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User Groups Outreach?
by Arlo Barnes 28 May '15

28 May '15

Have any of us attended the Santa Fe Mac Users' Group <http://www.santafemug.org/>? They just celebrated their 20*th* anniversary, and we just passed our 10*th* a while ago. Maybe a representative could attend one of their meetings (I was thinking of doing so myself, although I have never really used a Macintosh) to evangelize free software and a common Unix heritage (or simply running GNU/Linux on Apple's hardware, as I know some of us do). -Arlo James Barnes

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Fwd: The Senate has rejected Patriot Act spying...But it’s not dead yet
by Jason Schaefer 27 May '15

27 May '15

Sorry if you got this already. For those who haven't. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: The Senate has rejected Patriot Act spying...But it’s not dead yet Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 06:06:29 -0700 From: Nadia Kayyali | EFF Activism Team <action(a)eff.org> Reply-To: Nadia Kayyali | EFF Activism Team <action(a)eff.org> To: jason schaefer <schaefer.jason(a)gmail.com> Dear Jason, Good news! We're not the only ones who think one more day of NSA spying is one day too many. The Senate agrees. Last week, in a dramatic late night session, the Senate rejected reauthorization of Section 215 of the Patriot Act. The Senate's refusal to reauthorize Patriot Act spying has proven just how wrong the NSA's defenders are. They've acted as though reauthorization of bulk phone records collection of millions of ordinary people was inevitable. But S.1357, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's two-month reauthorization of Section 215 of the Patriot Act, failed by 45-54. In a desperate last-ditch effort to save mass surveillance, McConnell asked for the program to be extended to the 8th of June, then the 5th, then the 3rd, and then the 2nd. He was denied every time. That means, thanks to the powerful voices of people like you, 54 Senators voted against rubber stamping reauthorization of Section 215 of the Patriot Act. That's a major victory for civil liberties. But surveillance defenders will do anything they can to protect the NSA's powers. Senator McConnell is forcing the Senate to reconvene on Sunday, May 31, mere hours before Section 215 expires. Even though leadership in the House of Representatives has said that the House would reject short-term reauthorization, he's attempting to bully the Senate into a last minute extension of the program. Fortunately, we've got four days to make sure that those 54 Senators don't change their minds. We've got four days to remind the House that no reauthorization is acceptable, no matter how short. We've got four days to ensure that when Section 215 of the Patriot Act dies at midnight on June 1st, it's dead for good. Please join us in demanding an end to NSA mass surveillance. Call Congress now: https://act.eff.org/action/not-one-more-day-of-nsa-mass-spying-on-our-phone…. You can also do more. This week, many Senators and Representatives are at home. Face-to-face visits are a chance for you to challenge your elected representatives on NSA spying. We've created a printable one-pager you can leave at their offices. We also have a guide to setting up a meeting with your elected representatives. If you can't get a meeting, you can just drop in at their office. One-pager: https://www.eff.org/document/top-four-reasons-reject-section-215-patriot-act Meeting Guide: https://www.eff.org/congress. We've got just four days. Join us to tell Congress--It's time to let Section 215 of the Patriot Act die the death it deserves. Vote no on any reauthorization of Section 215. Sincerely, Nadia Kayyali EFF Activism Team Electronic Frontier Foundation, 815 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 USA EFF appreciates your support and respects your privacy: https://www.eff.org/policy

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cranky computer
by a 17 May '15

17 May '15

Esteemed persons the glug; My dell inspiron 1318 my need a few driver upgrades? using the dell site,how would I proceed the driver download since linux is not one of the options? share your thoughts ? thanks a

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libreplanet video's are out
by Jason Schaefer 14 May '15

14 May '15

https://media.libreplanet.org/

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shall we continue with Warehouse 21?
by Mark Galassi 13 May '15

13 May '15

I am quite happy with W21 because it is close to my house :-) and because I go there for other reasons. I have come to nmglug much more regularly (from almost zero to almost regular) since we have been at W21. But this is just me. Do y'all think we should continue at W21 or move back now that sfbcc is open later?

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Paid opportunity for CS related classes at Carlos Gilbert Elem.
by Jimmy Heil 23 Apr '15

23 Apr '15

Hey yall, Received this from a client that is looking for a person to teach some CS related skills to 3rd graders. Anyone interested? Please contact Dr. Cindy Forno (cmforno(a)hotmail.com) *be sure to tell her I sent you, and let me know if something ends up working out.* <blockquote> Carlos Gilbert Elementary School is looking for someone who would be interested in teaching our 3rd graders computer science. Our school is equipped with a computer lab that each grade has access to for about 1 hour a week, but we currently do not have a dedicated computer teacher. Instead, each teacher is encouraged to come up with a technology curriculum for his/her class. Unfortunately, what this normally amounts to is testing preparation (as students are beginning to get tested on computers) and math games. The Carlos Gilbert PTK (parent organization) is currently funding special programs for each grade. For example, our 6th graders work with Cooking with Kids, 5th graders with Wise Fool, 4th graders with the National Dance Institute. Since computer science is lacking at our school, we are hoping to fund a technology program for our 3rd graders. We are hoping to find someone who can work with our 3rd grade classes for about 1 hour a week each. Next year we will have TWO 3rd grade classes, and they each have their own 1-hr computer lab time on separate days. I'm not sure what the schedule will be like for next year yet, so we are hoping to find someone who has a somewhat flexible schedule. The teachers are hoping to use these lessons to prepare their students for computerized testing. We, as parents, are hoping for more, like learning basic skills in word processing and coding... maybe even robotics. Most of all, it should be fun. If you know of anyone who may be interested in working with our 3rd graders, please send them our way. We are able to offer a stipend, but since we are a public school and have to raise our own funds for these extra programs, it is somewhat limited (about $2000 for the year). </blockquote> -- <http://jimmyheil.com> Jimmy Heil / IT Consultant, NewMedia Technician jimmy(a)jimmyheil.com <mailto:jimmy@jimmyheil.com>/ 505-399-0317 http://jimmyheil.com

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nmglug tonight, this weekend (coding camp) and nmglug next week
by Mark Galassi 23 Apr '15

23 Apr '15

Dear nmglugers, I look forward to seeing y'all at Warehouse 21 this evening, and next week as we switch phase. This weekend I'm teaching the next coding camp: https://sites.google.com/site/santafecoding/ and I wonder if anyone might volunteer to help with the installfest at 9:30am or 10am on Saturday April 26.

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Re: [nmglug] could we switch the phase of our alternating Thursdays?
by Jason Schaefer 08 Apr '15

08 Apr '15

On 04/03/2015 07:26 AM, Ted Pomeroy wrote: > NMGLugers, Mark's new proposal is okay by me, what do we think?: > "So we meet April 9, April 23, and then star(t) the new phase with April 30." > Is this schedule okay for April? A spring extravaganza! OK by me. Sam has been officiating the calendar so I will wait to do anything for now. I suppose we move forward with this schedule then? see you all this thursday! Jason

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