The following notes are from the committee meeting held on 22nd November 2006. Committee members in attendance: Justin Freeman, David Symmons, Neil Cox and Finn Bulcher.

This provides an indication of the planned presentation and activities for 2007.

Schedule For 2007

• NO JANUARY MEETING: Everyone will be too busy.
• February: Kristy Bennett & Pia Waugh talks about Marketing and Advocacy.
• March: Evan Leybourn from LG Solutions talks about Data Warehousing.
• April: An Introduction to Web Content Management Systems - Plone and Drupal. Justin Freeman & David Symmons to instruct.
• May: Business Accounting using Open Source Software. Neill Cox to present SQL Ledgers, GNU Cash and others.
• June: Virtualisation in the Enterprise using VMWare & Xen. Speaker TBA.

Future 2007 Presentations & Activities

• Attached network storage: ISCSI, Sans etc.
• Present to an Association, HIA, ACS, Chamber of Commerce
• Why hardware / software certification is important
• What FOSS software is important for small to medium businesses

Why Not Join The Committee?

As always, there is an open invitation for any FOSSACT member to join the Committee and provide input into the direction of this user group.