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greig mcgill
by David Nicholls 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

sorry this is a bit off topic but can you please contact me greig? the contact details i have for you are a bit stuffed and i need to have a quick chat please. cheers... David Nicholls Computer Support Consultant d.nicholls at waikato.ac.nz School of Science & Engineering / Dept of Chemistry The University of Waikato Hamilton, New Zealand

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Totem Music Player
by Ivan Potgieter 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote: > What codec is in use? As noted before, I'm using various gstreamer0.8 plug-ins. > MPlayer often has synch problems with Real-encoded films I am not using MPlayer and I'm not sure what Real-encoded refers to. > ... sometimes the file is really screwy ... These all play correctly on my Win2k PC, so it's not the files themselves. The files-types I've tried inlcude: mp3, mp3, mpg, avi, wmf, mpe, and others. I have tried as many as I can, but they all have the audio playing about 0.5 - 1 sec after the video. Ivan

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Totem Music Player
by Ivan Potgieter 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

Hello all, I've just tried to play a video clip on Totem Music Player (Ubuntu 5.10/Gnome) and the audio is not synched with the video. I have installed various gstreamer plug-ins. Has anyone else experienced this? What can be done to correct this? Regards, Ivan

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FW: Linux Research - Request For Assistance
by Craig Box 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

Another message for the LUG from afar. Craig ________________________________ From: Andi Mann [mailto:amann(a)enterprisemanagement.com] Sent: Friday, 4 November 2005 9:55 a.m. To: secretary(a)wlug.org.nz Subject: Linux Research - Request For Assistance Hi, I am a Senior Analyst for Enterprise Management Associates (www.enterprisemanagement.com) a leading IT analyst firm, covering Systems Management technology. We are doing an in-depth research paper on Linux server management, and would like your help to survey the members of the Waikato Linux Users Group. We have posted a web survey, and I would like you to forward this email to your members, asking them to complete the survey. Each survey should take about 10 minutes. The URL for the survey is: http://www.emausa.com/surveys/ema_lsurvey.htm The proposition I am researching is that the total cost of ownership (TCO) for large-scale commercial Linux systems is declining due to availability of more powerful management tools; and that Linux TCO is equal to or less than that of Windows. It is in reaction, in part, to 2004 studies from Meta Group, Yankee, and Microsoft claiming Linux has higher management costs, and higher TCO, than Windows. My research aims to find out if the availability of better management tools has further reduced the cost of Linux ownership. In return, we would be happy to provide any respondents with the completed report. We think this will be a very significant paper, which will help you and your members present independent validation of Linux cost advantages. I would appreciate your help. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thanks, Andi.

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FW: O'Reilly UG Program MAKE Magazine Holiday Offer
by Craig Box 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

Hi all, O'Reilly sponsor our group with regular book donations to our library (whenever we order them, hint hint John :) In return, please consider supporting them. Craig -- From: Marsee Henon Hello, Here is a special offer for you to share with your group members. Please pass it along through your newsletters, email lists, or distribute at your next meeting. ***Give the Gift of MAKE Magazine*** Give the geek on your list a truly unique gift this holiday season-- their very own subscription to MAKE magazine. MAKE is the first magazine devoted to digital projects, hardware hacks, and DIY inspiration. Each rich issue brings the do-it-yourself mindset to all the technology in your life. You have a choice: Give a gift for $5 off the regular gift subscription rate--$29.95 (US), $34.95 (Canada), $44.95 (all other countries): <https://www.pubservice.com/mk/SubGiftSplash.aspx?PC=MK&PK=U5OUGA> To place your gift order at the regular price $34.95 (US), $39.95 (Canada), $49.95 (all other countries)--and get a MAKE T-shirt free. <https://www.pubservice.com/mk/SubGiftSplash.aspx?PC=MK&PK=U5OUGB> For more information on MAKE or to read the MAKE Blog, go to: http://makezine.com/ **Please note gift postcards and MAKE vol 4 will begin mailing on 12/9/05, orders received after 12/9/05 and non-US orders may not arrive in time for the holiday season. Your recipient(s) will receive the opportunity to add digital access to their subscription. All MAKE T-shirts will ship to your billing address. To order multiple orders for multiple countries, please contact customer service at 1-866-289-8847 (US & Canada), 1-818-487-2037 (all other countries) between the hours of 5am to 5pm San Francisco time or Email: MAKE(a)espcomp.com Thanks and have a wonderful holiday season, Marsee Henon ================================================================ O'Reilly 1005 Gravenstein Highway North Sebastopol, CA 95472 http://ug.oreilly.com/ http://www.oreilly.com ================================================================

