I wanted to follow up on my entry about our first SDU OSUG meeting. This weekend, I put up 18 huge (24"x36" or 61x91cm!) posters on campus, so they should be very visible!

So, here's the agenda for the meeting:

• 18:00 Welcome!

I present myself and this agenda. Also, I will order some pizzas as soon as I find out how many people show up.

• 18:15 Our OSUG, our opportunities and Temple of the Sun

I will tell you a bit about some of the features in OpenSolaris, the Sun Academic Initiative, Temple of the Sun and my visions for our OSUG.

• 19:00 OpenSolaris installation (for those of you who brought your laptop) + pizza!

As I've mentioned on the campus posters: If you have a laptop, bring it along! I'll bring the OpenSolaris DVDs, so you can try it out (dual boot, virtualization or live cd). As we're installing OpenSolaris, we can get to know each other and talk about what we want to do with this OSUG.

• 20:30? Finished

I don't know when we'll be done with all the installations and have set up some goals for our OSUG. You may leave early if you have to :)

The goal for this first meeting is for me to get an idea about where we want to go with this OSUG. Should we work together on some kind of project, e.g. making the post-installation setup easier on OpenSolaris? Should we see if we can get external speakers and host an event? Should each of the members do a presentation on future SDU OSUG meetings? All of the above? :)

I will once again stress that this will be informal. The way I envision our OSUG is as a community, where everybody knows each other. I've put together a few lines which I see as fundamental for our SDU OSUG:

• To explore the future technologies that are already available in OpenSolaris
• To be better prepared when graduating
• To build relationships among technically interested students
• To collaborate on projects and put SDU on the map!

I will once again ask you to spread the word about our OSUG. The more people we have in our OSUG, the more we can help each other, the more projects we can work on, the more we can put SDU on the world map!

As always, if you have any questions or want to be put on the SDU OSUG mailing list, please don't hesitate to contact me at Lars.Henriksen@Sun.com. See you Thursday! (don't forget to send me an e-mail if you know you're coming)


/L