NC*SA Meeting - TONIGHT - DNS, Holiday Food Drive, and Steering nominations.

[ncsa-announce at ncsysadmin.org]

The next meeting of the North Carolina System Administrators will be
tonight at 7pm in the Dreyfus Auditorium at RTI International.  For
info on how to get to this meeting, visit
http://www.ncsysadmin.org/directions .

Topic: DNS (the Domain Name System)
Speaker: Aaron Joyner, Intrex.net
7:00 p.m., Monday, December 13, 2004

Dreyfus Auditorium
RTI International 
Research Triangle Park, NC
 
Abstract:  DNS (the Domain Name System) is fundamental to the Internet
as we know it.  Aaron will cover DNS "from the ground up", including
those little corners you've always wondered about, and attempt to
explain the underpinnings of something that is so central to the every
day Internet, yet rarely looked at very closely.

Bio:  Aaron S. Joyner is the System Administrator for Intrex.net and
is a veteran of the ISP industry, having worked in ISP administration
since the mid 90s.  He is a member of SAGE, and has recently presented
on DNS for the Triangle Linux User's Group.

*** NC*SA Holiday Food Drive ***
Tonight there will be a holiday food drive to benefit the Raleigh
Rescue Mission (http://www.raleigh-rescue.org/).  As an incentive, the
attendee bringing the most donations  to the NC*SA Holiday Food Drive
will receive a Novell Gift Pack provided by Alphanumeric, Inc.,
including a Novell computer/luggage bag, Novell t-shirt, Novell
baseball cap, Novell blanket, and much more.  Prizes for runners up
will be available.

*** NC*SA Election Nominations ***
Nominations for the three open seats on the Steering Committee will
open on Dec 13, 2004.  If you would like to nominate yourself or
someone else for election to the NC*SA Steering
Committee, send your nomination to the ncsa-discussion at ncsysadmin.org
or mattfrye at gmail.com.  For more information about the Steering
Committee, please visit http://www.ncsysadmin.org/steering .

Doors open at 6:30pm and this meeting is expected to end by 9:00pm.