[SGVLUG] Meeting Thursday (tomorrow) Night

[Braddock Gaskill]

Hi folks,
There is a LUG meeting tomorrow (Thursday) night.

Meetup page here (RSVP helps us get a headcount to the restaurant)
https://www.meetup.com/SGVTech/events/232555917/

Thursday, August 11, 2016
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Du-Par's Restaurant and Bakery
214 S Lake Ave, Pasadena, CA (edit map)

Abstract:

What do amateur radio operators, small businesses, giant corporations,
E911 systems, and Linux hobbyists all have in common?

Well, besides using Linux, they all are using an application called
Asterisk, in one of its many forms, to handle telecommunications.

Amateur radio operators can interlink plain old telephone systems with
repeaters, small businesses can appear to the world to be a large
corporation with custom interactive voice response menus, and
hobbyists can lower their home phone bill to as little as a $1.00 per
month with $0.0015/minute call charges.

Not to mention to have a phone number virtually anywhere in the world
terminate at your home,

The presentation will introduce Asterisk, its applications, basic
Python scripting, and many other things.


Bio:

Dr. Paul Wilkinson holds a PhD in Computer Science from Durham
University, one of England’s foremost, and third oldest, universities.
His also holds undergraduate degrees in Computer Science, Mathematics,
and Engineering Physics as well as a Master of Science in Applied
Mathematics. During the course of his career, he has worked for a
“think tank” doing mathematical modeling, then the U.S. Navy, thins
the senior civilian, and reserve, for one of the largest police
departments in California. Now he is a Professor of Computer Science
at Pasadena City College. He holds and Extra Class amateur radio
license and is very active within the hobby as well as integrating
Linux and amateur radio into one cohesive unit.