May 11, 2024January 6, 2025 by vicpimaker

Sat May 11 2024 – Raspberry Pi Foundation Visit Report

In this session, we’ll get to hear and see Lynn’s trip to Raspberry Pi Central, where it all happens.

We are back at Quality Foods, View Royal, 27 Helmcken Rd #110

9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation

This is a Hybrid meeting (in-person and on Jitsi).

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Next Meeting is May 28, 2026, 6:30pm - every last Thursday

Next NetSIG Topic: which will be a Beer SIG, and then 25 June 2026 we'll be doing an introduction to VPNs

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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