[PLUG] [plug-announce] Wed Nov 6 - PLUG Central

Walt Mankowski via plug-announce via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> · Sun, 3 Nov 2019 19:46:21 -0500

------------------ PLEASE NOTE ------------------
If the doors to Griffith Hall are locked, USP
security will let you into the building if you
call them. Please see below in this message for
full instructions.
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PLUG Central will be meeting on Wednesday, November 6 at USP in
Philadelphia, beginning at 7pm. Directions to the meeting location at
the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia can be found at the end
of this email.

This month, PLUG welcomes Drew DeVault. Drew will be giving a talk
entitled "The FOSS contributor's mindset".

  Many people use free software, and a fraction of them have dipped
  their toes into contributing to it - publishing their own projects,
  or contributing to one or two. Too few, however, have completely
  grokked the opportunities the expansive free software ecosystem
  offers to us.

  This talk will discuss how to contribute to a wider variety of
  projects, introduce useful tools for quickly coming to grips with a
  foreign codebase, and explain the mindset that these tools help to
  cultivate.

The meeting will be held at our usual location:

  University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP)
  Griffith Hall (Room "C" or "A", look for the signs)
  600 South 43rd Street
  Philadelphia, PA 19104-4495

USP is located in University City. Driving directions are
available at http://www.phillylinux.org/locations/usp.html, or
http://www.usip.edu/directions, both of which have an aerial view
of the campus buildings. USP is also easily accessible by public
transportation.

For those attending PLUG Central, if you arrive and the doors are
locked you can call UCS's public safety number at 215.895.1117
and they will radio personnel in the guard booth or someone else
to unlock the door.  If you are asked who is sponsoring the
meeting you can say "Zhiwei Liu" in the Chemistry department.

There will be an open Question & Answer session at 7PM, prior to
the main presentation at 8PM. This is an open meeting; all are
welcome and encouraged to attend.

Usually, a number of members get together after the meeting at a
nearby restaurant for food and perhaps a beer or two. Come join
the camaraderie!