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[Fwd: Request to fill-in a questionnaire on Linux.]
by Lindsay Druett 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Request to fill-in a questionnaire on Linux. From: "Ajith Kumar" <Ajith.Kumar(a)boppoly.ac.nz> Date: Wed, November 2, 2005 12:23 pm To: lindsay(a)wired.net.nz -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Lindsay, I'm Ajith Kumar, IT Tutor at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Tauranga. I'm doing my Master's Thesis & the topic is on migration of operating system from Microsoft to Linux. Since you are the President of the Waikato Linux Users Group, I was wondering if you'll be able to help me find a few Linux users to fill in my questionnaire, which is online. If I'm not asking for too much would you be able to pass on the information and ask your Linux user group members / friends / colleagues / acquaintances (who work on Linux) to spare 10 minutes to out my questionnaire? The questionnaire can be accessed by clicking the link: http://www.bcs.net.nz/~ajithk/MComp.htm <http://www.bcs.net.nz/~ajithk/MComp.htm> . It shouldn't take more than 10 minutes to complete it. I would also like to find out if some of them would be interested / available for an interview at a later stage. Thanks in advance for your support, appreciate it. Regards, ******************************* Ajith Kumar, IT Tutor, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Tauranga, New Zealand. Phone: (+64) 7 5440920 (Extn: 5591) E-mail: ajith.kumar(a)boppoly.ac.nz <blocked::mailto:ajith.kumar(a)boppoly.ac.nz> *******************************

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Survey results
by Craig Box 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

Thanks to everyone who filled in the survey prior to the last AGM. I have published the results, in the format as they were presented at the AGM (along with my speaking notes), on the WLUG website: http://www.wlug.org.nz/archive/survey/2005-wlug-survey.pdf Please contact me if you have any further questions; I am happy to clarify certain points if required, but will not publish individual responses. Regards, Craig

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Fwd: [nznog] Update to Telecom Xtra DNS servers
by Ian McDonald 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

For people's info as this may affect you (or your friends) if DNS is not congifured correctly. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ted Grenfell <Ted.Grenfell(a)telecom.co.nz> Date: 02-Nov-2005 08:52 Subject: [nznog] Update to Telecom Xtra DNS servers To: NZNOG <nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> As part of our ongoing DNS service improvements, Telecom is making some changes to it's DNS servers which will affect some non-Telecom customers. The following Xtra name servers will in future only accept queries from Non-Telecom customers for domains that the name servers are authoritative for. Recursive queries for other domains (e.g. www.google.com) will no longer work. * dnsh1.xtra.co.nz ( 202.27.184.3 ) also known as alien.xtra.co.nz * dnsh2.xtra.co.nz ( 202.27.184.5 ) also known as terminator.xtra.co.nz We will be phasing in these changes from November 15th over a period of several weeks and you may wish to alert your help desks to check the DNS settings of users having problems after that. Currently Xtra operates the following recursive DNS services: * dnsc1.xtra.co.nz ( 202.27.158.40 ) * dnsc2.xtra.co.nz ( 202.27.156.72 ) We are happy for external people to query those IP's for DNS troubleshooting and similar purposes but they should not be directly configured into machines. Please note these IP's may change from time to time and external access may be limited or withdrawn without prior warning (especially in cases of abuse). Regards, -- Ted Grenfell, ISP Performance Manager, IS Online Services, Telecom NZ Ltd Mob: +64 274 435 455; DDI: +64 9359 5854; Fax: +64 9377 0781; Pager: +64 2611 1445 ICQ: 191891; MSN Messenger: cameleon @ xtra.co.nz Level 11, 8 Hereford St, Private Bag 92028, Auckland CBD, New Zealand "today was so quiet, you could hear a packet drop" - Tom Liston, ISC Handler's Diary This communication, including any attachments, is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not read it - please contact me immediately, destroy it, and do not copy or use any part of this communication or disclose anything about it. Thank you. Please note that this communication does not designate an information system for the purposes of the Electronic Transactions Act 2002. _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog -- Ian McDonald http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 WAND Network Research Group University of Waikato New Zealand

