[PLUG] ANNOUNCEMENT: Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting: Basing an entire space program on Linux

[Russell Senior]

On 3/6/25 15:08, Russell Senior wrote:
>
>
> On 3/6/25 08:30, Ken Stephens wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM Russell Senior <russell at pdxlinux.org> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Who: Andrew Greenberg and Theo Hill
>>> What: Basing an entire space program on Linux: OreSat + UniCloGS
>>> Where: 1930 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201-5304, Room 86
>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/1930+SW+4th+Avenue,+Portland,+Oregon+97201-5304,+Room+86?entry=gmail&source=g> 
>>>
>>> -01
>>> When: Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 7 PM
>>> Why: The pursuit of technology freedom
>>>
>>> Bio:
>>>
>>> Andrew is a senior instructor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at
>>> Portland State University and is the faculty advisor for the Portland
>>> State Aerospace Society, an interdisciplinary open source aerospace
>>> student project. Andrew has a background in embedded systems and 
>>> medical
>>> devices.
>>>
>>> Theo Hill is a senior software engineer at The TOVA Company, a medical
>>> device manufacturer that extensively uses Linux in its devices. Theo is
>>> also an industry advisor to the Portland State Aerospace Society, where
>>> he helps engineering students with writing software for CubeSats and
>>> ground stations, and everything in between.
>>>
>>>
>>> Venue:
>>>
>>> PLUG is back at Portland State University. Thanks to the Computer
>>> Science Department and to Andrew Greenberg for hosting us! The room is
>>> in the basement of the PSU Engineering Building (also connected
>>> underground to the Fourth Avenue Building, or FAB). Enter through the
>>> Engineering Building. The outside door will be locked, but there should
>>> be someone present at the entrance to let you in starting at 6:40pm
>>> until 7pm. There will be a sign on the door with a phone number you can
>>> SMS if there isn't someone there to let you in immediately.
>>>
>>> PS: We are going to need a volunteer to hang out by the outside door
>>> until start time to let people in, let me know if you are willing to do
>>> that. Thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Russell Senior
>>> PLUG Volunteer
>>> russell at pdxlinux.org
>>>
>> Is it possible to broadcast this meeting.  I am stuck in Palm Desert, 
>> CA.
> Regrettably, I cannot. I don't have the portable streaming video rig 
> that Michael Dexter had.

Just to follow up on this, if someone has the equipment and video/audio 
engineering skillage and mental bandwidth to take this on, I think it 
would be a great service to the PLUG and wider community. That someone 
is, unfortunately, not me right now.

-- 
Russell Senior
PLUG Volunteer
russell at pdxlinux.org