NYC LOCAL: Thursday 15 October 2009 UNIGROUP: Dave Miner of Sun on Solaris Installer Technology

[secretary]

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  what="official UNIGROUP announcement"
  rsvp="registration requested, see below"
  entrance-fee="yes, see http://www.unigroup.org/unigroup-fees.html";
  location="The Cooper Union School of Engineering, see below"
  info="http://www.unigroup.org";
  edits="some paragraphs removed so notice fits in mailboxen">

 Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:51:09 -0400 (EDT)
 From: Unigroup_of_NY <unilist@unigroup.org>
 Subject: Reminder: UNIGROUP Meeting 15-OCT-2009 (Thu): Solaris Installer 
Technology

 Unigroup is THIS Thursday... Please RSVP now if you will be attending!
 Thanks to Sun... we locked a speaker from Solaris Engineering.

 Already, we have two updates:

 (1) Sun has requested that we start the meeting earlier than usual,
     please adjust your schedule.

 (2) The meeting room changed to Room 616!  It may change again.

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 UNIGROUP OF NEW YORK - UNIX USERS GROUP - OCTOBER 2009 ANNOUNCEMENTS
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 1. UNIGROUP'S OCTOBER 2009 MEETING NOTICE
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       When:  THURSDAY, October 15th, 2009    (** 3rd Thursday **)

      Where:  The Cooper Union  <http://www.cooper.edu>
              School of Engineering  (*** New Building ***)
              41 Cooper Square  (3rd Avenue, between 6th & 7th Streets)
              East Village, Manhattan
              New York City
              Meeting Room: 616  (** Warning: Room May Change! **)
              ** Please RSVP **

       Time:  ** SPECIAL EARLIER START TIME **
              6:00 PM - 6:15 PM  Registration
              6:15 PM - 6:30 PM  Unigroup Announcements
              6:30 PM - 8:30 PM  Main Presentation

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      Topic:  Evolution of the Solaris Installer Technology
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    Speaker:  Dave Miner,
              Sr. Solaris Engineer,
              Sun Microsystems / Solaris Engineering  <http://www.sun.com>

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    INTRODUCTION:
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    Unigroup's October 2009 meeting will be our second meeting at
    Cooper Union's new Engineering building, which is located on the
    East side of Cooper Square and 1-2 blocks South-East of the old
    Engineering building (which is now closed).

    We had a great meeting room for our first meeting at Cooper's
    new building, however, due to meeting room conflicts, we are
    currently scheduled to meet in Room 616 (6th Floor)... but keep
    an eye out for changes.  This space is reported to be small, and
    Cooper was attempting to find a larger room for us.

    Our October 2009 meeting will be a special Joint Meeting with the
    NYCOSUG - NYC OpenSolaris Group, and as such, non-member meeting
    fees will be waived (ie. FREE meeting) for this special meeting.

    Upcoming Unigroup meetings:
      19-NOV-2009: To-be-announced.  A top hardware vendor may
                   present the latest in x86 Computer Architecture.

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    SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
    ---------------------

    To REGISTER for this event, please RSVP by using the Unigroup
    Registration Page:
          http://www.unigroup.org/unigroup-rsvp.html

    This will allow us to automate the registration process.
    (Registration will also add you to our mailing list.)
    Please avoid Emailed RSVPs.

    Please continue to check the Unigroup web site and meeting page,
    for any last minute updates concerning this meeting.  If you
    registered for this meeting, please check your Email for any last
    minute announcements as the meeting approaches.  Also make sure
    any anti-spam white-lists are updated to _ALLOW_ Unigroup traffic!
    If you block Unigroup Emails, your address will be dropped from
    our mailing list.

    Also, if you have an interest in Unigroup, be sure to receive
    Unigroup information DIRECTLY from Unigroup, via direct receipt
    of Emails and by visiting the Unigroup Web Site.  NO OTHER SOURCE
    provides timely, accurate and complete Unigroup information.

    Please RSVP as soon as possible, preferably at least 2-3 days
    prior to the meeting date, so we can plan the food order.
    RSVP deadline is usually the night before the meeting day.

