can refer them
here
and also
have them
complete this on-line
BALUG survey/application for being panelist (or moderator) of the BALUG "Working in the Business" (Linux/...) panel discussion
or drop us a note including their email contact information and with
"Working in the Business" in the Subject: header
to: balug-panel-2011@balug.org
We're interested in potentially any and/or all of (for the relevant areas):
For some more background on the panel idea, questions/topics we're planning or considering, how to suggest questions/topics, etc. have a peek at our wiki page: BALUG "Working in the Business" (Linux/...) panel discussion and for potential questions/topics for our "Working in the Business" panel discussion that aren't already shown there, feel free to drop us an email, with "Working in the Business" in the Subject: header, and email it to: balug-panel-2011@balug.org
BALUG Mailing Lists:
We could also always use more volunteers to make BALUG even better! Some of the tasks which could use more volunteers include:
If you're at all interested in helping with any and/or all of the above, please contact BALUG contact.