[Noisebridge-discuss] Intro, and event proposal

[Zedd Epstein]

I would love to see this happen, and am more than happy to be there and help
with setting up and tearing down.

Zedd
209-565-2285


On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Josh Berkus <josh at agliodbs.com> wrote:

> NB Folks,
>
> Hi, I'm Josh Berkus, I showed up for the meeting last night (which
> wasn't nearly as dramatic as it was promised to be).
>
> I'm also one of the organizers of the San Francisco PostgreSQL Users'
> Group.  There is a new version of our open source database coming out
> soon, and we'd like to hold a day-long "testfest" to beta-test the new
> software in late March-early April.
>
> Ideally, we'd like to have the event on a Saturday.  March 20 has been
> proposed, but April 3 or 10 would work too.
>
> We'd have 15-20 people and an assortment of computers and networking
> equipment.  We'd also make food in the new kitchen (yaaaay!) and share
> it with anyone else who happened to be there.  Other NB folks who want
> to learn about software testing and databases are, of course, very
> welcome.  If possible, we'd want to use the projector as well, but we
> can bring our own if it's an issue.
>
> This event would be tied via internet video with other test-fests
> elsewhere in the world, if we can make the technology work.
>
> I've spoken with one of the organizers of the weekly Phasor event, and
> they're OK with our event.
>
> So yes/no?  Preference on dates?  A member with keys I can liase with?
>
> --Josh Berkus
>
> P.S. for people who don't know me, I'm a database hacker (PostgreSQL
> project), open source geek, amateur chef, and ceramic artist (BFA,
> Claremont Colleges).  I found NoiseBridge through Liz Henry, although it
> turns out I already know several members from other places.  Link-mania:
> http://www.fuzzychef.org
> http://www.postgresql.org/community/contributors/
> http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/database-soup
>
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