[SGVLUG] Raspberry Pi SIG Kickoff meeting Thu 9/20 @ 7pm

[Braddock Gaskill]

On Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:00:00 -0700, Dan Buthusiem
<dan.buthusiem at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I'll be there. Will it be a similar structure to the LUG, or should we
> bring things to tinker with?

Bring toys!

> On Sep 14, 2012 4:56 PM, "Michael Proctor-Smith" <mproctor13 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> I am interested in hardware hacking not sure I can make it to next
>> thursday's meeting. Keep me informed.
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Braddock Gaskill
<braddock at braddock.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > I'm not sure we want to limit ourselves to Raspberry Pi.  This could
>> > be a
>> >
>> > general "Hardware Hacking" SIG - Arduinos, BeagleBoards, etc.  Our
>> > scope
>> >
>> > can be a topic for discussion at the meeting.  I'll bring a couple
>> Arduinos
>> >
>> > and AVR programming tools.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -braddock
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:34:27 -0700 (PDT), Lan Dang <l.dang at ymail.com>
>> >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi all,
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >> As promised, I'm posting the Raspberry Pi SIG meeting announcement
to
>> >
>> > the
>> >
>> >> mailing list and the website.
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >> If you want to promote it, you can use this permalink:
>> >
>> >> http://www.sgvlug.org/meetings/2012/09/20/raspberry-pi-etc-sig
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >> I'll give you fair warning that we'll be meeting in a small
classroom,
>> >
>> > so
>> >
>> >> we probably don't want to promote it too much.  But we want to
attract
>> >
>> > the
>> >
>> >> local enthusiasts who are not only interested in meeting up
regularly,
>> >
>> > but
>> >
>> >> who can help out with the logistics of starting up a SIG.  Right
now,
>> >
>> >> finding a regular meeting venue would be really, really helpful. 
>> >> (Much
>> >
>> >> thanks to Junaid for getting us a room for next week's meeting.)
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >> Raspberry Pi SIG
>> >
>> >> Date: Thursday, September 20, 2012, 7-10 pm
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >> Location: Caltech - Downs 119 (around the corner from usual LUG
>> >> meeting
>> >
>> >> room)
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >> Do you like working on hardware projects? Did you just get a
>> >
>> >> Raspberry Pi/Arduino/Kinect with the intentions of doing something
>> >> cool?
>> >
>> >> Do you wish that there was a local meetup group where you can meet
up
>> >
>> >> with like-minded folks and actually make progress with your
projects?
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >> Come to our kickoff meeting on Thursday to discuss starting up this
>> >
>> >> special
>> >
>> >> interest group. Connect with your fellow hardware geeks and share
some
>> >
>> >> of the projects you’ve been working on. And if we can decide on a
>> >> name
>> >
>> >> for the SIG, we can set up things like a mailing list, website, and
>> >
>> >> wiki.
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >> We have been kindly granted access to a room at Caltech for
>> >
>> >> this meeting only. It is a small classroom with about 30 student
desks
>> >
>> >> and a teacher desk. We will have access to a projector and power.
>> >> There
>> >
>> >> is an open wireless network.
>> >
>> >> Lan
>> >
>>
>>