The IEEE 2008 Ski Trip is coming up next Friday. This year, there is no extra charge for non-IEEE members, so there's no reason to not go. Even if you don't ski, the weekend will be a blast. It's a great time to learn skiing or snowboarding and there's even a new tubing hill.

WHERE:

Lodging in Kellogg, ID with Kellogg Vacation Homes
Skiing on Silver Mountain, ID
Map to Get there

Those of you who came to our pre-Thanksgiving funk in the lounge have already heard this. For those who haven't, Jessica Corey has a proposal for our next project.

She'd like us to build a milk carton boat to enter in next year's Seafair taking place on July 5th, 2008.

Seafair is the largest festival that takes place in the Northwest. It is a festival that is five weeks long and takes place in the summertime. It begins in July, and ends in August. It includes a marathon, milk carton derby, triathlon, torchlight run, torchlight parade, hydroplane races, and air shows.

To begin, make sure that the pptp package for network manager (network-manager-pptp) is installed using synaptic package manager.

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Start configuring by clicking (not rightclicking) on the network manager icon in the top menubar, then select Configure VPN under VPN connections.

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Click add

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We have set up an endowment to support a 'Women in Computer Science' scholarship and are actively seeking donations.

If you want to be involved, and we sincerely hope that you do, please visit http://wsufoundation.wsu.edu/giving/specify.asp and enter the name 'Linux Users Group Endowment for Women in Computer Science' in the box.

Thanks so much for your interest!

Update:

The event now has its own page: http://www.nerdyandthegreek.com

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Most of you are aware that over the summer a PR class conducted a study on the LUG. They felt, and I'm sure many of you agree, that the group could use an improved image. We've also been asked by the CS department to try and increase our female membership in the hopes that this will translate into increased female enrollment in the department.

The PR group offered a suggestion for that. They think that we should hold a social with a sorority.

Done laughing? No? I'll wait.

It sounds ridiculous; I'll give you that. But we've actually come up with a way to make it work.