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UNIGROUP OF NEW YORK MARCH 2003 ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1. UNIGROUP'S MARCH 2003 GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
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When: Thursday, March 20th, 2003
Where: The Chase Manhattan Bank
One Chase Manhattan Plaza (1CMP) <==(Our New Location!)
Conference Center, 28th Floor
Downtown, NYC
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YOU MUST RSVP TO GET PAST SECURITY, SEE BELOW!
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Time: 6:15 PM - 6:30 PM Registration
6:30 PM - 6:40 PM Ask the Wizard,
Questions, Answers and Current Events
6:40 PM - 6:50 PM Unigroup Business
6:50 PM - 9:30 PM Main Presentation
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Topic: Python and Twisted
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Speaker: Itamar Shtull-Trauring,
Chief Technical Architect,
Zoteca, Inc.
Introduction:
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If you take a look at Python.org, you'll learn that a Python is
"an enormous non-poisonous serpent"... which speaks a "totally
awesome language that will someday crush the $'s out of certain
other so-called VHLL's". Python (the software) is a freely
usable and freely distributable, interpreted, interactive,
object-oriented programming language, which is often compared
to TCL, Perl, Scheme and Java.
Unigroup has addressed Java and Perl topics at previous meetings,
and now the time has finally arrived to present Python!
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SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
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* IN ORDER TO PASS THROUGH SECURITY AT CHASE, WE NEED YOU TO RSVP
* PRIOR TO THE MEETING DAY, SO WE CAN GET YOUR NAME ON THE ATTENDEE
* LIST. ADVANCE REGISTRATION AND PHOTO ID ARE REQUIRED!
* RSVP DEADLINE 19-MAR-2003 16:00. <<<< PAY ATTENTION, DEADLINE!
* Keep an eye out on the deadline date and time, as it may change.
Please RSVP if you know you are attending or if you think you may
be attending. This will help us arrange for a letter to security
for all of Unigroup. It will also help us to determine the correct
amount of food and refreshments.
To REGISTER for this event, please RSVP by:
a) If at all possible, please use the Unigroup Registration Page:
http://www.unigroup.org/unigroup-rsvp.html
This will allow us to have some automation in the RSVP process.
b) If you must Email us, send an EMail containing the FIRST and
LAST NAMEs of the persons attending to the Unigroup RSVP
address:
unigroup-rsvp@unigroup.org
The Email subject should start with "RSVP".
You may optionally include your contact phone number (that
day) or other current information.
DO NOT simply reply to this Email, sending us back the entire
announcement (we already have it); leaving the subject as it
was, and NOT containing the phrase "RSVP" as requested. In
that case, your message just looks like failed mail and it
makes it impossible to automate the RSVP process and get
you registered for our event.
ALSO: Do NOT give us an Email address which is over quota
and cannot receive any new Email. This causes us to receive
bounces from your address when we send out the RSVP-ACKs.
You must have a working and valid Email address in order
to get on the Unigroup Meeting Attendee List which will
grant you access to our meetings. Be sure to proof-read
your Email address before submitting the RSVP request.
Please continue to check the Unigroup web site:
http://www.unigroup.org
for any last minute updates concerning this meeting. Please
check your Email for any last minute announcements prior to the
meeting. Note that only the Attendee First and Last Names will
be provided to Chase Security.
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Description of Talk:
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This talk will be a quick overview of the Python programming
language, it's uses, and the motivation for using it. Twisted
will then be presented, as an example of the power and flexibility
of Python, and as a useful framework for a wide range of network
programs.
The Python-in-Business site tells us this about Python:
``Python is a very high level programming language that excels in
clarity and simplicity of expression. Python allows programmers
to build their computing solutions using human modes of thought
and logic. While Python is relatively simple to learn and use,
its extensive standard library, portability, and ability to
integrate tightly with other languages make it a real power tool
for many types of software development.'' Python is used by many
organizations and companies, including Google, Industrial
Light & Magic, Redhat, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories
and others. For information see and
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The Twisted event-driven networking framework is a powerful,
cross-platform tookit for creating networked applications. It
is being used to create server applications, GUI clients and
peer-to-peer systems, both open source and in large
organizations such as NASA. Twisted's support for multiple
protocols (TCP, UDP, SSL/TLS, Multicast, Sockets, HTTP, SSH,
FTP, etc), multiple platforms (Unix, Win32) and integrated
services make it a great choice for the next generation of
networked applications. Twisted is written in Python, and is
licenced under the LGPL. For more information see
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Web Resources:
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Python http://www.python.org
Python Newsgroup news://comp.lang.python
Python-in-Business http://www.python-in-business.org
Twisted http://www.twistedmatrix.com
Giveaways:
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O'Reilly has been kind enough to provide us with some of their
books, which we will raffle off as giveaways at our meetings.
Speaker Biography:
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Itamar Shtull-Trauring has been programming since 1994. He has
worked on projects ranging from multimedia applications, to web
sites, distributed servers and remote object protocols. He has
contributed to Python, Zope and is one of the main developers
of Twisted. Currently he is Chief Technical Architect at
Zoteca. For a full resume see .
Company Biography:
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Zoteca provides open source / open
standards software solutions and consulting services. Their
technology solutions and expertise address a broad range of
IT challenges including Enterprise Application Integration,
complex web site back-ends and distributed network applications.
