<div dir="ltr">Hey all,<br><br>I've set up a LinkedIn event for this meetup: <br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/events/kwtechsocialmeetupwithandrewbro7388667713683906560/">https://www.linkedin.com/events/kwtechsocialmeetupwithandrewbro7388667713683906560/</a><div><div><br></div><div>We've got 12 people confirmed so far, and a table reservation for 15, but if you're going to join us, please be sure to fill out the form so we can adjust numbers accordingly:<br><a href="https://form.jotform.com/252935704241051" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://form.jotform.com/252935704241051</a><br><br>Andrew Brown is travelling to Kitchener-Waterloo on November 1, 2025, and we're organizing a casual tech meetup that evening at Beertown Waterloo.<br>Come chat about Cloud, AI, Linux, tech community initiatives, and anything else on your mind.<br><br>We've got a table reservation inside for around 8PM under Jason Paul. Feel free to show up early, grab a drink at the bar, and we should be able to get seated before that. If you want to join us, be sure to fill out the form at the link so we can estimate numbers and update the reservation.<br><br>Beertown Waterloo is inside the Waterloo Town Square plaza, but accessible from the front. There are a number of free parking lots after 5PM, the closest being on the other side of Willis Way:<br><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/4f2wRUxWwxQJK2ec7">https://maps.app.goo.gl/4f2wRUxWwxQJK2ec7</a></div><div><br>Cheers,<br>Jason<br><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 11:36\u202fPM Jason <<a href="mailto:jasonpa@gmail.com">jasonpa@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I would have gotten around to it! Thanks for taking care of it though, Paul :)<br><br>For those who don't know Andrew Brown - he runs a tech training company called ExamPro, and he puts out a lot of free content in open source, cloud, and (more recently) AI.<br>He's run a number of free bootcamps to help people trying to break into tech practical experience building and using the technology:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ExamProChannel/videos" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@ExamProChannel/videos</a><br>You'll also find a lot of his stuff on the FreeCodeCamp.org channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@freecodecamp/videos" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@freecodecamp/videos</a><br><br>He's going to be passing through K-W on November 1st, and we were chatting about organizing a casual meetup. <br>Just get some of the local techies out to chat, network, and maybe it leads to some other events or initiatives in the future.<br><br>The above form is just to start getting some numbers and suggestions for a venue we can RSVP with. <br>Feel free to suggest places where we can get a decent sized group together for some food and drinks.<br><br>I reposted this on LinkedIn, and I'll do it in a few other places as well, but feel free to message it out to your channels.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Jason<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 10:31\u202fPM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I guess Jason Paul is too shy to advertise the event he is<br>
co-organizing, but he is helping to put together another informal<br>
restraurant meetup on Nov 1. So if you are not restauranted out, you<br>
might want to sign up. <br>
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<a href="https://form.jotform.com/252935704241051" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://form.jotform.com/252935704241051</a><br>
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This might be off-topic because it is not strictly open source. But I<br>
am guessing that if KWLUG moles were to raise FLOSSy topics during the<br>
meeting then it would become more open sourcy.<br>
<br>
- Paul<br>
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