DECEMBER MEETING
EMBEDDED LINUX

DATE: Thursday, December 6, 2007
PLACE: Raffel’s – 10160 Reading Road (see below for directions)
TIME : 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. – Social Time
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. – Dinner
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. – Presentation
COST FOR DINNER: $10.00 per person – REGARDLESS OF MEMBERSHIP OR MEMBERSHIP GRADE!
NOTE: DINNERS ARE ALWAYS OPTIONAL – YOU MAY ATTEND THE PROGRAM ONLY.

MENU SELECTIONS: Roasted Turkey and Dressing, Baked Ham with Pineapples, Chicken Ala King, Sweet Potato Casserole, Scalloped Potatoes, Seasoned Green Beans, Tossed Salas , Rolls, Assorted Pies, Coffee, Tea, Iced Tea, Soft Drinks. There is also a bar available for the purchase of alcoholic drinks.

LOCATION: Raffel’s is located at 10160 Reading Road, south of Glendale-Milford Road on the east side of Reading. Take I-75 to the Glendale-Milford Rd. Exit, go east on Glendale-Milford Road approximately ¾ of a mile to Reading Rd. and turn right on Reading.

RESERVATIONS: Please email Fred Nadeau for reservations at mailto:fnadeau1@earthlink.net (preferred) or call the Section Voice Mail at 513-629-9380 by Noon, Tuesday, Dec 4, 2007 if you plan to attend. Please leave your Name, IEEE Member Number, and a daytime telephone number.

PE CREDITS: Depending on the subject matter, attendance at IEEE Cincinnati Section Meetings now qualifies the attendee for Professional Development Hours towards renewal of Professional Engineers Licenses. Required documentation will be available following the meeting! The Section Meetings also provide a great opportunity to network with fellow engineers in the area.

ABOUT THE MEETING: Two officers from the Cincinnati Linux Users Group (CLUG) will be giving a presentation on embedded Linux. The presentation by Steve Jones (President of CLUG) and Iassen Hristov (Secretary of CLUG) will include the history of Linux, where its been, where its going, what it can do, and its strengths. The presentation will also include hardware on which Linux runs.

For more information about CLUG, please visit their web site (www.clug.org) where you will discover that their informal mission statement is: “Our goals are very simple. We have discovered GNU/Linux and want to talk to others who have made the same discovery. We are experts and novices, professionals and hobbyists, young and old. Whoever you are, we hope we have something for you.”