[sclug] British Computer Society - Open Source Specialist Group First Meeting

[Simon Heywood]

Alasdair Kergon posted this on the lugmaster list. The event's being
held on a Monday afternoon, but maybe people round here will be
interested in turning up.

S.

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Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 00:18:11 +0000
From: Patrick Tarpey <patrick.tarpey at bcs.org.uk>
Subject: British Computer Society  - Open Source Specialist Group First Meeting

Dear UK  LUG members,

As chairman of the OSSG (Open Source Specialist Group), I would like to
cordially invite LUG members to the OSSG's first meeting. 

Membership of the group is not limited to members of the British
Computer Society.

Admission is free for this event. 

This is a great opportunity to meet other IT professionals with an
interest in Open Source.


British Computer Society
Open Source Specialist Group Inaugural Meeting


Date: 14 March 2005 - 4pm to 6pm


Venue:BCS London Office - Southampton Street

First Floor, The Davidson Building,

5 Southampton Street

London

WC2E 7HA

16:00 - Meet up
16:20 - Introduction 
16:30 - 17:15 Sarah Ewen - Sony Computer Entertainment Europe 
        ???Linux on the Playstation???
17:15 - 18:00 Refreshments
18:00 - Committee Meeting


Register online at: http://ossg.bcs.org/events/
or email patrick.tarpey at bcs.org.uk


Sarah Ewen - Biography: 

Sarah studied at Imperial College, London to gain an MEng in software
engineering. While the vast majority of her peers succumbed to the lure
of the City and IT/Investment banking industry, Sarah sought out a more
interesting career related to open source. Following 18 months working
on a toolkit for database backed community websites, Sarah joined

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Please feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions.

All the best 

Paddy Tarpey


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