[svfig-announce] Meeting - Forth Saturday 23-February-2013

Thu Feb 28 17:30:46 UTC 2013

OOOPS!
Due to cockpit trouble, I didn't send this out BEFORE the meeting.
As you probably noticed, the meeting was LAST Saturday.
I meant to send this just to Dave for the website but I fired it off 
before I changed the TO address.

Sorry for the screw-ups.

By the way, it looks like we'll be stopping the use of Meetup.com within 
the next six months, so the website and the email lists will be our only 
online communication.

On 2/28/2013 9:25 AM, Kevin Appert wrote:
> --- SVFIG December Meeting ---
> ------The Forth Saturday------
> -------23-February-2013 -------
> _______________________________________________
>
> Coming this month: We're we're strolling to the antique Tower Clock 
> after lunch.
> _______________________________________________
>
> The agenda is online here:
> http://home.comcast.net/~forther/SVFIG/
> _______________________________________________
>
> SVFIG meets on the fourth Saturday of each month with the following 
> exceptions:
>      November's and December's meetings are on third Saturday of the 
> month.
>      We will man the SVFIG table at  Maker Faire in lieu of the May 
> meeting.
>     June's meeting will be on the 3rd Saturday because of room 
> availability.
> _______________________________________________
>
> If you are coming, please go to Meetup.com and sign up for this 
> meeting!  http://www.meetup.com/SV-FIG/
>
> If you're not coming, registering your regrets is unnecessary.
>
> When the meeting is done, please go to Meetup and give us a good review!
>
> If you are coming, an acknowledgement makes us more attractive to 
> potential new participants.
>
> _______________________________________________
>
>
> *** MEETING PLACE SAME AS LAST MONTH ***
>
> The meeting will be held in Building 550 (aka Peterson Building)
> Directions and map links are below and at the web site:
> http://www.forth.org/svfig/next.html
> PRINT OUT A MAP TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY!!!
>
> *** DO NOT ASK STANFORD STUDENTS TO LET YOU IN
> AND DO NOT ENTER THE BUILDING BEHIND STUDENTS ***
>
> Enter the building from the Panama Mall side.   The door is
> labeled: "Building 550 - Mechanical Engineering Design Group".
> The sign with the SVFIG logo will be near the door.
> It's the same logo as the one on the home page here:
> http://www.forth.org/svfig/
> If the door is locked then look for the SVFIG Radio-telemetry Doorbell 
> Button.  If there isn't someone from SVFIG at the door to let you in, 
> press the button or call the cell phone number on the sign.
>
> The Official SVFIG Announcement Editor's Parking Lot Recommendation is
> the lot near the intersection of Santa Teresa St. and Lomita Dr.
>
> http://goo.gl/maps/1liH
>
> https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Teresa+St+and+Lomita+Dr.+,+Stanford,+CA&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=38.775203,79.013672&hnear=Lomita+Dr+%26+Santa+Teresa+St,+Stanford,+Santa+Clara,+California+94305&t=m&z=16 
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> SPEAKERS' SCHEDULE
> The agenda is online here:
> http://home.comcast.net/~forther/SVFIG/
>
> The schedule is now finalized but if there are any substantial last 
> minute changes made after this notice is emailed then they will be 
> made to the online schedule and marked in red.
>
> Feedback - is the online schedule okay?  Do you need/want a printable 
> PDF?  Any other comments or concerns?  Would you prefer getting the 
> announcement earlier?
> Email to forther<at>comcast<dot>net
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> This announcement and the online Speakers' Schedule  may be 
> reformatted or line-justified but please transmit verbatim or not at 
> all.   Any font you like is fine with me.  A link to Meetup, the 
> schedule page, or the SVFIG website is preferred.
>
> No Newsgroup posts or other media distribution please!
>
> Kevin Appert is the Program Chair and he produces this announcement 
> and the online Speaker's Schedule.  Note that this is distinct from 
> the SVFIG and FIG website content.
>
> _______________________________________________
> ***WIFI AVAILABLE***
> A guest account password will be provided at the meeting.
> There is NO Public Wireless Internet access at Stanford.
> _______________________________________________
> If you see "Free Public WIFI" in your networks at Stanford or for that 
> matter in any public place BEWARE!  Zombie networks since 2006 or so!
> <<<http://voices.washingtonpost.com/blog-post/2010/10/free_public_wifi_does_not_exis.html>>> 
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> *** Computer FreeCycle, ForSale, Rummage, Disposal ***
>
>      We'll bring our unused computer and other electronics to give 
> away or sell at the meeting.  You must be prepared to remove your 
> unwanted items as we can NOT leave anything behind at the end of the day.
>      There is a SMALL electronics (cell phones, calculators, PDAs, and 
> items of similar size) recycling bucket in the building as well as a 
> battery recycling bucket for conventional household battery chemistry 
> ONLY.  No Hydrogen Peroxide fuel cells or Dilithium crystals.
> _______________________________________________
>
> * Bring speaker suggestions TO EVERY MEETING!
> _______________________________________________
>
> Check the online agenda for last minute changes
> to the schedule.
>
> The most up-to-date SVFIG information is online:
> Speakers' Schedule  ---  http://home.comcast.net/~forther/SVFIG/
>
> Navigational and other organizational information --- 
> http://www.forth.org/svfig
>
> Many thanks to our wonderful Webmaster, Dave Jaffe.
>
> Preliminary agenda along with schedule updates and
> discussion may frequently be found on the SVFIG email list.
> To subscribe send email to geoperry_at_gmail_dot_com
>
> Please let us know if this isn't your preferred email address for the
> SVFIG-Announce mailing list.  Thanks for your patience.
>
> Please suggest a speaker or present at a SVFIG meeting.
>
> Please do not attempt to reply to svfig-announce at ...
> send instead to forther_at_comcast_dot_net
> _______________________________________________
>
> NAVIGATIONAL ADVICE
>
> Enter the building from the Panama Mall side. Look for the sign with 
> the SVFIG logo.  If the door is locked there will be a SVFIG doorbell 
> button to the left of the door.  DO NOT POUND ON THE DOOR!
>
> ***DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TRY TO PIGGYBACK INTO THE BUILDING 
> BEHIND STUDENTS OR ASK STUDENTS TO LET YOU IN***
> -
> Google Maps does NOT work very well on the Stanford campus, use this
> map:  http://ucomm.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/map/
> -
> Or the Searchable Stanford Campus Map:
> http://ucomm.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/map/
> -
> There is open parking on weekends. Park in any A or C or metered space,
> no coins needed even if there's a meter there.  The Official SVFIG
> Announcement Editor's Parking Lot recommendation is the lot near the
> intersection of Santa Teresa St and Lomita Dr.
> READ THE SIGNS!!! Some Parking places are restricted 24/7.
> _______________________________________________
>
> Please do not attempt to reply to svfig-announce at ...
> send instead to forther_at_comcast_dot_net