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Author Archives: Marc
2020-09 KWNPSA Coordinator Meeting
Location: ONLINE EVENT
Date: Monday, 28 September 2020
Time: 7:00-9:00PM
For the month of September we take a small break for a coordinators’ meeting. Something we try to do once a year. This year, we would like to invite those who would like to participate, or just listen in on the meeting.
Intestested? We will be meeting at 7PM (UTC-4), Waterloo Ontario.
Follow this link if you are interested:
https://webconference.kwlug.org/b/mar-atd-v6m
Access Code: 969820
See you there,
Marc
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2020-10 “Agile Software Development” – How to Avoid Development Chaos
Location: ONLINE EVENT
Date: Monday, 19 October 2020
Time: 7:00-9:00PM
Whether you are part of a non-profit serving up a product or services, as a coder, you are often asked to develop code within an ever changing landscape. How to make sense of project and time management with various partners may at times seem unworkable.
In comes Agile Software Development. Following the Agile values and principals of your approach to development may work for you and for your organization, this, adding a more stable environment of cooperation to make your work more productive.
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2020-08 Linux Foundation Training and Certification Programs
Location: ONLINE EVENT
Date: Monday, 17 August 2020
Time: 7:00-9:00PM
With Linux’ pervasiveness in all parts of industry, more and more opportunities of sys admins requiring linux-related certification for contract or hiring prospects are becoming the norm. Accordingly, the “Linux Foundation Training and Certification” group of the Linux Foundation has established itself as the premier certification agency for sys admins in the Linux environment.
Darrell Flewell, Channel Operations Manager at the Linux Foundation, will walk us through the various certification programs offered at the Linux Foundation Training.
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2020-07 CiviCRM for Non-Profits
Location: ONLINE EVENT
Date: Monday, 13 July 2020
Time: 7:00-9:00PM
This month, we take a look at CiviCRM. Building constituent relationships and managing data can be a daunting task. CiviCRM aims to help manage this data in a way that is, at first glance, easy to manage and to update. Maintaining these vibrant relationships is often key to the financial survival of some non-profit organizations. Perhaps CiviCRM could be the answer for your non-profit and donor-base data management.
Ian Kelly, General Manager at PeaceWorks (https://www.Peaceworks.ca), walks us through all facets of CiviCRM and will speak to installation, management and use of CiviCRM for non-profits.
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2020-06 The Top Digital Tools for Nonprofits
*** NOTE the change in meeting date for this month. We are meeting on Thursday June 18th at 10AM (Region of Waterloo time) — RSVP only! See details below. ***
This month we return to our roots and our association with the NetSquared-TechSoup group and reflect on our coinciding missions. We join Eli van der Giessen, our Community Manager with NetSquared-Techsoup, in a webinar where we discuss the top digital tools for non-profits. Other non-profit groups have been invited to the webinar where many will share their use of tools within their own communities.
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2020-05 KWNPSA EVENT CANCELLED — May 11, 2020
KWNPSA EVENT CANCELLED — May 11, 2020
Due to the COVID-19 virus spread, and, in keeping, as well as adhering to various governmental laws and suggestions re: avoiding any group gatherings, the May 11 KWNPSA meeting is cancelled. The KWNPSA will be exploring various options of online group meeting for future meetings.
We would like to express our sincerest sympathies to those who have succumbed to the virus and hope for a speedy recovery to those hospitalized and/or in quarantine.
Keep safe, practice social distancing, wash your hands often.
Marc, Steve and Bob
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2020-04 KWNPSA EVENT CANCELLED — April 13, 2020
KWNPSA EVENT CANCELLED — April 13, 2020
Due to the COVID-19 virus spread, and, in keeping, as well as adhering to various governmental laws and suggestions re: avoiding any group gatherings, the April 13 KWNPSA meeting is cancelled. The KWNPSA will be exploring various options of online group meeting for future meetings.
We would like to express our sincerest sympathies to those who have succumbed to the virus and hope for a speedy recovery to those hospitalized and/or in quarantine.
Keep safe, practice social distancing, wash your hands often.
Marc, Steve and Bob
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2020-03 KWNPSA EVENT CANCELLED — March 09, 2020
KWNPSA EVENT CANCELLED — March 09, 2020
Due to the COVID-19 virus spread, and, in keeping, as well as adhering to various governmental laws and suggestions re: avoiding any group gatherings, the April 13 KWNPSA meeting is cancelled. The KWNPSA will be exploring various options of online group meeting for future meetings.
We would like to express our sincerest sympathies to those who have succumbed to the virus and hope for a speedy recovery to those hospitalized and/or in quarantine.
Keep safe, practice social distancing, wash your hands often.
Marc, Steve and Bob
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2020-02 Colocation — Visit to DataCity – Waterloo Data Center
Location: DataCity – Kitchener Waterloo Data Center, 440 Phillip Street, Waterloo
Date: Monday, 10 February 2020
Time: 7:00-9:00PM
*** Attendee limit: 20 members ***
Note: This month’s meeting is a “field-trip” held off-site at DataCity at its Waterloo Center. Location: DataCity – Kitchener Waterloo Data Center, 440 Phillip Street, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 5R9
Where are your servers? Is that really safe? Have you thought about professional hosting at a colocation site? What’s a colocation site? Who offers colocation services? What services do colocation sites offer? How much will all this cost? Can I still come visit my server when it’s been placed in a colocation site?
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2020-01 Marking Up Text for Structured Documents
Location: Room 1301 — Conrad Grebel University College, 140 Westmount Rd. N. · Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6 (bottom floor, in the hallway that connects the main building to the Chapel-Residence building)
Date: Monday, 13 January 2020
Time: 7:00-9:00PM
In October 2017 we discussed markup languages used by some members of the KWNPSA. In this iteration of the topic, long-time member Steve Izma discusses his use of markup languages in “real-world” circumstances throughout his professional career in publishing. Where documentation requires the need of serious structure, markup languages may be the right fit for the job.