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==Electronic Voting Systems in New Hampshire==
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
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CONTACT:
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Robert (Rob) Lembree
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Chair, Greater NH Linux Users Group
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603-494-0559
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rob@lembree.com
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http://www.gnhlug.org/
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New Hampshire Assistant Secretary of State, hosted by the
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Greater New Hampshire Linux Users' Group, at Daniel Webster College's
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Collings Auditorium, Nashua, NH, October 27th at 7:00 PM
  
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Currently I'm working on building an Educational System featuring a server running Edubuntu and a diskless, noiseless, thin client workstation both as a project to teach my 8-yr old son about computers, and as a springboard to speak with local educators about solutions for Technology in the School District.
 
  
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I'm also learning about MythTV because I'm planning to build a Home Entertainment Multimedia Center
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(Nashua, NH, October 19, 2004) -- Anthony Stevens, New Hampshire
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Assistant Secretary of State, will address "Electronic Voting Systems
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in New Hampshire" in Daniel Webster College's Collings Auditorium
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Wednesday, October 27th at 7:00 p.m. The program is free and open to
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the public.
  
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Of course both of these projects are founded entirely on Free and Libre Open Source Software
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Sponsored by the Greater New Hampshire Linux Users' Group (GNHLUG),
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Mr. Stevens will present prospects for new elections technology in New
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Hampshire. An informal discussion will follow.
  
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== Free Technology in Education ==
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This project will rely on Edubuntu and the Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP).  See [[Free Technology in Education]]
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very important topic, within a week of such a closely watched
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the Greater NH Linux Users'
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Group. 
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keen interest in electronic voting systems, which are exclusively
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closed-source and therefore not open to analysis by outside
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professionals. Absent public scrutiny, governments must proceed
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cautiously in adopting any technology, especially any technology which
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sponsor a discussion of New Hampshire's progress in these efforts, and
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how they relate to the robust elections process which New Hampshire
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== Free Technology in the Living Room ==
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<blockquote>"Our nation was built on being 'open'", said '''Jon "maddog" Hall''',
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This project is based on [[MythTV]]. MythTV is part (more than) full-featured Digital Video Recorder (DVR) software for Linux. The most famous DVR is probably TiVo, which also runs on Linux, but MythTV differs from TiVo in several ways. MythTV:
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Executive Director of [http://www.li.org Linux International]. "Open town meetings and
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electoral accountability are part of what makes our nation great. If
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we are to surrender to computers the counting of our votes, we need to
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be sure that the software which does the job is not only correctly
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written and valid, but that anyone who wishes to inspect it can verify
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for themselves that it is correctly written and valid."</blockquote>
  
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* is 100% free
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ABOUT GNHLUG - Members of the Greater New Hampshire Linux Users'
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* runs on standard computer hardware
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Group are interested in the Linux operating system and other free and
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* has no monthly fees
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open source software.  GNHLUG has several chapters in New Hampshire
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* is highly customizable
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with regular meetings that are open to everyone.  Membership is also
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* allows you full unencrypted digital access to all your audio and video content
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open to everyone, and there are no dues. With over 275 members, GNHLUG
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* is optimized for features, not profits
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provides assistance with Linux and free software to individuals,
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businesses, schools, and organizations in New Hampshire and northern
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Massachusetts.  For more information, see [http://www.gnhlug.org www.gnhlug.org].
  
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See [[Free Technology in the Living Room]]
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ABOUT LINUX - Linux is a free, open-source operating system that runs
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on everything from hand-held devices, to set-top boxes, personal and
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office computers, servers, mainframes, and supercomputers.  Linux is a
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registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
  
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== Articles Wanted ==
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ABOUT DWC - Daniel Webster College (DWC), founded in 1965, educates
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These are just some current areas of interest that I mean to expand on -- but if you are reading this, please feel free to join me.
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purposeful men and women for professional entry, advancement, and
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=== Document Format Conversion ===
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advanced studies in the fields of aviation, computer science,
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management, social science, and engineering. DWC students prepare
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throught residential and continuing studies programs that emphasize
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the integration of theory and practice through interactive teaching
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and learning in the professional and liberal studies. DWC offers the
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Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and information systems
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through its day program. Through its graduate and continuing-studies
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program, DWC offers a Bachelor of Science degree in software
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development, as well as certificate programs in Client-Server
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Application Development; C/UNIX Programming; Computer Security; MS
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Windows Programming; PC Networking; UNIX Systems Administration; Web
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Design; Microsoft .NET; and Webmaster Technology. For more information
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visit [http://www.dwc.edu www.dwc.edu] or call 603-577-6500.  
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[[Document formats]] and [[Format conversion]] are topics that are very important to 'regular people' (whether they realize it or not) and especially to folks who create good information systems.  All pages in this wiki can be converted to multiple formats, thanks to Magnus' [[wiki2xml]] code that I'm deploying right now. [[User:Freephile|freephile]] 14:57, 28 July 2007 (EDT)
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==Event Planning==
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It has long been my desire to show the film 'Revolution OS' at the Newburyport Public Library (there is a large auditorium, so we could handle whatever crowd we could build).  Of course it could also be done on a small, informal setting.
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The cast features:
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Linus Torvalds,
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Richard M. Stallman,
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Eric Raymond,
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Bruce Perens,
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Larry Augustin,
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Michael Tiemann,
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Brian Behlendorf,
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Frank Hecker,
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Chris DiBona,
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Nick Moffitt,
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Rob Malda,
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Donnie Barnes,
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Susan Egan,
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Marc Merlin, and
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Terry Egan
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This film is a good one for both enthusiasts and complete non-geeks alike.  There is more info at the [http://imdb.com/title/tt0308808/ imdb]
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If you are interested, please send an email to greg '@' freephile '.' com.  If I get enough interest, I'll start to coordinate and organize the event.

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