SBAY.ORG Social Events

In sbay.org, social events are a fun way for people to meet who would otherwise only be e-mail addresses to each other.

Monthly SBAY Pizza get-togethers

sbay.org has monthly pizza get-togethers on the 3rd Saturday of each month. They start at 7:00PM and often last until 9PM or 10PM.

The discussions are usually semi-advanced to expert in level, among people involved or interested in administration of electronic communications systems using open standards and Open Source Software. The topics of the discussions evolve over the years. It used to be that a regular topic that came up was the "PacBell Blunder of the Month", which became the "SBC Blunder of the Month" and then the "AT&T Blunder of the Month". But these days it could just as well be the latest BIFF (backhoe induced fiber failure) or something else. A list including some current topics for discussion is included each month in the reminder for the SBAY Pizza.

If you're new, you're welcome to let us know you're coming. Send an e-mail to pizzamaster@sbay.org or to the social mail list.

SBAY Social mail list

sbay.org has a social mail list which you can subscribe online at http://www.sbay.org/mailman/listinfo/social

Linux Anniversary Picnic

The Linux Picnic is the annual celebration of the anniversary of the release of the Linux Kernel. This tradition started in 2001 with the Linux 10th anniversary celebration. Everyone enjoyed it so much that we decided to make it an annual event.

SBAY Pizza Schedule

SBAY Pizzas begin at 7PM on the 3rd Saturday of each month at the locations shown below.

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3rd Quarter 2010
- #202: July 17, 2010: Round Table Pizza at 3730 North First Street in San Jose, just north of Tasman Drive in North San Jose. Directions are at
  http://www.sbay.org/dir-sjn1taz-rt.html
- #203: August 21, 2010: SBAY Pizza pre-empted by or merged into Linux Picnic
- #204: September 18, 2010: same as July location
4th Quarter 2010
- #205: October 16, 2010: location to be decided at a preceeding SBAY Pizza social
- #206: November 20, 2010: same as October location
- #207: December 18, 2010: same as October location
1st Quarter 2011
- #208: January 15, 2011: location to be decided at a preceeding SBAY Pizza social
- #209: February 19, 2011: same as January location
- #210: March 19, 2011: same as January location
2nd Quarter 2011
- #211: April 16, 2011: location to be decided at a preceeding SBAY Pizza social
- #212: May 21, 2011: same as April location
- #213: June 18, 2011: same as April location

We meet at the same place three months in a row to give people a chance to use the same directions more than once, while rotating around different locations in the valley to give different sites the convenience of having it close to home. We locate them close to freeways to make them convenient for people who don't live in the neighborhood. (Preference on new locations is usually given to people who show up at the pizza meetings, for obvious reasons of maintaining attendance.)

Would you like to host an SBAY Pizza?

We have on occasion allowed companies to do a product demo at an SBAY Pizza if they buy the pizzas for the evening. The prerequisites for such a demo are that the company must contact the SBAY Pizza event coordinators, who will poll the group for interest in the topic. If the group is interested, then the demo will be allowed.

It is also possible for any individual in the group to decide, whether celebrating something or just in a really good mood, to run a tab for the pizzas and pay for them. While the coordinators will prefer to have some advance warning, this can be arranged as late as the last minute.

The SBAY Pizza event coordinators may be contacted at pizzamaster@sbay.org. Send suggestions for future locations or offers to host one month's event.

Last updated: July 17, 2010