NEXT MEETING

WHEN   Monday February 15, 2010 7:00-9:00pm

WHERE   Special Location: Explorit Science Center (Mace Ranch facility) 3141 5th Street Davis, CA 95616 Directions/Map

	TOPIC
	Amazon Web Services Jinesh Varia Amazon.com Amazon Web Services are a collection of remote computing services offered over the Internet by Amazon.com. They provide online services for other web sites or client-side applications. Most of these services are not exposed directly to end users, but instead offer functionality that other developers can use. Amazon Web Services' offerings are accessed over HTTP, using REST and SOAP protocols, and are billed on usage. The services include: Elastic Cloud Computing (EC2): scalable virtual private servers Simple Storage Service (S3): Web Service-based storage for applications Simple Queue Service (SQS): a message queue for web applications Amazon Mechanical Turk (Mturk): for managing small units of work distributed amongst many people Amazon SimpleDB: for running queries on structured data Amazon CloudFront: a content delivery network (CDN) for distributing S3 objects to 'edge locations' near the requester and a number of others

	AGENDA
	Introduction of new members If you're a new member, or haven't been to LUGOD for a while, take some time to introduce yourself to us. (Who are you, what do you use Linux for, how did you discover LUGOD, etc.) News, Questions and Announcements Companies with on-topic announcements and members with Linux-related questions or news can speak up now. Also, a summary of what's been going on in the worlds of Linux, GNU, Open Source, BSD, Free Software, other Unixes, etc. Project Reports Installfest Workshop (Last: N/A; Next: ?) Alex Mandel LERT: Linux Emergency Relief Team Henry House Other Business Lending Library Donation Henry House Becoming a UC Davis "Campus Affiliate Group" Alex Mandel Explorit membership Bill Kendrick & Greg FitzGerald Next meeting announcement Voluntary due collection A collection basket will be passed around. Feel free to donate, or not donate, to LUGOD. (We're a 501(c)7 non-profit.) Mini Presentation Demos and short-topic speakers are also common at meetings. None scheduled Presentation Presentations are the core of our meetings. Amazon Web Services Jinesh Varia, Amazon.com Financial report Greg FitzGerald What did we collect today?

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