Presentation: An Introduction to High Performance Cluster File Systems
Michael Ewan <michael DOT ewan AT intel DOT com>

This will be an overview of High Performance Cluster File Systems including storage aggregation, high performance file servers using protocols other than NFS, and availale free cluster file systems such as PVFS, PVFS2, Lustre, and commercial offerings such as GPFS, GFS, CXFS, TerraScale and Ibrix Fusion.

Michael Ewan is a Senior Systems Programmer at Intel.

Presentation:An Introduction to Computer Recycling
by Richard Seymour and Jhasen Cooper from Freegeek

Jhasen will discuss a lot of computer recycling issues, including a description of the bad things in computer equipment, what needs recycled, some of the obstacles to recycling, and so on.

Richard will discuss the role of OpenSource software in making recycling a practical alternative to simply tossing everything out.

Presentation: Open Discussion

Due to an outbreak of illness, our scheduled speaker, the backup speaker, and Dave Mandel were all unable to attend this meeting. A couple of questions about Linux were asked, numerous answers were given, and we left early for the important part of the meeting at the Lucky Lab.

Presentation: Map Server An Open Source Web Based GIS Application
by Matthew Doggett <mdoggett AT coas DOT oregonstate DOT edu>

Matthew Doggett from the Oregon State University College of Oceanography of Atmospheric Sciences has been working with Open Source GIS (Geographic Information Systems) packages for quite some time. In particular, he has been working with Map Server which is an OpenSource development environment for constructing spatially enabled Internet-web applications. It was originally developed by the University of Minnesota, although it is currently quite popular and large development community today. And of course, it runs in a Linux/Apache environment.

Presentation:An Introduction to Voice Over IP
by Dan Carrere <dcarrere AT pioneerpacific DOT ed>

Dan Carrere is head of the IT department at the Spring branch of Pioneer Pacific College. He is also a long time member of the Open Source community. Dan will speak on voice over IP and demonstrate Asterisk which is an Open Source Linux PBX system.

Presentation: Bouncer Mirror Management Miracles for Mozilla
by K Lars Lohn <lohnk AT osuosl DOT org>

Lars works at Oregon State University's Open Source Lab where he is "The Persistent Purveyor of Python" and has been working on projects associated with Mozilla.org.

In his talk Lars will describe Bouncer, and how to use it to coordinate hundreds of mirror writes into a reliable software distribution system?

Presentation: Wikipedia: Free Source on many levels
by by Geoffrey Burling <llywrch AT agora DOT rdrop DOT com>

This talk will present an introduction to perhaps the most exciting project at this time on the Internet: an encyclopedia created by a community. While a number of parts of Wikipedia will be covered, most of this presentation will be devoted to the part Geoff is most familiar with: the issues of community-created content.

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Presentation: Minimal Perl
by Tim Maher <tim AT consultix DASH inc DOT com>

Tim will discuss the "Minimal Perl" dialect. Attendees will be shown how they can leverage their UNIX/Linux skills to learn basic Perl quickly and easily.

Presentation: Introduction to Web Mapping
by David Mandel <dmandel AT pdxLinux DOT org>

David Mandel will discuss the nuts and bolts of a web site he is currently building using UMN MapServer. Topics will include:

• An overview of a few GIS concepts, explaining why GIS is different than other graphics, and why Web mapping is different than other web applications.
• An overview of UMN MapServer, explaining what it will do and what it won't do, with a brief discussion of alternative products.
• A critical view of a few cool web mapping sites
• A quick look at the site David is currently working on.

Presentation: A Discussion of HP Open Source Printing Activities by John Oleinik <john DOT oleinik AT hp DOT com>, HP Linux Printing Program Manager

Oleinik will discuss HP's Open Source Printing activities, and potential collaboration on solving Linux printing issues that PLUG members may run into. HP's entire Linux Printing team sits here in Vancouver, Washington.

Presentation: Asterisk in 3 Beer's time or Less by John Todd <jtodd AT loligo DOT com>

Things John will discuss include: What Asterisk is, and what it is not; channels and applications; hardware; neat tricks; implementation gotchas; and how all things look like a nail.

John is an active member of the Asterisk community, and has built several VoIP service providers, infrastructure companies, and enterprise systems on Open-Source telephony solutions.

Presentation:Final Appearance of the Badger Badger Badger Tour
by Jeff Waugh of Ubuntu and GNOME fame.

Jeff Waugh has been traveling for a month and a half, criss-crossing the northern hemisphere, to bring the world of Ubuntu to our doorstep. His final stop is Portland before going back to his home in Australia.

Jeff will be talking about Ubuntu Linux, GNOME, the role of Free/ Open Source Software in developing countries (and the US, of course). Expect badgers, mushrooms, schnaaaaaakes, an awful lot of Ubuntu CDs, and a healthy dose of madcap hijinks.

More details at the Ubuntu Wiki in the articles Badger Badger Badger Tour, and Jeff Waugh