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Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name
by Chris O'Halloran 31 Oct '05

31 Oct '05

Hello all, Just wondering if anyone might be able to give me some clues here. I started Apache on my system and the following error was returned. Apache seems to operate okay but I was getting a similar kind of error in the log files when I was running Privoxy, an advertisment and cookie crunching proxy server. When the proxy server was operating it was this error that kept slowing the response of the server. /etc/init.d/apache2 start returned 0 (success): Starting httpd2 (prefork) ..done httpd2-prefork: Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName Any clues? DNS, host file problem. Running Suse 9.2 on PIII on a company lan. No firewall running on machine. Cheers Chris -- http://homepages.maxnet.co.nz/dusky/ ICQ: 213449133 Jabber: cmoman1(a)jabber.org Jabber: cmoman1(a)jabber.meta.net.nz Yahoo: cmoman1

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Acceptable use of the WLUG Mailing List
by Meeting Reminder bot 31 Oct '05

31 Oct '05

The WLUG Mailing List is the discussion-list extension of the Waikato Linux Users Group (Incorporated). As such, we expect members of this list to adhere to the principles espoused in the official WLUG Charter[1], in particular, Rule 6, which covers the activities on this mailing list. While this is an Acceptable Use Policy, the WLUG Committee do recognise the need for informal discussion among list members, and draconian administration is not the goal here. Please keep in mind, however, that your comments to this list do represent the WLUG, and while it is good to be seen as an organisation with a sense of humour, some comments may do major harm to our credibility as a serious advocate of GNU/Linux and all things Free Software/ Open Source related. List discussion should * be honest * accentuate the positive, without hyperbole or blatant misrepresentation * maintain a reasonable level of spelling and grammar * not indulge in ad hominem attacks * not continue inflammatory or abusive threads * not be unprofessional or petty, especially with respect to the names of other software companies * not promote or denigrate political, cultural, or religious views * not indulge in marketing or advertising, other than on a private sale basis, or advertising of jobs - which may be announced once only * not reproduce copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder * not defame any person or organisation Posters who consistently violate these guidelines will be dealt with at the discretion of the List Maintainer. If you feel you have been unfairly dealt with, you have recourse to any member of the WLUG Committee[2]. Certain mailing list etiquette should also be maintained: * please use only plain text (not HTML) * reply inline or below when quoting, rather than on top * trim quotes (don't reply quoting a 10 page message with a single line of reply) If you have any questions, start reading at http://www.gweep.ca/~edmonds/usenet/ml-etiquette.html. These points have been established over a long time on this list. If you want to question them, please do it off list. As list users, use your discretion when pulling people up over etiquette - please reply off list, and if there is a serious breach, the list administrator will probably have dealt with it off-list already. [1] http://www.wlug.org.nz/WlugCharter [2] http://www.wlug.org.nz/WlugCommittee

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[0T] Linux work available for student or anyone else
by Richard Hayes 31 Oct '05

31 Oct '05

Dear List, I have need of some Linux hacking experience There two different projects. 1. open EMR a)Install and configure openEMR b)Create Debian Package for openEMR c)Customise PHP for different look http://sourceforge.net/projects/openemr 2. InfraRed data capture Using LINC / IrDa-Utils etc to pack sniff an IR signal and translate it into text. Signal source is Roche Blood Glucose monitor. Windows software exist but I do not want a windows computer just to record blood sugars. http://freshmeat.net/projects/lirc/ http://irda.sourceforge.net/ Anyone interested please contact me off-list. regards, ---- Richard Hayes Nada Marketing www.nada.com.au PO Box 12 Gordon Australia 2072 Tel:+(61-2) 9412 4367 Fax: +(61-2) 9412 4920 Mob:+(61) 0414 618 425

