<html><head></head><body style="zoom: 0%;"><div dir="auto">Sept. 9th works just fine.<br><br></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote" >On May 12, 2020, at 5:04 PM, "Mark G." <<a href="mailto:vpm@palaceofretention.ca" target="_blank">vpm@palaceofretention.ca</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="blue">Deid,<br><br>Looks OK, but moved to Sep. 9th. Up to you.<br><br><br>-------- Forwarded Message --------<br>Subject: Re: [VicPiMakers SG] Fwd: Re: Pi Basics<br>Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 19:16:07 -0400<br>From: Alan<br><br><br>Mark<br><br>The content looks great. I am sure our members will find the <br>presentation really interesting. Unfortunately, the June date has been <br>taken. <a href="http://Rebel.ca">Rebel.ca</a>, an Ottawa-based domain registrar/web services company <br>has finally committed to June. (You may recall them as DomainsAtCost.). <br>However, September would definitely be a go if this would be acceptable. <br>The specific date would be the 9th. Please let me know if this works and <br>I will get the Meeting Coordinator to put this into the programme.<br><br>Alan<br><br>On May 12, 2020 1:42:05 p.m. EDT, "Mark G." wrote:<br><br> Hi Alan,<br><br> Our group, mostly Deid, has put together an introduction<br> presentation and Deid would be happy to present it to your<br> group.<br><br> Is Jun. 10 still the target date?<br><br> Let us know if the following content is acceptable:<br><br> <a href="http://drsol.com/~deid/pi/piIntro">http://drsol.com/~deid/pi/piIntro</a>/<br><br> Mark<br><br><br> On 2020-05-03 12:25 PM, Alan German wrote:<br><br> A couple of replies below.<br> Deid would like to know a bit more about what you'd like<br> covered. Also, how much time is available?<br><br><br> Mark:<br><br> Thanks for your assistance and especially for the prompt replies<br> from<br> your colleagues.<br><br> Normally, we would have a lot of relevant information for<br> speakers on<br> our web site (<a href="https://opcug.ca/speakers-info">https://opcug.ca/speakers-info</a>/) but, with the <br>current<br> concerns relating to Covid-19, very little of it remains so.<br> Consequently, the following notes may assist:<br><br> The Ottawa PC Users' Group (OPCUG) has been serving our local<br> community<br> for close to 40 years. Our main activities for members are a<br> monthly meeting to which we normally invite an external speaker<br> on some<br> computer-related topic, Q&A sessions that immediately follow the<br> speaker's talk, our monthly newsletter (Ottawa PC News), web<br> site, and a<br> members-only, on-line discussion forum. Guests (non-members) are<br> always<br> welcome to attend our meetings. In addition, we have other<br> outreach programmes such as workshops held in the spring and<br> fall, and<br> presentations to members of the public at library branches<br> across the<br> city. Currently, because of the limitations imposed by the<br> pandemic, we<br> are offering brief, weekly Q&A sessions over video-conferencing.<br><br> The Raspberry Pi computer has been suggested as a topic for our<br> regular<br> monthly meetings on a number of occasions and, while we have the<br> BuyaPi<br> store and a number of Pi enthusiasts in the city, we have been<br> unable to<br> find a local speaker for this topic. Jeff had mentioned to me<br> your work<br> on Jitsi as OPCUG has commenced using video-conferencing due to our<br> current inability to hold face-to-face meetings. I noted that this<br> effort was linked, in part, to Victoria PiMakers and saw from<br> the web<br> site that this group was very active with the Pi and, in<br> particular, had<br> recently given an introductory course on the Pi. Hence my<br> interest and<br> inquiry.<br><br> I suspect that most members of OPCUG will know that the Pi<br> exists, and<br> have a basic idea of what it is, but that is almost certainly as<br> far as<br> it goes. But, it is a fascinating device and I am sure that <br>everyone<br> would love to learn more about it and what they could do with<br> it. Our<br> scheduled talks are usually 90 minutes in duration, including<br> questions,<br> so clearly the presentation would have to be fairly concise. <br>But, it<br> should be considered just as an introduction to the topic so a<br> lot of<br> detail is likely not required. My thoughts were along the lines of:<br><br> (1) a brief history of the Pi<br> (2) an overview of the latest model<br> (3) the "accessories" required (e.g. power supply, SDcard, video<br> cable,<br> etc.)<br> (4) a couple of examples of "shovel-ready" applications (i.e.<br> off-the-shelf software for specific tasks)<br> (5) a brief indication of some of the capabilities of the Pi for<br> someone<br> willing to roll up their sleeves (e.g. programming the I/O system)<br><br> Obviously, not knowing all that much about the Pi myself, the<br> above are<br> simply suggestions. We would, of course, be guided by whoever would<br> be willing to provide a presentation to our group.<br><br> As I indicated, our meetings are currently being held by (Zoom)<br> video-conference so a remote presentation is obviously the route<br> to take<br> for a talk by one of your group if such can be arranged. We are<br> limited<br> to our regular meeting schedule, i.e. on the second Wednesday <br>of the<br> month (e.g. June 10 is currently available), commencing at 7:30<br> pm EST,<br> although I would think that we could switch the main<br> presentation and<br> the Q&A session around if a later starting time would be<br> preferred for<br> the west coast. And, while there is always the possibility of<br> regular<br> meetings re-commencing at the church in the fall, we do have Wi-Fi<br> available at this venue so, if this timing would be more<br> appropriate, no<br> doubt a remote presentation could be accommodated by simply<br> running the<br> AV feed into the video projector.<br><br> Anyway, all that to say that our group is very interested in the<br> capabilities of the Pi, is extremely flexible on the logistics, and<br> would be most grateful for any assistance that any member of your<br> organization could provide.<br><br> My very best regards<br><br> Alan<br><br><br></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>