Getting to the 2002 Summer Picnic

How well we know that a sysadmin's life is not a picnic. However, once a year, BayLISA holds an actual outdoor picnic for its members and their colleagues. Spouses and children are also welcome.

WHEN:

this weekend
Sunday
July 14th.
 
starting around 11 am... ending when the park closes.
 
That's right, it's *not* on everybody's favorite midsummer downtime weekend.

WHERE:

Oak Meadow Park (borders Vasona Creek Park)
Area 1
...with power and the really nice big grill...
 
Los Gatos
 

University Avenue & Blossom Hill Road.

note.

This has no relation whatsoever to the University Avenue found near Stanford, at least as far as I can tell.

Take the University Ave exit on 17, 2nd exit past junction of 17 and 85
 

To get to Los Gatos in general:
http://www.los-gatos.org/visitors/maps.html
 

To get to Oak Meadow, a map:
http://www.bjwrr.org/bjwrr-map.html

note.

Winchester Blvd is visible on the map, as is Hwy 9, so that should help place it.

WHAT:

There will be --

• a large barbecue grill ... wide enough to keep meat and veggies seperate.
• power ... yes, and hubs too.
• some drinks and miscellaneous barbecue/picnic type food ... if you want to be sure what sort of food or drink arrives, bring some to share.
• an installfest / installathon / performance tune-up party.
• this park is also home to the Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad, which can be ridden.
  http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/los_gatos/parks_and_rec/billy_jones_rr/rr_desc.html

INSTALLFEST YOU SAY?

As if you could keep this many sysadmins showing up at the same time from having their recent copies of OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Linux this or that, etc. on hand anyway. Yes, it's an opportunity to pick the brains of your fellow admins, or mentor a few people yourself. All while enjoying a burger or three.

Folks are welcome to bring whatever silly picnic toys they like. We ask that you keep water toys pointed away from the electronic toys though. Not too surprisingly, trons get way too excited when they get near water, and the computers don't like it much :(

Ham Radio fans - welcome to our talk-in on the repeater maintained by the folks at www.wvara.org. Thanks to Bill Ashby, N6FFC, for permission.

Channel: W6PIY 145.390 +151.4

Any questions will be cheerfully answered by the BayLISA Wheels (blw .at. baylisa.org).

Last updated: July 12, 2002

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