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WLUG Meeting is tonight
by Meeting Reminder bot 30 Oct '05

30 Oct '05

The WLUG meeting is this evening ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !! IanMcDonald presents "Contributing to Open Source Projects". Date: Monday 31 October Time: 7:30pmhttp://www.wlug.org.nz/1 Location: I.G.02 (http://www.wlug.org.nz/LitB) at WaikatoUniversity In his presentation, Ian will cover: * wiki-ing * !SourceForge * source code management systems * writing documentation * use of mailing lists (including warnings about flames etc) * submitting code It is aimed at all levels - everyone, even if they can't code, can contribute by testing, documenting etc. Ian has returned to PhD studies at WaikatoUniversity after 15 years in the IT workforce. His research is on congestion control in networking and has contributed to many open source projects, notably including the http://www.wlug.org.nz/DCCP protocol for Linux, which is currently being merged into the main Linux kernel. ---- MeetingTopics http://www.wlug.org.nz/1 As previously discussed at the AGM, all meetings from now on will be held at 7:30pm, as the reasons for holding them earlier in winter no longer apply.

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WLUG Meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder bot 27 Oct '05

27 Oct '05

The WLUG meeting is on Monday ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !! IanMcDonald presents "Contributing to Open Source Projects". Date: Monday 31 October Time: 7:30pmhttp://www.wlug.org.nz/1 Location: I.G.02 (http://www.wlug.org.nz/LitB) at WaikatoUniversity In his presentation, Ian will cover: * wiki-ing * !SourceForge * source code management systems * writing documentation * use of mailing lists (including warnings about flames etc) * submitting code It is aimed at all levels - everyone, even if they can't code, can contribute by testing, documenting etc. Ian has returned to PhD studies at WaikatoUniversity after 15 years in the IT workforce. His research is on congestion control in networking and has contributed to many open source projects, notably including the http://www.wlug.org.nz/DCCP protocol for Linux, which is currently being merged into the main Linux kernel. ---- MeetingTopics http://www.wlug.org.nz/1 As previously discussed at the AGM, all meetings from now on will be held at 7:30pm, as the reasons for holding them earlier in winter no longer apply.

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WLUG Meeting - Next Monday
by Jamie Curtis 26 Oct '05

26 Oct '05

Due to renovations being carried out in LitB.G.02, the WLUG meeting next Monday (31st) has had to be moved to I.G.02. Ian McDonald will be presenting the topic "Contributing to Open Source Projects". http://www.wlug.org.nz/MeetingTopics.2005-10-31 Note that the start time has also changed from previous meetings to 7.30pm. Unfortunately the room may not be available until shortly before the start time, so please don't turn up too early ! A map of how to get to I.G.02 from LitB.G.02 has been posted on the LitB page on the wiki: http://www.wlug.org.nz/LitB We will put signs up along the path between LitB and I.G.02 on the night. Cheers, Jamie

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PCI adsl modem.
by Camster342 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Well i've had a lot of trouble with my adsl modem over the years... All probably being due to my very crappy DLink 302G adsl modem. It has slowly become the bane of my existence... So what I want to do is, one of two things: If possible I would like to get the 302G modem running in bridge mode, so that I can connect to it with pppoe. I have tried numerous times, but my linux box refuses to see the "Access Concentrator" when I try to set up pppoe. I've followed the instructions from DLinks site to use bridge mode, and I've tried using the updated firmware too. Both to no avail. Has anyone managed to get this modem working in full bridge mode, (not the half-bridge mode detailed on the wlug site)? The second option is to buy another modem. I want to try using a internal ADSL modem this time. Does anyone know which modems that are available in New Zealand work under Linux? -- Cameron

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Video Conferencing
by Dave Waddling 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

WLUG List Does anyone know of a video conferencing client that will work with iChat? Or failing that one that will work with ivisit? I have some Mac people to talk to. -- Dave

