[svfig-announce] SVFIG Meeting February 24th

[Kevin Appert]

February 24  ---  this Saturday

At Cogswell College, 1175 Bordeaux Drive,  Sunnyvale, CA
Main page --> <<<http://www.cogswell.edu>>>
Directions --> <<<http://www.cogswell.edu/directions2campus.html>>>

We are likely going to be in our usual room - 197 A and 197 B
Marked in red on this floorplan:
<<<http://www.forth.org/svfig/room-map.jpg>>>
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AGENDA

10:00  --- COFFEE

Please note that CH Ting has been called away and will not be able to attend.

10:15  --- YOU'VE GOT TO LIVELY UP YOURSELF --- All
      We need to discuss ways to rev up the monthly meetings and start thinking
about Forth Day!  Perhaps we'll discuss the pros and cons of alternate venues.
How can we institute outreach to hobbyists,  students,  and robot builders?

11:00  --- FORTH ON THE INTERNET  --- All
      We'll flip through a few back issues of Forth Dimensions, look 
around the
Webring,  Google "Forth" and generally poke around,  provided the Internet is
available.

NOON --- LUNCH
Some folks bring their lunch, some folks go to Togos.

13:30 --- INTRODUCTIONS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, RUMORS, RANDOM ACCESS

14:00 ---  Interesting Items - Volume 7 --- Dave Jaffe
Dave will continue his survey of interesting newly-introduced
microcontrollers, I/O peripherals, sensors, products, and
gadgets that can provide useful and unique capabilities to
Forth embedded systems. If anyone has come across
anything that fits this category, pass them along to him
for inclusion in his presentation.

14:32 --- BREAK

15:00 ---  Part 1 of DVD  "The Fairchild Chronicles"
<<<http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/2005/pr-fairchild-030905.html>>>
We may just chat instead of watching this,  but it might make for a worthwhile
use of our time in lieu of actual content.

16:00 --- ADJORN

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The schedule above may be reformatted or line-justified but
please transmit verbatim or not at all.   Do not exceed
recommended dosage guidelines.  Any font you like is
okay with me.  I prefer Ariel.

Tell your friends!  Newsgroup posts or media distribution
okay, preferably with a link to <<<http://www.forth.org/svfig/>>>

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Wireless Internet access is anticipated (though not guaranteed)
at Cogswell, so bring your wifi.

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Coming to SVFIG next month:
DVD Viewing?
Bring speaker suggestions!
Techshop?

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Check the SVFIG web site at http://www.forth.org/svfig/
for last minute changes to this schedule.
The most up-to-date meeting information is at
http://www.forth.org/svfig/next.html

Many thanks to our wonderful Webmeister, Dave Jaffe.

Preliminary agenda along with schedule updates and
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