[plug] [andrew at neep.com.au: [first_wednesday] Meeting Notice: Wed Nov 5th 2003 @ 6pm]

[Chris Caston]

On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 11:27, Kimberly Shelt wrote:
> Sorry this is being cross posted.. apologies for cross posting :)
> 
> We really should all get to gether one day :)
> 

Where's that?

> Kim
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Andrew Shugg <andrew at neep.com.au> -----
> 
> Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 10:46:31 +0800
> From: Andrew Shugg <andrew at neep.com.au>
> To: First Wednesday List <first_wednesday at neep.com.au>
> Mail-Followup-To: First Wednesday List <first_wednesday at neep.com.au>
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> Subject: [first_wednesday] Meeting Notice: Wed Nov 5th 2003 @ 6pm
> 
> Hello folks,
> 
> It's the first week of the month again, which means it's almost time for
> the First Wednesday meeting again!  On behalf of SAGE-AU (the System
> Administrators Guild of Australia) and AUUG (Australian UNIX and Open
> Systems Users Group) it is our pleasure to invite you to attend.
> 
> This Wednesday, November the 5th we have a talk by Alan Main of
> Functional Software, entitled "Bar stewards, height and perseverance".
> At least, that's what I thought he said, but with his remnant of a
> Glaswegian accent I can't be sure. ;-)
> 
> Alan will give a current state of play for Australian software
> development organisations, sharing some of his experiences in dealing
> with larger Australian organisations, and go on to talk about Functional
> Software's approach to enabling a small Aussie player to compete
> globally using the Internet. Finally, Alan will show(*) Functional
> Software's new cross-platform product, Information Portal for the
> Sentinel 3G automated system monitoring and response product, which was
> shown last week at the Australian Technology Showcase in Sydney. Rumour
> also has it that there will be some free CD's containing copies of the
> latest Sentinel 3G for Linux ("stand back, and one at a time please").
> 
> Alan is a founding Director of Functional Software and has over 20 years
> experience in the IT industry.  He has a wide range of Australian and
> international experience and is familiar with the challenges (and
> rewards) associated with building and managing software companies. His
> somewhat irreverent sense of humour means that Alan is always an
> entertaining speaker - but especially so after we ply him with a few
> drinks before his presentation.
> 
> The "First Wednesday" group is a monthly gathering of IT specialists
> supported by AUUG (The organisation for Unix and Open Source
> professionals) and SAGE-AU (The System Administrators Guild of
> Australia), SLPWA (The Society of Linux Professionals of WA) and PLUG
> (The Perth Linux Users Group).
> 
> It meets the First Wednesday of the month at the Moon and Sixpence Pub,
> Murray St, Perth. The meeting starts informally at 6:00pm in rear
> private bar of the pub, and moves to a seminar room in the adjoining
> Wentworth Hotel some time after 6:30pm.  Some maps of the venue location
> can be found at <http://www.neep.com.au/first_wednesday/>.
> 
> Members of the various Perth IT groups are most welcome, including AUUG,
> SAGE-AU, SLPWA, PLUG, Port-80, Computer Network Professionals
> Association and anyone else with a vague interest in professional
> technical computing.
> 
> We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday for what should be a very
> enjoyable evening!
> 
> Andrew S & Steve Landers.
> SAGE-AU    AUUG
> 
> * Please be advised that the demonstration depends on our being able to
>   get an Internet connection at the venue, which we are still working
>   on, but is unfortunately not a definite 'yes' as yet.  If anyone has
>   any information about getting short-term wireless access to the
>   Internet from within the CBD, please contact me privately ASAP!  =)
> 
> For more information about SAGE-AU:  <http://www.sage-au.org.au/>
>                     ... about AUUG:  <http://www.auug.org.au/>
>      ... about Functional Software:  <http://www.fs.com.au/>
> 
> 
> (Permission is hereby granted to forward this email to any parties who
> may be interested to receive it.)

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