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This page lists some of the things that the WaikatoLinuxUsersGroup are doing, and that anyone can help participate in.

Submissions to government

The government is going to consider legislation covering spam, and has called for submissions from the public. WLUG are interested in submitting comments on this. See the LegislatingAgainstSpam wiki page. Submissions must be sent to the government (Ministry of Economic Development) by 30th June 2004.

With all the discussion on the web about all the bad law in the US it is often easy to miss bad law in your own country. We have therefor started a SoftwarePatentsDiscussion? about the situation in NZ.

We wish to co-operate with similar societies in NZ to form an OpenLetterToCandidates to request views and policies which relate to OpenSource and OpenStandards?. This can then be used during both national and local government elections.

The Wiki

The website you are reading right now is the WlugWiki. A wiki is a site where anyone can edit and create pages, adding to the knowledge base. Feel free to fix any mistakes or add your own insights/knowledge to any page. Because a changelog is kept for all changes made, it is easy to revert pages if someone is deliberately deleting things or adding "grafitti"! However, please don't practice Wiki:DisagreeByDeleting.

Install Fest

WLUG ran a successful InstallFest for Linux users in May 2004. Based on demand, there may be another one before the end of the year, and will probably be held at least annually.

We also attended the DickSmithElectronicsComputerExpo on 17/18 July 2004.

Monthly Meetings

Every month (on the 4th Monday), WLUG organises a presentation open to anyone. See the sidebar (to the right) for details on the upcoming meeting.

See OldMeetingTopics for links to all previous meetings.