The queue for new themes and extensions on addons.mozilla.org is getting out of hand. Mike Morgan, who is involved with the project, suggested we help tackle it. We need laptops (and people) of all shapes and sizes to show up and help test, review, and ultimately decide the fate of extensions and themes for Firefox.

This will entail downloading and installing many different extensions and themes, and determining if they are worthy of being an addon. No great technical knowledge is required, you just need to be able to open Firefox with a critical eye.

What: Mozilla extensions review-fest
Who: Anyone with a Linux, Mac or Windows Laptop
Where: Penguins nest (Dearborn 401)
When: Saturday, October 22nd @ 2pm
Why: Help choose which extensions are put on addons.mozilla.org

Pizza, drinks, and Mozilla shwag will be provided.

Wednesday, October 5th, we will be holding the first of our weekly Hacking Socials. This is an event where you bring your laptop and any projects that you want to hack on. This event is closely modeled after the SVLUG Hacking Society. Information can be found about that here:

http://svlug.org/events/hacksoc.shtml

Who: Anyone
What: OSLUG Hacking Social
When: Every Wednesday at 7pm
Where: Dearborn 401
Why: Collaborate on projects

Consider this experimental and subject to change... but for now, lets give it a shot!

Over the past 6 months we have been working with the engr folks to
get permanent space for the OSLUG... and finally, it has arrived!!

This is very exciting, as we now have a spot for meetings, installfests,
speakers, and pretty much anything else we want to do.

The room:

Dearborn 401/401A (the entire 4th floor, pretty much)

The immediate unadvertised celebration meeting:

Who: OSLUG
What: clean-up-the-room/community-fair/ultra-casual meeting
Where: Dearborn 401
When: Today, 9/27, 6:30pm
Why: Swing by the check the place out.

Sorry for the SUPER late notice... but we did not have the room open
until today.

Thanks to the following people for helping make this happen:

• Brandon Philips
• Micheal Marineau
• Eric Searcy
• Scott Kveton
• Jim Lundy
• Dean Adams
• Dr. Quinn
• Fern Simendinger

Hope you can make it!

Find photos here: http://lug.oregonstate.edu/gallery/lug-room

This next Friday, is the Summer BBQ (or at least the first one). This is "bring your own meat", so come with some food for yourself and some to share. We already have one small grill for the job, but if anyone else has a little gas bbq to help out that would be great. So come and join the fun!

The Basic Info

• What: LUG Summer BBQ
• When: Friday, August 5th, 6 PM
• Where: The Memorial Union Quad
• Who: OSLUG Members and Friends
• Why: A great opportunity to eat meat and maybe throw a frisbee

See you there!