[oclug-announce] Upcoming OCLUG Events

[Vic Gedris]

Hi Everyone,

Here's a reminder of some upcoming events brought to you by the Ottawa
Canada Linux Users Group (OCLUG).  Feel free to pass this message on to
your friends as well - OCLUG always welcomes new members and
participants!

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AUGUST 2002 GENERAL MEETING: Linux and Graphics Applications

Date:  Wednesday, August 7, 2002
Time:  1900h - 2100h
Place: Ottawa Public Library, Main Auditorium,  120 Metcalfe, Ottawa ON
Map:   http://ca.maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?BFCat=&Pyt=Tmap&newFL=Use+Address+Below&addr=120+Metcalfe&csz=Ottawa&Country=ca&Get%A0Map=Get+Map

This month's meeting is on a new weekday (Wednesday!) and at a new
location (Ottawa Public Library!), so please come out to welcome us at
our new home.  This month's presentations deal with using graphics
applications with Linux.

Vic Gedris will give a presentation about Linux and Digital Photography.
Some of the topics to be covered include: Why go digital?, How to get
your digital camera working under Linux, software for downloading
pictures from your camera, programs for scriptable photo manipulation,
picure viewers/editors, reading EXIF information, getting your pics
developed at Linux-friendly places, and more.  Vic isn't a professional
photographer, but he has a keen interest in taking pictures and of
course using Linux when he's not busy working as a network admin at
OEone.

Our second presenter this month is Stephanie Fox, who will give us an
introduction to The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program), including
photo enhancing and manipulation.  When asked for a bio, Stephanie
replied with: "Surely you jest!  Stephanie Fox is a college student,
artist, and supporter of the open source community.  Among other things,
she is not particularly good at writing bios for herself. ;)"

Following the meeting, many OCLUG member wander over to a local pub.
This month's venue is Mayflower II, located at 201 Queen St. just east
of Bank St.  Come join us for a friendly chat over good food and drinks,
even if you can't make it to the main event.

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AUGUST FREE TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR: Introduction to Regular Expressions

Date:  End of August
Place: ExitCertified

At the end of August, Brenda Butler will repeat her tutorial about
Regular Expressions at ExitCertified's graciously donated classroom
facility.  Keep an eye on this mailing list for the complete
announcement and registration info, coming soon!

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SEPTEMBER 2002 GENERAL MEETING: "See the Lizard, hear it Roar!"

Date:  Wednesday, September 4, 2002
Time:  1900h - 2100h
Place: Ottawa Public Library, Main Auditorium,  120 Metcalfe, Ottawa ON
Map:   http://ca.maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?BFCat=&Pyt=Tmap&newFL=Use+Address+Below&addr=120+Metcalfe&csz=Ottawa&Country=ca&Get%A0Map=Get+Map

Mozilla is an open-source web browser, designed for
standards-compliance, performance, and portability. It was developed by
Netscape Corporation and tri-licensed under the MPL/GPL/LGPL. Mozilla
has been under evolutionary development for the past four years and on
June 5th, 2002, version 1.0 was released to the world.

This month Peter Bojanic, Dan Parent, and Mike Potter from OEone will
offer a crash course on Mozilla. These developers have been working with
Mozilla for two years and are specialists in Mozilla tools and
applications. You'll learn about the history of the project, the power
of Mozilla's XML User interface Language (XUL), add-ons, special
projects, and special Mozilla tricks.

Don't miss this opportunity to see the Lizard in action!

Presentation Outline:
 * Intro & Overview - Peter Bojanic (30 minutes)
 * The Power of XUL - Mike Potter (30 minutes)
 * Developer Tools - Dan Parent (30 minutes)
 * Special Mozilla Tricks - Peter Bojanic (10 minutes)
 * General Q&A

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As you can see, we have some first-class events coming up.  I hope to
see you all there!  For updated schedules or general information, please
visit OCLUG's website at http://www.oclug.on.ca/

Cheers,
Vic

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