[TriLUG-announce] May 8 Meeting: SystemD and Steering Committee Elections

[Barry Peddycord III]

Topic: SystemD
Presenter: David Both
When: Thursday, 8th May 2014, 7pm (pizza from 6.45pm)
Where: NC State Engineering Building II Room 1021, Centennial Campus
Parking: The parking decks and Oval Drive street parking are free after 5pm
Website: http://trilug.org/2014-05-08/systemd

This presentation will briefly review the Linux boot process and the old 
SystemV startup process. It will then discuss in more detail the startup 
process using systemd, and the reasons for creating the new systemd 
daemon and some of the advantages it provides. We will also discuss 
configuration files and some of the more common commands required to 
cause systemd to do our bidding. Backward compatibility will also be 
covered.

Note that we will be having our elections on May 8. To vote in the 
elections, you will need to be a TriLUG "member".  If you filled out a 
membership form at the April meeting or before, you are all set. Voting 
will be performed by paper ballot during the May meeting, and you must 
be present to vote.

In addition to voting for the new steering committee, there will be a 
vote to approve the new bylaws of Trilug, which is being done to improve 
our ability to register as a nonprofit charity with the IRS. For the 
most part, the new bylaws are being created by refactoring the articles 
of incorporation and separating out day to day business from "What makes 
us Trilug". There will be a special interest meeting on these bylaws 
next week for anyone interested - keep an eye out for the announcement.