[LUAU] Open Source Pizza for September 19

[R. Scott Belford]

TITLE: Leveraging Free Software to create the new LavaNet web site and
LavaNet 'Ohana Community portal

How many IT projects do you know take less than 3 months to complete and
cost $0 in software?  While at LavaNet, Julian Yap has led the creation
of the community portal, LavaNet 'Ohana, and a rebuild of the main web
site using Free and Open Source Software.  Julian discusses the top to
bottom implementation of Free Software and how the ethos of the Free
Software community were used to complete this project.

Julian Yap works as a Unix Systems Administrator/Web Specialist for the
locally owned Internet Service Provider, LavaNet Inc.  He is also a
member of the Hawaii Open Source Education Foundation (HOSEF) Board of
Directors and has recently become a Red Hat Certified Technician.  Prior
to November 2005 he lived in Melbourne, Australia where he has worked
for the companies Raywood Communications, Sidewinder Holdings (Asia
Pacific) and IBM Global Services Australia.  He holds a Bachelors of
Business Information Systems degree from Monash University, Australia.

Time: 5:45 to 8:30

Location: Marine Sciences Auditorium, The University of Hawaii

If you want Pizza, $7, otherwise it is Free

For directions, go to

http://www.hawaii.edu/campusmap/

and click on Marine Science [E4]

For parking please write scott at hosef.org


-- 
R. Scott Belford
Founder/Executive Director
The Hawai`i Open Source Education Foundation
PO Box 2644
Ewa Beach, HI 96706
808.689.6518 phone/fax
scott at hosef.org