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Upcoming Meeting Plans
| month | location | topic | speaker | status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2019 | MassBay W314 | Secure Messaging - how to send docs and files to others safely [Adam] | (discussion) | steve, evie, glenn unavailable |
| June 4, 2019 | Burlington | [Evie] [Evie] 2 Bits and a Byte Robotic Team Presents | Kevin Rho [kevinrho51@gmail.com], Kriti Moogala [20moogala@lexingtonma.org] | |
| July 16, 2019 | MassBay | Linux for the Unconvinced | Dick Miller | |
| July 30 8:30pm | online | board meeting | ||
| Aug 6, 2019 | Burlington | Net Neutrality discussion led by Adam | ||
| Aug 20, 2019 | online board meeting 7:30pm |
| Date | Where | Topic | Presenter | Video recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2019 | MassBay [ok] | Nutanix Community Edition demo | Jeff Katz | True Images |
| Sep 24, 2019 | 7:30pm Board meeting | |||
| Oct 1, 2019 | Burlington [ok] | Remote Access discussion | Adam | none |
| Oct 22, 2019 | 8:30pm Board meeting | note change in time | ||
| Nov 5, 2019 | MassBay [ok] | Nutanix part 2 | Jeff Katz | True Images |
| Nov 26, 2019 | 8:30pm Board meeting | |||
| Dec 10, 2019 ok | Burlington [ok] | Showcasing technical success stories in helping customers or yourself; details of the problem and steps you took to solve it. False starts and wrong turns, how you stumbled and regained your balance. | Adam will lead | True Images |
| Dec 17, 2019 | 7:30pm Board meeting | |||
| Jan 7, 2020 | MassBay | Exploring the power of YouTube: blogging, advertising, and downloading music, etc. The history of YouTube. | SteveP & Adam | True Images |
| Jan ?, 2020 | 7:30pm Board meeting | |||
| Feb 4, 2020 | Burlington [ok] | Windows 7 is dead; long live Windows 10?? Will there be another release of Windows?(tentative) (Adam to followup w/Stolts) | Adam will lead | True Images |
| Feb ?, 2020 | 7:30pm Board meeting | |||
| March 3, 2020 | MassBay | Office Tools Discussion and/or followup on Windows 10 | OPEN | |
| March ?, 2020 | 7:30pm Board meeting | |||
| April 7, 2020 | Burlington [ok] | |||
| April ?, 2020 | 7:30pm Board meeting | |||
| May 5, 2020 | MassBay | |||
| May ?, 2020 | 7:30pm Board meeting |
May words
people need to be able to send stuff safely to each other, so there are different ways people cope with this, let's discuss ways to deal with this safely and securely.
People aren't complying with since it's difficult to do.
Using key encryption, encryption using acrobat and winzip
Raise consciousness about “wishful encryption”
June words
[Evie]Contact Rho about meeting contents - following is tentative
TENTATIVE: How teaching robots to function, then demo this (“I'm a Microsoft proponent” for example). Technical details on design and program robots.
We'd like to see the code and learn how it does this and that to the robot.
Past Meeting plans
| month | location | topic | speaker | status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2019 | MassBay | Wordpress by an expert | Kim Redington | |
| Mar 5, 2019 | MassBay | “The Challenging Job of Computer Consulting” those difficult moments we've encountered as computer helpers, and how we've dealt with them. | Panel led by Adam | |
| Feb 5, 2019 | Microsoft Burlington | Office software | Dan Stoltz is MS contact | |
| Jan 8, 2019 | MassBay | Creating a website step-by-step GoDaddy website create, and getting infrastructure | Adam Frost & Steve Provost | |
| Dec 4, 2018 | Microsoft Burlington | * Internet of Things, etc * Lex Robotics Girls Club | Bob Primak Lex Robot Club | |
| Nov 13, 2018 | MassBay | Exploring Switch Technology using Cisco and Dell Switches | Glenn | |
| Oct 2, 2018 | MassBay | Office Tools part 2 | ||
| Sept 11, 2018 | MassBay | Office Tools | Adam | |
| August 2018 | no meeting |
Potential topics & speakers & who's on it
| Topic | Company | who's on it | scheduled date | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortinet | Jerry | pending | ||
| Solar Winds | Jerry | pending | ||
| Ciena | Jerry | pending | ||
| Cisco Lab Tour | MassBay/Tony | Adam | January 2019? | |
| ODB | Organizers Database | Adam | ||
| Barcodes | Adam | [adam]someone he met on the plane, will see if he can arrange w/them | ||
| PCM | evie | via VTUG July2018 | ||
| Iron Mountain | evie | via VTUG July2018 | ||
| Aruba | evie | via VTUG July2018 | ||
| Building a website | pro & con of companies |
Pending topics to discuss
- Lab training proposed by Glenn
- Is there enough interest in BNUG membership to run one of these?
- Where could we run this?
- [steve-glenn]Should we see if MassBay can host this? (would need a classroom we can use & secure for two+ whole days); if acceptable I(steve) can check w/Tony.
- (Could use Lexington Community Center but would need to give them % of profits and might have difficulty scheduling the event as they are a busy center!)
- [glenn]Could Microsoft Burlington host this?
- Other places?
Note
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Words to use when trying to get a company to speak at our meetings
| Meeting intent | Not sales. Technology. Show yourself (company) as an expert in a given space by describing it to our attendees; give your software/equipment as an example. |
| Who goes to our meetings? | a combination of end-users, company IT support engineers, students at MassBay, and more |
| Benefits of presenting | Meet face-to-face potential users/promoters of your product/software. Promotion by way of video taken and posted for others to see and for you to use. |
| Where can I find more info? | See BNUG website http://bnug.org/speaker-info.html |
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