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

[Dan Buthusiem]

Sounds good to me. See you all there. :)
On Sep 14, 2012 5:08 PM, "Braddock Gaskill" <braddock at braddock.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:00:00 -0700, Dan Buthusiem
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> <dan.buthusiem at gmail.com>
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> > I'll be there. Will it be a similar structure to the LUG, or should we
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> > bring things to tinker with?
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> Bring toys!
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> > On Sep 14, 2012 4:56 PM, "Michael Proctor-Smith" <mproctor13 at gmail.com>
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> >> I am interested in hardware hacking not sure I can make it to next
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> >> thursday's meeting. Keep me informed.
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> >> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Braddock Gaskill
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> <braddock at braddock.com>
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> >> > I'm not sure we want to limit ourselves to Raspberry Pi.  This could
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> >> > general "Hardware Hacking" SIG - Arduinos, BeagleBoards, etc.  Our
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> >> > can be a topic for discussion at the meeting.  I'll bring a couple
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> >> Arduinos
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> >> > and AVR programming tools.
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> >> > -braddock
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> >> > On Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:34:27 -0700 (PDT), Lan Dang <l.dang at ymail.com>
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> >> >> Hi all,
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> >> >> As promised, I'm posting the Raspberry Pi SIG meeting announcement
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> >> > the
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> >> >> mailing list and the website.
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> >> >> If you want to promote it, you can use this permalink:
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> >> >> http://www.sgvlug.org/meetings/2012/09/20/raspberry-pi-etc-sig
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> >> >> I'll give you fair warning that we'll be meeting in a small
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> >> > so
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> >> >> we probably don't want to promote it too much.  But we want to
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> >> > the
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> >> >> local enthusiasts who are not only interested in meeting up
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> >> > but
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> >> >> who can help out with the logistics of starting up a SIG.  Right
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> >> >> finding a regular meeting venue would be really, really helpful.
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> >> >> (Much
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> >> >> thanks to Junaid for getting us a room for next week's meeting.)
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> >> >> Raspberry Pi SIG
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> >> >> Date: Thursday, September 20, 2012, 7-10 pm
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> >> >> Location: Caltech - Downs 119 (around the corner from usual LUG
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> >> >> meeting
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> >> >> room)
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> >> >> Do you like working on hardware projects? Did you just get a
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> >> >> Raspberry Pi/Arduino/Kinect with the intentions of doing something
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> >> >> cool?
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> >> >> Do you wish that there was a local meetup group where you can meet
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> >> >> with like-minded folks and actually make progress with your
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> >> >> Come to our kickoff meeting on Thursday to discuss starting up this
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> >> >> interest group. Connect with your fellow hardware geeks and share
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> >> >> of the projects you’ve been working on. And if we can decide on a
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> >> >> for the SIG, we can set up things like a mailing list, website, and
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> >> >> We have been kindly granted access to a room at Caltech for
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> >> >> this meeting only. It is a small classroom with about 30 student
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> >> >> and a teacher desk. We will have access to a projector and power.
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> >> >> There
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> >> >> is an open wireless network.
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> >> >> Lan
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