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tech/linux-australia/lca2009 | 24 Jul 2008 | #

LinuxSA August 2008 - Interesting stuff to do with MySQL and Drizzle

  Hi all,

  Time for the August meeting announcement.  Note that everything has
  changed: date, time, and location...

  Arjen Lentz is in town for the SAGE-AU conference, so we're going to
  run the meeting one week earlier than usual so we can fit him in.

  Ian Pilkington has organised for space at Prince Alfred College
  (Dequetteville Terrace, Kent Town) for us to meet at (thanks Ian!).
  Car parking should be easier than EXCOM, and it's not far from the
  city.  There are buses that go from the Adelaide train station to
  right outside PAC for people who were training it into town.

  And, we're going to try a 6:30pm start this time.  The start times
  people wanted ranged from 5:30pm to 7:30pm, so there's no way we're
  going to make everybody happy, but 6:30pm seems like a reasonable
  compromise of balancing too-early vs. too-late.

  The usual details:

   When:   6:30pm-8:30pm on Tuesday, 12th August, 2008
   Where:  Room G05/G06 Gerard Innovation Centre
           Prince Alfred College
           Capper Street, Kent Town SA
   Cost:   FREE
   Who:    Anyone and everyone.
           No pre-registration necessary.

  Presentation:

   Arjen Lentz was employee #25 at MySQL AB (2001-2007), and then
   founded Open Query in September 2007 which focuses on modular MySQL
   training (developed in-house) and consulting in the Australia and
   New Zealand region.  Arjen also co-authored the 2nd edition of the
   new O'Reilly High Performance MySQL book.  Originally he was a C
   programmer, with coding experience going back to the early 80s.  In
   his spare time, Arjen likes to cook, walk, read, grow herbs/veggies,
   and explore RepRap.

   Arjen will be talking about interesting stuff to do with MySQL and
   Drizzle.

  Getting to the Venue:

   Prince Alfred College faces Dequetteville Terrace, but you need to
   enter from Capper Street.  Parking is available on-street or maybe
   off-street (adjacent to the Sports Centre).  Look for the two storey
   stone fronted building with sign "Gerard Innovation Centre".  Enter
   through the double doors, first room on the right hand side of
   corridor (ground floor).  The external door automatically locks at
   night. Should it not be propped open please be ready to knock
   loudly.

   There are buses that go along Dequetteville Terrace, with a stop
   adjacent to Capper Street.  The 143, 145, and 146 buses leave from
   North Terrace, and the 141 and 142 buses leave from Currie Street
   and Grenfell street.

   If you are in the city, you could also catch the 99C bus to East
   Terrace, then take a 10-15 minute walk to the College.

  Pizza:

   After the meeting, please join us for pizza at San Georgios (cnr.
   Frome Street and Rundle Street in the city).

  For more information:

   Email:        organisers@linuxsa.org.au
   Web Page:     http://www.linuxsa.org.au/
   Mailing List: linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
   IRC:          #linuxsa on irc.freenode.net

tech/LinuxSA | 24 Jul 2008 | #