When: 7pm - 9pm, Wed. 8th September  (Doors open 6.45pm.)
Where: Spinning Planet, Level 5, 93 Rangitikei Street.  PN.
Cost: $2 charge to cover venue costs and coffee

Agenda

Chairman's Welcome

7pm - 7:15pm
Chairman: Brynn Neilson (from Spinning Planet)
Introduce guests and match people needing help with experts.

Session 1: Spinning Planet OS 13

7:15pm - 7:45pm
Speaker: Brynn
Brynn will demonstrate his latest incarnation of Spinning Planet OS 13 which is based on a bare metal install of Fedora that Brynn builds upon to create Spinning Planet's main operating system used in their office.

General Business

7:45 - 8pm
Coffee Break & Helpdesk
8pm - 8:20pm
People needing help can get together with experts to get answers. Otherwise grab a cuppa and spin yarns :)

Session 2: Open Source Communities

8:25pm - 8:55pm
Speaker: Jamie
Jamie from nsquaredsoftware.com will discuss the different types of open source software communities that exist such as the difference between opensolaris and linux communities.

Meeting ends at 9pm

Regards,
The PLUG executive

When: 7pm - 9pm, Wed. 11th August  (Doors open 6.45pm.)
Where: Trophy Specialists & Engraving, 5 Walding Street.  PN.
Cost: $2 charge to cover venue costs and coffee

Agenda

Chairman's Welcome
7pm

Show engraving machines in action

1. Pantograph
2. Diamond drag engraving
3. Router engraving
4. 2d Laser Engraving
5. 3d Laser Engraving

Show how open source software is used at TSE

1. Inkscape
2. GIMP
3. Blender
4. Drupal
5. Linux email server

Coffee Break
8pm

Engraving Time
8:20pm
Give PLUG members an opportunity to use Inkscape to create a file for
cutting and engraving. There's an 800mm x 400mm sheet of black 3mm acrylic for the club to use. There'll also be a chance to play on the manual pantograph engraving machine.

Meeting ends at 9pm

Regards,
The PLUG executive