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Scheduled

These meeting have had their dates, times, presenter(s), and topics all confirmed. Each of them should have been confirmed in an announcement with at least 25 days prior notice. In the unlikely event of a cancellation, usually only for reasons we can't control, we'll try to give at least 4 days notice. Please make sure you're subscribed to the mailing list or social media such as the Meetup group for updates .

Tuesday 14th March 2023 - Topic: The Data Discrimination Bill

Presenter(s): Steven Maddox

Location: CoCoLab (same place as the LUG, see their directions here)

Time: 6:30pm (main activities starting at 7pm)

• Information on the 'Data Protection and Digital Information Bill' and timeline so far.
• How the 'Data Protection Act' would change since it was tailored to GDPR in 2018.
• Examples of how relaxing the law could result in more data being mishandled.
• How this is also bad for businesses despite it seemingly relaxing red tape.
• New possibilities for data to be purposefully misused.

Planning

These are ideas for future topics that we will schedule soon, or possible dates where we've not yet chosen the topic to first see if people can make that date. Once all the details are confirmed it'll become a scheduled meeting with at least 25 days prior notice via the mailing list, so make sure you're subscribed for updates!

Tuesday ??th ??? 202? - Topic: n/a

Presenter(s): n/a

Location: CoCoLab (same place as the LUG, see their directions here)

Time: 6:30pm (main activities starting at 7pm)

• Give us your thoughts on which topic you'd like to see presented on this possible upcoming date!

Previous

These meetings have already happened, so you can see what you might have missed, read any notes that were taken, and perhaps suggest repeating a topic in later years if you enjoyed it or would like an update on that topic. Please let us know your thoughts by subscribing to the mailing list.

Tuesday 5th July 2022 - Topic: Free GNU/Linux distros

Presenter(s): Steven M

Location: CoCoLab (same place as the LUG, see their directions here)

Time: 6:30pm (main activities starting at 7pm)

• Looking at Debian-based distros like PureOS and Trisquel GNU/Linux.
• A look at Arch-based distros like Hyperbola and Parabola GNU/Linux-libre
• Other distros listed by FSF
• What is wrong with distros that are not completely free

Notes: Some notes have been written up for this meeting and can be downloaed here.