TorontoPUG

Toronto PUG at Ontario Linux Fest

ian — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:23:21 +0100

Event: Birds of a Feather session on PostgreSQL at the Ontario Linux Fest Date: October 25th, 2008 (Exact time TBD) Location: Days Hotel and Conference Centre - Toronto Airport East. (See directions) RSVP: No need to RSVP, but registration is required for general entry to the Ontario Linux Fest TorontoPUG will be hosting a Birds of a feather (BOF) session for Postgresql users at the Ontario Linux Fest on Saturday Oct 25. The Ontario Linux Fest is a regional conference on Linux and other open source projects. It will be held at the Days Hotel and Conference Centre - Toronto Airport East. Directions are available on the Linux Fest website. See http://www.onlinux.ca/ for more information about the Ontario Linux Fest.

Toronto PUG Survey

ian — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:38:04 +0100

I've set up a brief (less than 5 minute) survey for anyone who is interested in the TorontoPUG group. I'd like to know what everyone is looking for to ensure that we are doing things people want to attend. I would appreciate the feedback, and would be happy to share the results after I close the survey.

4th TorontoPUG Meetup

ian — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:32:50 +0100

Event: TorontoPUG meeting Date: September 22nd, 2008, 7:30 PM Location: The Rhino (www.therhino.ca), 1249 Queen St. West, Toronto RSVP: Send a brief message to Ian: torontopug.september2008@hardcircle.net It's time for the monthly meeting of TorontoPUG! Please RSVP by sending a quick message to torontopug.september2008@hardcircle.net, and feel free to bring someone along! To get updates about future events, meet people between events, and suggest ideas for future events, please join our mailing list, accessible here: http://archives.postgresql.org/torontopug/. We are always looking for speakers interested in presenting to our group!

3rd TorontoPUG Meetup

ian — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:45:49 +0100

Event: TorontoPUG meeting Date: August 25th, 2008, 7:30 PM Location: The Rhino (www.therhino.ca), 1249 Queen St. West, Toronto RSVP: Send a brief message to Ian: torontopug.august2008@hardcircle.net It's time for the third monthly meeting of TorontoPUG! For our first meeting, we will going back to a social setting at the Rhino. This will be an opportunity to meet others using PostgreSQL in the area, to learn how others are using PostgreSQL in different ways, or to learn basics about the PostgreSQL project. Please RSVP by sending a quick message to torontopug.august2008@hardcircle.net, and feel free to bring someone along! To get updates about future events, meet people between events, and suggest ideas for future events, please join our mailing list, accessible here: http://archives.postgresql.org/torontopug/. We are always looking for speakers interested in presenting to our group!

July TorontoPUG Slides

ian — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:47:38 +0100

For those of you who could not make it, or who would like to find out more, here are the slides for the presentations at the July TorontoPUG. Thanks to all who came out! Our next meeting will be a social event on the evening of Monday, August 25th. The venue will be announced shortly.

July TorontoPUG Meetup

ian — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:23:27 +0100

Event: TorontoPUG meeting Date: July 28th, 2008, 7:30 PM Location: Nulogy Office, 183 Bathurst St., Suite 400, Toronto RSVP: Send a brief message to Ian: torontopug.july2008@hardcircle.net It's time for the second meeting of the Toronto area PostgreSQL User Group, aka TorontoPUG. Our next meeting is on July 28th, at 7:30 PM, at the Nulogy office (http://www.nulogy.com) . This will be an opportunity to meet others using PostgreSQL in the area, to learn how others are using PostgreSQL in different ways, or to learn basics about the PostgreSQL project. Bring your friends and anyone you know, everyone is welcome! This month, we will be featuring two presentations:

Steve Singer will be giving a presentation on various replication options for PostgreSQL
Ian Bailey (that's me) will be giving a presentation on the configuration options available in PostgreSQL

Refreshments will be available, so please RSVP by sending a quick message to torontopug.july2008@hardcircle.net to ensure there is enough for everyone. If you would like to present at this night or at a future one, please let me know so we can schedule you in the future. To get updates about future events, meet people between events, and suggest ideas for future events, please join our mailing list, accessible here: http://archives.postgresql.org/torontopug/.

Looking for presenters

ian — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:18:06 +0100

For the next TorontoPUG (to be held on July 28th, 2008), we will be moving to an office area, where we want to hold a few quick (15-20 min) presentations on a few different topics. This is an open call to the community asking if anyone would be interested in presenting a topic on PostgreSQL. Some topics our members would be interested in learning about include (but feel free to suggest your own topic):

A brief overview of replication options
PostGIS
An overview of tweaking PostgreSQL databases
Differences and gotchas moving from MySQL to PostgreSQL

If you are interested in presenting, please send an email to torontopug.july2008@hardcircle.net and/or to our mailing list.

Toronto PUG Night

ian — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:49:05 +0100

Event: TorontoPUG meeting Date: June 23rd, 2008, 7:30 PM Location: The Rhino (www.therhino.ca), 1249 Queen St. West, Toronto RSVP: Send a brief message to Ian: torontopug.june2008@hardcircle.net I'm pleased to announce the first meeting of the Toronto area PostgreSQL User Group, TorontoPUG! Our first meeting will be on June 23rd, at 7:30 PM, at the Rhino. This will be an opportunity to meet others using PostgreSQL in the area, to learn how others are using PostgreSQL in different ways, or to learn basics about the PostgreSQL project. Please RSVP by sending a quick message to torontopug.june2008@hardcircle.net so we can ensure there is enough space. To get updates about future events, meet people between events, and suggest ideas for future events, please join our mailing list, accessible here: http://archives.postgresql.org/torontopug/.