    Note: RSVP is requested for this location to make sure the guard
          will let you into the building.  RSVP also helps us to
          properly plan the meeting (food, drinks, handouts,
          seating, etc.) and speed up your sign-in at the meeting.
          If you forget to RSVP prior to the meeting day, you may
          still be able to show up and attend our meeting, however,
          we cannot guarantee what building security will do if
          you are "not on the list".

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    MAIN PRESENTATION
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    Topic: Evolution of the Solaris Installer Technology

    Brief Introduction:

    This will be a discussion (vs. a typical one-way presentation) on
    the topic of Solaris installer technologies and evolution thereof,
    with a focus on "what's new" in recent work.  Of interest to Sun,
    in particular, are the expectations and desired-level
    functionality that customers and community want to see implemented.


    Web Resources:
    --------------

    Sun Solaris 10
      http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/10

    Sun OpenSolaris
      http://www.opensolaris.org

    Sun BigAdmin Portal
      http://www.bigadmin.com

    Sun Microsystems
      http://www.sun.com

    NYCOSUG - NY Open Solaris User Group
      http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/os_user_groups/nycosug

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    Speaker Biography:
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    David Miner is a Sr. Solaris Engineer in Sun's Solaris Engineering
    organization, with dozens of contributions across the Solaris
    ecosystem during his many years at Sun.  He is recognized as a
    thought-provoking speaker and has spoken at many conferences -
    including recent OpenSolaris User Group meetings and CommunityOne.

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    Company Biography:
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    For more information about Sun Microsystems, please visit:
      http://www.sun.com

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    Giveaways:
    ----------

    We hope to have various giveaways from our friends at the local
    NYC Sun Microsystems Office.

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    Fee Schedule:
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    Unigroup is a Professional Technical Organization and User Group,
    and its members pay a yearly membership fee.  For Unigroup members,
    there is usually no additional charges (ie. no meeting fees) during
    their membership year.  Non-members who wish to attend Unigroup
    meetings are usually required to pay a "Single Meeting Fee".

        Yearly Membership (includes all meetings):      $ 50.00
        Student Yearly Membership (with current! ID):   $ 25.00
        Non-Member Single Meeting:                      $ 20.00
        Non-Member Student Single Meeting (with! ID):   $  5.00

      * Payment Methods: Cash, Check, American Express.

      ! Students: We are looking for proof that you are
        currently enrolled in classes (rather than working
        full-time), and as such, your Student ID should show
        a CURRENT date.  We have been presented Student IDs
        containing NO dates whatsoever, and in the
        current environment, perpetual/non-expiring access
        to university facilities just does not feel right.
        If your ID contains no date, please bring
        additional proof of current enrollment.  Thanks,

    NOTE: Simply receiving Unigroup Email Announcements does
          NOT indicate membership in Unigroup.

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    Food:
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    Complimentary Food and Refreshments will be served.  This
    includes "wraps" such as turkey, roast beef, chicken, tuna
    and grilled vegetables as well as assorted salads (potato,
    tossed, pasta, etc), cookies, brownies, bottled water and
    assorted SOFT beverages.

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    Directions:
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      The Cooper Union  <http://www.cooper.edu>
      School of Engineering  (*** New Building ***)
      41 Cooper Square (3rd Avenue, between 6th & 7th Streets)
      East Village, Manhattan
      New York City
      Meeting Room: 616 (**TENTATIVE**)

    Located on the East side of Cooper Square.  Look for the
    new building with the non-traditional appearance.
    Entrance is at the corner of 3rd Avenue and 7 Street.

    Building lobby sign-in is required at the guard's desk.
    Enter the building, check in with the guard at the lobby for
      directions to Unigroup and Room 104 (1st Floor).

    Nearest mass transit stations are:
      '6'           to Astor Place (stops right at The Cooper Union),
                    then walk 1 block East and 1 block South.
      'R'           to 8th Street, then walk about 2 blocks East
                    then 1 block South.
      '4/5/6/R/N/Q' to Union Square, then walk South and East.
      'B/D/F/V'     to Broadway-Lafayette, then walk North and East.

    Free street parking in the area becomes available at 6pm.

    There are also parking lots on Broadway, at (or just south of)
      Astor Place (8th Street).

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    Please mark this meeting on your calendar and join us!
    Please tell your friends about Unigroup!

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 -Rob Weiner
  Unigroup Executive Director
  unilist (-a_t-) unigroup.org
  http://www.unigroup.org
    
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