What TLUG is (and isn’t)
TLUG is an informal and diverse group of people with a common interest in Linux, UNIX, Open Source, electronics, networking and any other interesting and vaguely related (geek|hack)ery. One evening each month we get together at a venue on the University of Pretoria campus, and get someone to present a talk on ${topic_of_their_choice}. Afterwards we talk shop for a bit, have some laughs, and go home.
We also have this blog, some mailing lists, some web forums, a wiki, an IRC server (irc.tlug.org.za) and a Jabber Server (tlug.org.za), all of which is used to varying degrees for collaboration and discussion.
There is no formal TLUG membership (if you’re on the mailing list, consider yourself a member), and we are open to everyone who would like to to participate (including the general public). Organization and administration is handled by a handful of people, most of which are UP alumni and have jobs and lives outside the University. We do this in our spare time.
TLUG is not an official UP student society, thus we do not get any money from the University, nor do we charge for membership (or anything else). Our online services run on hardware donated by ULS and hosted at the UP BI department. The UP CS department provides the venue for our meetings.
Since we rely on the generosity of our friends and former bosses/colleagues at UP for facilities, and on donations and volunteers for everything else, we can’t pay people to present talks at our meetings.
I hope this clears things up :-)
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