WA Chapter Monthly Meeting - 1st March 2005

[Steve Landers]

Dear all,

Please note that the previously announced Plone/Zope/CMS night has been
deferred until the May meeting.  We do apologise for the late notice,  
and
thank Patrick Tehvand for arranging a "backup" presentation
for us so quickly!


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                AUUG Western Australian March Chapter Meeting

                              - 1st March 2005

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DATE:   Tuesday 1st March 2005

TIME:   6:00 PM

VENUE:  Moon and Sixpence British Pub
         300 Murray St
         Perth 6000

AGENDA:

  6:00    Meet for drinks and chat in the rear of the pub.

  6:25    Migration to the Raine Room of the adjoining Comfort Inn.

  6:30    Welcome & Weekly War Stories.

  6:45    Meeting commences

The previously announced Plone/Zope/CMS night has been deferred till the
May meeting.

Instead, Patrick Tehvand will present a talk on Carey Baptist College's
heterogenous IT Environment entitled "A mile wide and an inch deep".

Patrick is the IT Manager at Carey, and has overseen the growth and
migration of the IT environment to one using the best of both Open
Source and proprietary technologies. Being a pragmatist, he will
concentrate on what they have done and why - and share the potential
benefits and also the pitfalls to be aware of.

Some of the topics being addressed include:
- budget constraints ("you want how much!?!?!?!")
- technical constraints (e.g. curriculum, teacher perceptions)
- why we went ActiveDirectory
- Linux for mail/firewall/webserving
- OSX backup - why would you do that?
- integration of OSX in ActiveDirectory
- use of Ghost in education
- Ghostcast server
- Linux and ActiveDirectory - how much fun that isn't
- thin clients and Windows terminal server
- Open Source applications - why do they rock so hard?
- broadband - yes we have no bananas!


  7:30    Migration back to the Pub for beer, soft drinks, sandwiches
          Q&A, and General discussion of current IT issues.


  DIRECTIONS:
   The Moon and Sixpence pub is located on Murray Street, between Queen
   St and William St. It is within easy walking distance of the Busport
   or Perth Train Station. If you are driving, Murray St is one way with
   vehicle entry available from Milligan St. Parking is available from
   one of several City of Perth carparks located along Murray St.  (See
   the maps at http://www.neep.com.au/first_wednesday/ for more info.)

The WA monthly meetings are jointly  sponsored by SAGE-AU and AUUG,  
with this month
being sponsored by AUUG.  Non-members are allowed to attend up to two  
meetings before
being requested to join SAGE-AU and/or AUUG.

We look forward to seeing you at the meeting!

Regards,

prk & Andrew S, for SAGE-AU.        Steve L, for AUUG.

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Steve Landers, Vice President
AUUG Incorporated
Ph: +61 2 8824 9511;  Fax: +61 2 8824 9522;   
mailto:steve.landers at auug.org.au