From: heft@scws6.harvard.edu (Thomas W. Heft)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.large
Subject: BBLISA January Meeting Announcement
Date: 22 Jan 93 19:23:17 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Harvard University Science Center


Announcing the January meeting of the BBLISA, a New England area
systems administration forum.  Our meetings are free, and anyone
interested is welcome to come.  This month's meeting is on January 27,
at M.I.T. in Cambridge, MA.  See below for details.

BBLISA is an acronym for Back Bay Area Large Installation System
Adminstrators.  However, our membership comes from all over New
England, and you don't have to be a large installation, or even a
system administrator, to come.  All you have to be is interested.  We
are an all volunteer organization, and have no dues or any other fees.

The BBLISA meets on the last Wednesday of each month.  Our meetings
are 2 hours.  The first our we have a speaker on some topic of
interest to system administrators, and the second hour is devoted to
questions.  When there are no more questions, anyone is free to raise
any topic they'd like.

We have a mailing list set up, called bblisa@inset.com.  To join the
list, please send mail to bblisa-request@inset.com.  If you have any
questions regarding the BBLISA, you can direct them to
bblisa-admin@inset.com.

Our topic for this month is the GNU Hurd, and Michael Bushnell from the
Free Software Foundation will be our speaker.

Here is the "formal" announcement of the meeting.  Hope to see you
there:


                         BACK BAY LISA
         The New England Local System Administration Forum
                        JANUARY MEETING

                       Michael I. Bushnell
			 "The GNU Hurd"

Michael's talk will be about the GNU Hurd, the operating system
being written by the Free Software Foundation.  The GNU Hurd attempts
to restrict the functionality of the non-replaceable kernel to as
small a minimum as possible.  Virtually all of the functionality users
interact with is provided by the system libraries instead, allowing
both faster execution and easier replacement by individual users to
suit their individual needs.

For anyone interested in taking a more active role in the running of
the BBLISA, there will be a short meeting, starting at 6:30, before
the regular meeting begins.

        Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1993
        Time: 19:00   (18:30 for the admin. meeting)

        At:   MIT
              Room 140
              Building E51
              70 Memorial Drive
              Cambridge, MA

        Directions:
        Car:    For folks driving, they should follow Memorial
                Drive, and then turn down Wadsworth St. to get
                to the rear of the building.  Entrance
                and parking are in the rear.

        T:      Red Line to Kendall Square stop.
                From the T head over toward Au Bon Pain, take
                right onto Wadsworth St. The E51 building is
                at the corner of Wadsworth and Amherst St.

        Food and Drinks:
                Cambridge Brewing Co. is just a short 10 minute
                walk away.  Folks will gather there after the
		meeting for conversation, libation, and
		edification.  (And food, for those who want it.)
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