Meeting 02-15-2000 - ELECTIONS! & Advocating Linux

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Tonight, we will elect the New Officers for the year 2000. If you are a
member, Please join us tonight and cast your vote! After the elections,
please join us to share your experiences and learn some different
techniques when presenting Linux to interested parties, as Bob Brown
presents: "Advocating Linux" Linux (like most things) is best when
advocated by local champions. Assisted now by glowing trade press and
corporate support from giants like IBM, advocating Linux is perhaps less
risky than it once was, but it may still be outside the envelope of many
organizations. Let's take a look at the tools we have available to
promote Linux, how we can spot opportunities, and presentation methods
that continue to show Linux as a solution to problems. And equally
important in advocating anything is how to approach interested parties
without appearing to be complaining or carping. 

Robert Brown is a founding member and current chairman of KLUG, and has
over 20 years experience in software development in numerous
environments, disciplines, and industries. An intermittant user of UNIX
systems for close to 10 years, Bob has developed software for the
distributed processing and client-server models, and now has his first
experience in building and administering his own network. When he's not
bouncing between network nodes, or client, he can be seen cycling on the
Kal-Haven trail, hiking the countryside in search of nature photographs,
or helping to organize volunteer activities around computing, for KLUG
and the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery). 

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Coming to three meetings qualifies you as a full member of KLUG, meaning that 
you can participate in the process of making formal decisions, including vot-
ing for officers.

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Our meeting place, THIS TUESDAY at 7 PM is:

Dunbar Hall, room 4202, on the campus of Western Michigan University.

Maps and directions can be found at
http://klug.armintl.com/meetings/maps.html                                      

All are welcome.

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The KLUG web site is:

    http://klug.armintl.com/