VTLUUG talk:Roadmap

The following is the roadmap from the old wiki. Make sure important items are carried over then remove this stuff.

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Future Goals

Activities

• Record and post more presentations (with a microphone and screencasting in addition to audience-perspective video)
• Add meeting telepresence functionality
• Host more hack-a-thons/BoFs. Possible topics include:
  • Rep-rap
  • Cryptography
  • Tablets and Netbooks
  • Gaming
  • OpenStreetMap / GIS
• Free Software Howtos (1st priority)

Publicity

• Get on the TVs in GBJ
• Put up a display case in Squires or the GLC
• Talk in World Regions class about OSM day

Tangibles (Funding Source)

• Stickers (Members/donations)
• T-Shirts (For Members, Assigned to Paul)
• Customized Ubuntu or Fedora CD (Shelved for the time being due to lack of a potential audience.)
• Hardware (Budget Board)
  • Hokie Linux development tablet
  • Router with PXE capability for InstallFests

Infrastructure

General

• Re-brand as "Linux and Unix Users Group at Virginia Tech" because of restrictions on names of registered student organizations
• Code widget and script library (Hokie Passport balance, desktop alerts, automated VT-Wireless PKCS12 to PEM conversion, etc.)

IRC

• Bot that automates tweeting to Twitter and identi.ca
• Possibly run as changate between oftc and freenode if we transition to oftc -or-
• Get ownership of #VTLUUG on Freenode (waiting on staff, this will take a while)

Website

• Fix the WordPress theme for small displays like that of the n810
• Create a blog planet, starting with this list.
• Streamline information channels? (i.e. get rid of forum in

  favor of mailing list or better integrate list archives, calendar, etc.)

• Get SSL

Server

• SSH (Critical)
• Apache (Dependency of Launchpad, a webserver is critical)
• Launchpad Bug tracker (Tech demo)
• Citadel Groupware (Main focus - Assigned to Ben Guzzardi)
• Version control (Useful)
• Migrated MediaWiki (Useful)
• Migrated Blog (Useful)
• distcc (Extra)
• Our own hardware (assigned to Mitch)

Ideology and Activism

• We would like to see students able to complete their studies under solely Unix or Linux.
• The LUUG should encourage and help to coordinate members

  speaking with professors, advisors, deans, traditional media and the Internet about both difficulties and successes with *nix.

Possible Upcoming Talks

• OS X / iPhone OS (co-host with ACM, AWC)
• Ben Titelbaum - ?
• Cobham Analytic Solutions - The Internet
• Qualcomm - ?
• Godmar Back - Buffer Overflows, Kernel Exploits, and/or Return-Oriented Programming

Recent Talks

• John Harris - PKI