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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Howdy Folks:<BR>
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Balug on Tuesday will host a new speaker, Thomas Belote. <BR>
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Tom will be talking about wireless mesh networking. As a grad student at San Jose State, Thomas has worked on Wireless Mesh Networking and Mobile Ad Hoc Networking. His talk will compare solutions like OLSR and Microsoft's semi open source Mesh Connectivity Layer (that doesn't run on Linux). He will discuss why WDS is not sufficient and a mesh protocol is needed, and discuss the lack of openness thus far in 802.11s even though it is included in the OLPC, as well as security issues and implications.<BR>
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If you'd like to come, please RSVP:<BR>
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RSVP@balug.org<BR>
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Meeting Details...<BR>
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6:30pm<BR>
April 20th, 2008 (Tuesday)<BR>
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Four Seas Restaurant<BR>
731 Grant Ave.<BR>
San Francisco, CA 94108<BR>
Easy $5 Parking: <A HREF="http://www.portsmouthsquaregarage.com/">http://www.portsmouthsquaregarage.com/</A><BR>
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Cost = $13 for dinner, but the meeting itself is free<BR>
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Upcoming 2008 speakers include:<BR>
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June - Andrew Morton (Linux Kernel)<BR>
July - Mike Linksyaver (Creative Commons)<BR>
Aug - TBD<BR>
Sept - Ian Murdock (Debian & Sun)<BR>
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About BALUG:<BR>
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BALUG is lively gathering of Linux users & free software enthusiasts that combines great food, community & intimate access to featured speakers. We meet in the bar of the Four Seas Restaurant from 6:30pm. At 7pm, we share a family-style Chinese dinner, which is followed by our guest speaker.<BR>
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