Zoteca's key technology platform is a software workbench for the
rapid development of efficient, safe, robust and scalable
applications used in distributed, networked environments.
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Fee Schedule:
Yearly Membership (includes all meetings): $ 50.00
* Non-Member Single Meeting: $ 20.00
Student Yearly Membership: $ 20.00
Non-Member Student Single Meeting (with ID): $ 5.00
Payment Methods: Cash, Check, American Express.
* Employees of JPM/Chase (with ID) can attend general
meetings at NO CHARGE.
==> Unigroup is the Greater NYC Regional Area Affiliate
of UniForum - an International Unix Users Group.
Our Joint Membership Program with UniForum is currently
on hold due to circumstances at UniForum. For information
about UniForum visit http://www.uniforum.org.
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Complimentary Food and Refreshments will be served. This includes
sandwiches such as turkey, roast beef, chicken, tuna and grilled
eggplant. Chase also provides us a very nice spread of treats,
which include brownies, cookies, popcorn, bottled water and
assorted beverages.
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Directions:
The 1CMP building is situated: South of Liberty Street, North
of Pine Street, East of Broad/Nassau Street and West of William
Street. The building is one block east of Broadway, right
behind 140 Broadway.
The closest entrance to the conference center is from Nassau
Street, first elevator bank from the Nassau Street entrance.
The building is on a raised platform. Walk up the outside
stairs at Nassau Street and head for the guard's station at the
south-west corner of the building. Tell the guards you are
heading for Unigroup.
They will inspect your ID and carry-ins and direct you to the
meeting facility assuming you are on the Unigroup RSVP list.
Once you get upstairs, enter the conference facility through
its main doors. There is a bank of large monitors to the left
of the entrance which should direct you to the Unigroup meeting
room (the room may vary from month to month). To the right of
the main entrance is the concierge's desk, ask for help there
if you need anything. The conference facility has two levels,
keep in mind that the Unigroup meeting may be up the staircase
on its upper level. Thus far, our meeting room has been
upstairs, on the south side of the building.
As always, also look out for Unigroup signs marking the path
to the meeting room. Also note, if you come early, we may not
have our own signs in place yet (we have to commute there too).
Transit By Train: Take the J/M/Z to Broad Street and walk one
block North to Pine St. Take the 4/5 to Wall Street and walk
North to Pine St., then East to Broad St. Take the 2/3 to Wall
Street, the North West exit is inside the Chase complex, else
you will need to walk a block North and West. See the MTA
Downtown NYC Map (pdf) for detailed mass transit information:
http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/maps/mapdown.pdf
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Please mark this meeting on your calendar and join us!
Please tell your friends about Unigroup!
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2. UPCOMING MEETINGS
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We have a series of meetings in the works:
- Python and Twisted
- True64/HPUX/Linux Futures (watch for a Field Trip meeting)
- Zope (Web Page Development)
- Unix Clusters and Clustered Databases
- High Performance Internet Servers / Web Acceleration
- Unix 30th Birthday Celebration
- IPsec and IPv6
- Linux Clustering Part 3: Beowulf version 2
- Building a Firewall using FreeBSD and Linux
- Unix Office Tools: Word Processors, Spreadsheets, Accounting Packages.
- Emacs
- Tex
- PKI
- GNU Development Environments
- Meetings on a variety of Sun/Solaris/Java topics
Please let us know about any other meeting topics that you may be
interested in. Potential speakers on Unix related technology topics
should contact the Unigroup board at uniboard@unigroup.org.
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3. PRIOR MEETING
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Unigroup would like to thank our speaker Sharon M. Williams, from
HP BCRS, for her presentation "IT Disaster Recovery - Running a
Winning Relay Race". Ms. Williams focused on the business aspects
of the Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
and the processes of Respond/Recover/Restore/Resume. Ownership (by
departments, by people) of the various tasks along the way was critical
to an orderly recovery. The logistics of recovery "relay teams" and
backup/recovery sites was also discussed. Detailed planning and dress
rehearsals are required such that everyone involved in the recovery knows
the task they need to perform. Key management personnel must know their
roles in order to have proper decision making, and funding must also be
available for use during the recovery process (car rental, air-fare,
train-fare, hotel, computers, hubs, food, etc). We also heard some
interesting war stories concerning what can go wrong and just how
probable the unexpected can be.
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4. UNIGROUP INFORMATION
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Unigroup is one of the oldest and largest Unix User's Groups serving
the Greater New York City Regional Area since the early 1980s. Unigroup
is a not-for-profit, vendor-neutral and member funded volunteer
organization. Unigroup holds regular and special event meetings
throughout the year on technical topics relating to Unix and the Unix
User Community. Unigroup is also the Greater NYC Regional Area Affiliate
of UniForum - an International Unix Users Group.
Thanks to Chase, Unigroup holds regular meetings planned for the Third
THURSDAY of Odd Months at The Chase Manhattan Bank, 1CMP, NYC.
Chase has been a long time sponsor of Unigroup, allowing us the use of
a meeting room and presentation equipment.
Planned meeting dates are: 3/20/2003, 5/15/2003, 7/17/2003, 9/18/2003...
Watch for our Special Event meetings at the various trade shows in NYC
as well as "field trips" to the facilities of local hardware and
software vendors.
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can help!
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I hope to see you all at our next meeting!
-Rob Weiner
Unigroup Executive Director
unilist@unigroup.org
http://www.unigroup.org
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