December 17, 2025January 8, 2026 by vicpimaker

Happy Holidays

The tree in its final decorated state — Arduino Tree by Mark G

Wishing you the best of the season!

We will hold a Q&A session and discuss topics for the spring.

Next Meeting is January 22, 6:30pm

Bring your laptop with Wireshark, and an OpenWrt router (if you have one).

Afterword, we will go out for a beer/coffee. We'll be meeting in-person this month, at Quality Foods, View Royal, 27 Helmcken Rd #110. We will also setup a laptop in the upstairs small board room for those attending remotely.
We'll use Jitsi for the remote part of this meeting:

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