tlug: October 10th TLUG Technical Meeting Announcement

[Joe Marchak <joem@example.com>]

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                 Open TLUG October 10 Meeting
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                All Open Source Groups Welcome
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All Linux users and supporters of open source code and free software 
are invited to attend the October 10th Tokyo Linux Users Group meeting.  
Membership is open to anyone.  There are no membership dues or entrance
fees.

ABOUT TLUG:
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TLUG is a non-profit, non-political organization established in June 
of 1994 to exchange information on the use of Linux and Free Software 
Foundation tools.  TLUG has an active mailing list, home page, and 
regular physical meetings.  Discussions are primarily held in English,
but non-English speakers are encouraged to come and participate.
We especially want to encourage Japanese people to attend and will make 
efforts to support a bilingual meeting.  

TLUG hosts technical meetings every even month on the 2nd Saturday, and 
nomikai's every odd month on the 3rd Friday.

The TLUG home page is available at http://tlug.linux.or.jp


1998.10.10 MEETING:
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Date:            Saturday, October 10, 1998
Meeting Time:    12:30
Gathering Place: Tokyo JR Station Yaesu Chuo exit in front of the ticket
                 wicket.
Meeting Place:   HSBC Securities 10F
                 HSBC Building,
                 11-1, Nihonbashi 3-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0027
Lunch:           Pizza and beverages, or bring your own "bentou".  The
                 TLUG Snackmaster will be taking Pizza orders from 12:30.
Talk:            IPv6
Demos:           VNC, Corel NetWinder
Auction:         Many, many items


Technical Meeting Topic
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IPv6, new generation IP protocol and its implementation on FreeBSD/Linux -
presented by
        Ichiro Fukuhara, Chief Engineer, IMASY
        Hajimu Umemoto, Engineer, IMASY

The development of the IPv6 protocol and its experiments are joint and
global effort, where Open Software community play a great role.  IMASY has
been working with WIDE - 6 bone project to the actual experimentation of
IPv6 through V6-V4-V6 tunneling.  IMASY plans to the first Japanese ISP
who OFFICIALLY supports IPv6 protocol for dialup subscribers.

The main v6 server at IMASY Network Operation Center (NOC) is running on
FreeBSD.  There have been several "tunnels" already established between
the main server and Linux hosts installed at members' sites. 

The presentation will cover basics of IPv6, the achievement so far in
IMASY, and related topics.  The presentation will be in Japanese with
English (Magic Point) slides and some interpretation by Ken Harada. 

IMASY, Internet Mutual Aid Society is a Yokohama based regional,
non-profit Internet Service Provider and network users community. 
(http://www.imasy.or.jp).  All the technical support and operations are
performed though the enthusiasts' efforts. 

Ichiro Fukuhara is the Chief Engineer of IMASY and responsible for the
system design, hardware and software selection, and day to day operations. 

Hajimu Umemoto is an Engineer of IMASY who is in charge of the same roles. 


Demonstrations:
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VNC: "Virtual Network Computing", a program distributed under the GNU
General Public License by ORL Corportation.  "It is, in essence, a
remote display system which allows you to view a computing 'desktop'
environment not on ly on the machine where it is running, but from
anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine
architectures".   Demonstration by Urs Roesch.
More info:  http://www.orl.co.uk/vnc.  

Corel NetWinder Computer: "The days of raised floors and ice-cold server
rooms are numbered.  The NetWinder W5 is the first in a family of 
Linux-powered thin servers that consume less power and generate less heat
than a traditional computer." .... "The Netwinder W5 is a thin Web server
designed to run the Linux operating system and Apache".
Demonstration by Jim Tittsler.  More info: http://www.corelcomputer.com


Meeting Place:
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We will be meeting at Tokyo station on Saturday October 10th in front of
the Tokyo station Yaesu central ticket gate at 12:30.  There is more than
one Yaesu ticket gate, so be careful.  If you know you are going and don't
know what we look like, send us an email (tlug-admin@example.com)
and We'll make sure we wait for you.  After everyone gathers, we'll walk
down to the meeting place at HSBC.  

If you miss us at Yaesu Central, go directly to HSBC and sign in at the
back door as "TLUG".  Please go directly to the 10th floor.

Auction:
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This meeting's auction promises to be one of the best ever!  At different
times during the meeting, we will be auctioning off equipment donated to
Tlug.  All proceeds go to the group, and will be used for items such as
library items, server upgrades, and meeting equipment. 

This meeting is especially well-endowed with Auction items.  We will
have many sparc stations, intel machines, and monitors available.


Facilities and Equipment Overview:
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At least the following standard hardware will be available for use during
the meeting.  These machines can be used for installs and small 
demonstrations.  [Sparc 2, PPro 266, 5xPentium 100's, 2xHP9000 servers]

We will try to do a few installs during the meeting.  Feel free to 
bring your own machine or software.  People often bring their hard disks 
for an install.  

If you are coming to the meeting, join the mailing list by sending e-mail 
to majordomo@example.com including

  subscribe tlug
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in the body of the message.  You can get a feeling for what the group is 
like by looking at the mail on the mailing list. 


For any instructions or info before the meeting:

    Jonathan Byrne ............... 050-517-9250 (PHS)
    Alberto Tomita ............... 050-644-3680 (PHS)
    Shigeo Honda ................. 040-396-0445 (DoCoMo) 
    Joe Marchak .................. 03-5203-3925 (office)

We look forward to seeing you there!



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Next Meeting: 10 October, 12:30 Tokyo Station Yaesu central gate
Featuring the IMASY Eng. Team on "IPv6 - The Next Generation IP"
Next Nomikai: 20 November, 19:30  Tengu TokyoEkiMae 03-3275-3691
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