[Dclug] DCLUG meeting reminder: this Wed May 20: Greg Dekoenigsberg at RedHat, on Open Source and Government

[Przemek Klosowski]

Be sure to come to this meeting---Greg is a long-time Linux developer that 
was the main guy behind RedHat forming the Fedora foundation and arranging
it to be the R&D testbed for future distributions. Greg has a lot of 
interesting things to say, whether it's Linux or ice hockey.


	    p


The May 2009 meeting of Washington DC Linux user group will take place on
Wednesday, May 20 at 7pm.

Greg Dekoenigsberg from RedHat will talk about role of Free and Open Source
Software in Open Government.

The open government movement is quickly gaining strength. It's in everyone's
best interest to ensure the transparency and freedom of the technical
infrastructure that runs our federal, state and local governments.

Open source developers are uniquely qualified to lead this effort. How can
open source developers participate in this movement today? What are the
challenges that we must overcome to bring more open source developers to the
open government movement?

The meeting location is our usual 2025 M street, NW in downtown DC.
There will be signs in front of the building. The location is within 3
nearby Metro stops, both on the red (Dupont, Farragut North) and
blue/orange (Farragut West, Foggy Bottom [a bit of a hike]) lines.

Parking in the area is available for approximately $5; there's even
parking in the building itself. Street parking is free after 6:30pm,
but scarce. There's a parking lot at 23rd St. between M and L that is
not enforced after 7pm (people have successfully parked there for
years---no one we know was ticketed or towed yet, but it could happen).

The meeting dates for 2009 are: Jun 17, Jul 15, Aug 19, Sep 16, Oct 21, Nov
18 and Dec 16. 

For other details, see our home page

	http://dclug.tux.org