<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4184">Hi all,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4190"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4230">We had a pretty good turnout at tonight's LUG meeting, even though I didn't advertise it very aggressively. I think we had a little over 30 people. Saw some folks I hadn't seen in a while and we've been getting returning new people. Thanks for coming; it was nice to see everyone. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4705"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4928">Before I get to the recap, the Feb 8th LUG meeting will be at OpenX. The speaker will be Paul Ramirez from JPL. He has a lot of experience with open source, mainly with Apache projects, I think. The talk is called "5W1H of Getting Involved in Open Source" and will be about the who, what, when, why, where, and how of getting involved with open source, based his personal experience. I will send out an abstract and bio when I get one. <br></div><br><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4929"><br></div><div>RECAP:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_5132"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4347">Jess gave a nice explanation of the Spectre and Meltdown security flaws. It'll be interesting to see if there will be any talks at SCaLE about this.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4348"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_5271">I got some very good feedback for my AWK talk. Thanks so much for the comments and advice. I have some new ideas on how to enhance both the content and the delivery. I will also take the time to test my slides in the room at SCaLE because the colors can look very different on the projector.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4441"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4646">Here are some announcements:</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4535"><br></div>There is a Mentorship Night at Everbridge tomorrow from 7pm to 9pm.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4602"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4647"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/SGVTech/events/246526140/" title="https://www.meetup.com/SGVTech/events/246526140/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4603" title-off="">https://www.meetup.com/SGVTech/events/246526140/</a></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4605"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4604"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4597">Repair Cafe will be at Throop Hall in Pasadena on Jan 20th from 10am to 1pm.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4594"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Repair-Cafe-Pasadena/events/246518731/" title="https://www.meetup.com/Repair-Cafe-Pasadena/events/246518731/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4595" title-off="">https://www.meetup.com/Repair-Cafe-Pasadena/events/246518731/</a></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4598"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4596"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4621">CodeDay is a 24-hour hackathon aimed at high school and college students
between the ages of 14 and 25. It is held in multiple cities at the
same time. It will be Feb 18-19th, probably at a co-working space in
Westlake. <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4569"><a href="https://codeday.org/la" title="https://codeday.org/la" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4570" title-off="">https://codeday.org/la</a><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4571"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_5284"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4576"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4622">MPS said that SCaLE ticket prices will be going up around the Jan 20th timeframe.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_4544">If
you're interested in attending the Southern California Linux Expo, the
early bird price will be going up around January 22nd(?) . You can get a
50% discount using promo code SGVLG.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_5285"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515739914332_5286">Lan<br></div></div></body></html>