We are in a new year and membership dues are now due:

$30 family/individual
$15 active student

(Board: If these numbers are wrong, please let me know)

If you are a current member, or want to join, please see me before or after the presentation.
I will be the one with a receipt book!

Jeff

O'Reilly's Safari Books Online has just announced a new service called
Rough Cuts that gives you early access to content on cutting-edge
technologies months before it's published. Rough Cuts allows you to
purchase work-in-progress manuscripts of selected titles. You'll even
have the chance to shape the final product by sending feedback to the
author and editors. The beta version just debuted with four
works-in-progress covering Ajax, Ruby, and Flickr.
For more information, go to:
http://www.oreilly.com/roughcuts/

Titles now available:
Ajax Hacks: Rough Cuts Version
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ajaxhks/

Steve Jones is giving a talk on how to recover from booting errors/issues. This is a talk that is targeted towards problems that new users may run into.
We will be voting on a new place to have our meetings. Please bring the name, address, cost, do they have wireless or net access, and if there are any special requirements for us using the facility (insurance?) for any places that you would like us to consider. I would like the CLUG members to vote on the sites presented at the end of the meeting.
Looking forward to seeing you there.

The Cause

One cause of this error is the mod_security Apache module used by TextDrive (our website host). If the module finds a string in your post that it doesn't like (such as those frequently used in attacks), it will cause Apache to emit this error.

The annual gadget-fest was held on December 17, 2005 at the Brewhouse. 20 people attended (4 new faces).

CLUG General Meeting, November 19, 2005

These notes are from general monthly CLUG meeting held on November 19,
2005 at the Cincinnati Brewhouse. 26 people were in attendance.

If you live in the Cincinnati tri-state area and are looking for a few bargains on computer, audio, and video equipment, be sure to check out the Swap Meet area!

The Election Nomination Committee now has a nominee for each position for the 2006 CLUG board. Note that additional nominations can be made at the November meeting before the election takes place.

The nominees are:

President: Celeste Gale
Vice-president: Mark Harris
Treasurer: Jeff Spray
Secretary: Monty Stein
At large: Bob Koblish, Don Smith, Steve Jones

Please note that any requests for absentee ballots should be made to the nomination commitee as soon as possible as the ballots must be physically mailed and recieved before the November 19, 2005 meeting date.

The Nth annual CLUG picnic was a success, no matter how you slice it. Take for example the nicely sliced ham, beef franks, and giant pork sausages, courtesy the John Morrell company by Sandy M. The weather was cool, and there was a breeze off and on, but no rain unlike last year's N-1th annual picnic, where the rain thankfully kept the cicadas at bay.

So what do a bunch of technophiles do when they gather for a picnic? Freeze things in liquid nitrogen, of course... beginning with ice cream.

Those who are interested in serving on the 2006 CLUG Board should step forward at this time.

There are 4 officer positions (President, VP, Treasurer, & Secretary) and 3 at-large positions.

We need at least one nomination for each position by October 15th. The list of nominees will be announced at that time. The election will be held during the November meeting. Nominations can also be made from the floor at the November meeting before voting takes place. Nominees must be members in good standing.

For those who are interested, send a note to any of the election committee members:

monty@cinternet.net (Monty Stein)
richard@rnet.org (Richard Blumberg)
d981@earthlink.net (David Cohen)

Any requests for absentee ballots should be made to any of the above as well.