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Announcing the MetaBUG

Contributed by jason on from the think-locally-act-globally dept.

After starting the Capital Area BSD Users Group, founders Mike Erdely and Jason Dixon realized that other BUGs could benefit from the pooled resource and information sharing of user groups world-wide. They discussed their ideas with Darren Spruell and Darrin Chandler of the Phoenix BUG, and the MetaBUG began to take shape.

The goals of MetaBUG are:

  • Foster inter-BUG relations to increase unity in the BSD community
  • Increase awareness of user groups
  • Share resources, materials, and information to promote BSD
  • Distribute live feeds of speaker presentations
  • Assist in starting or growing local BUGs
  • Provide a BSD user group for users with no local BUG access

One of the most appealing features will be video streams of member presentations. Thanks to Brad Smith, we now have RTSP support for the VLC port in OpenBSD-current. This allows us to offer audio/video streams of live presentations to users around the globe, and for OpenBSD users to view it on their favorite desktop!

If your BSD user group is interested in collaborating with other BUGs, or you're a user without access to your own local group, join the talk@metabug.org mailing list. For more details, please visit http://metabug.org/ or send your questions to info@metabug.org.

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  1. By Bret Lambert (tbert) bret.lambert@gmail.com on

    Awesome! Something else work can keep me from being a part of :(

  2. By Anonymous Coward (24.37.242.64) on

    Besides the live streams, will the recordings be available free too?

    Comments

    1. By Darrin Chandler (dwc) on http://www.stilyagin.com/darrin/

      > Besides the live streams, will the recordings be available free too?

      Whenever possible, they will be. Individual presenters may decline, but in general presentations will be both streamed and recorded.

  3. By Matt Van Mater (69.255.1.181) on

    Any chance of these meetings migrating a little south for the summer? I'm down in NoVA and would love to attend but Columbia is a bit of a hike for me, especially on a Tuesday.

    Comments

    1. By jason (151.196.11.192) jason@dixongroup.net on http://www.metabug.org/

      > Any chance of these meetings migrating a little south 
> for the summer?  I'm down in NoVA and would love to attend 
> but Columbia is a bit of a hike for me, especially on a Tuesday.

      The Columbia location is only for CapBUG. The MetaBUG is a collaboration of many BSD user groups, including remote access to live presentations. Fortunately for you, you've already got a local BUG in your area. Check out the NoVA BUG, which was recently started by Richard Bejtlich.

      If you'd like to get involved with the MetaBUG, please join the talk@metabug.org list and share your ideas!

  4. By Bryan (66.92.79.15) on

    Wow. That may be the prettiest BSD site I've ever seen.

    Comments

    1. By Jason Dixon (jason) jason@dixongroup.net on http://www.metabug.org/

      > Wow. That may be the prettiest BSD site I've ever seen.

      On behalf of the MetaBUG design team, thanks. :)

      Comments

      1. By Bret Lambert (tbert) on

        > > Wow. That may be the prettiest BSD site I've ever seen.
        >
        > On behalf of the MetaBUG design team, thanks. :)

        Don't be fooled! He's really talking about himself!

      2. By Mike Erdely (merdely) on http://erdelynet.com/

        > > Wow. That may be the prettiest BSD site I've ever seen.
        >
        > On behalf of the MetaBUG design team, thanks. :)

        We do, of course, want to credit the original designers:
        http://webgazette.co.uk/web-design/wordpress-themes/wp-multiflex-3/

  5. By Lawrence Teo (lteo) lteo.openbsd1 ! calyptix.com on http://www.calyptix.com/

    I think this is an excellent idea and a great start.. will be signing up on the mailing list soon.

    BTW if you're an OpenBSD user in Charlotte, NC, I would like to hear from you!

  6. By Jason Wright (65.219.168.142) jason@openbsd.org on http://www.thought.net/jason

    Figures.. NoVA Bug and CapBUG get momentum after I move to Idaho (worked in Gaithersburg, lived in Chantilly). Idaho Falls seems to be ruled by gentoo *sigh*

    Comments

    1. By Mike Erdely (merdely) on http://erdelynet.com/

      > Figures.. NoVA Bug and CapBUG get momentum after I move to Idaho
      > (worked in Gaithersburg, lived in Chantilly). Idaho Falls seems to be
      > ruled by gentoo *sigh*

      You're welcome to join us through MetaBUG. :)

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