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microvax 2000 bits
by stephen pearce 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Free to good home .. miscellaneous microvax 2000 bits 19" monitor 2 cpu boxes .. one booting thru bios 1 scsi disc box 2 mice 1 keyboard You collect. We are in Whangarei .. which might be a problem! regards Stephen

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Re: [wlug] Ubuntu said "Ack!!"
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 24 Oct '05

24 Oct '05

Ok. The clean slate worked really well. I downloaded a "breezy" iso then burned a cd image and reinstalled the whole thing. I now have a working (mostly) version of ubuntu. Thanks for the help. Kubuntu = Ubuntu with a kde desktop manager. Right?? Regards John Btw I got kicked out of the states so am looking forward to attending the next meeting JT ----- Original Message Follows ----- > --- jaytee(a)clear.net.nz wrote: > > > Hey all > > I had a problem with the "simple" install of > > Ubuntu > > Hoary which I thought was due to me not paying > > attention to > > the partitioning thus not including a swap space. > > However I retried the install and paid > > attention to > > what happened. Almost at the end of an otherwise > > uneventful > > install the programme said: > > Would suggest you start again with a clean slate. Use > Knoppix and QtParted to wipe current data and to > create a swap partition. I have just put up a HowTo @ > http://www.wlug.org.nz/UbuntuKbuntuInstall > > HTH > Bill > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection > around http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder bot 23 Oct '05

23 Oct '05

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !! IanMcDonald presents "Contributing to Open Source Projects". Date: Monday 31 October Time: 7:30pmhttp://www.wlug.org.nz/1 Location: http://www.wlug.org.nz/LitB at WaikatoUniversity In his presentation, Ian will cover: * wiki-ing * !SourceForge * source code management systems * writing documentation * use of mailing lists (including warnings about flames etc) * submitting code It is aimed at all levels - everyone, even if they can't code, can contribute by testing, documenting etc. Ian has returned to PhD studies at WaikatoUniversity after 15 years in the IT workforce. His research is on congestion control in networking and has contributed to many open source projects, notably including the http://www.wlug.org.nz/DCCP protocol for Linux, which is currently being merged into the main Linux kernel. ---- MeetingTopics http://www.wlug.org.nz/1 As previously discussed at the AGM, all meetings from now on will be held at 7:30pm, as the reasons for holding them earlier in winter no longer apply.

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USB Headset
by Oliver Jones 23 Oct '05

23 Oct '05

Hi all. A week or more ago I posted about my interest in purchasing a Plantronics USB headset and whether it might work under Linux. Thank you to those who responded to that post. On Friday, after receiving my copy of World of Warcraft, I decided I needed to replace the dodgy analogue Plantronics headset I have with a USB one. It seems the only computer store near my place in Melbourne's CBD that stocked headsets was Harvey Norman and they only stocked Logitech devices. I bought a Logitech® Premium USB Headset 350 <http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/AU/EN,CRID=103,CONTENTID…> and hoped for the best. As expected it works well on Windows for WoW. :) Tonight I decided to test it with Linux and I'm happy to report that getting it to work with Fedora Core 4 was a simple case of plugging it in. Hot plug and udev did their jobs and I could instantly twiddle with the mixer settings in Gnome Mixer and Audacity grabbed audio from /dev/dsp2 without a hitch. I'm well pleased. Regards

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Ubuntu 5.10 Image
by Ivan Potgieter 22 Oct '05

22 Oct '05

Hi all, Many thanks to all those that offered assistance. Bnonn was so kind to burn and deliver me a copy. Many thanks guys, Ivan

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Access to www.wlug.org.nz
by Andrew Thrift 21 Oct '05

21 Oct '05

For around a month now i have not been able to access www.wlug.org.nz from out netblocks 202.49.148.0/24 and 202.49.149.0/24 has anything changed at the WLUG end that could be causing this? The DNS resolves to 210.55.18.250 Regards, Andy

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Orkut
by Alex Vancina 20 Oct '05

20 Oct '05

Hi there, I was browsing your LUG's wiki and I came across a page noting that several of you are members of Orkut. I've been following the development of many of Google's recent 'Beta' services with great interest, but I haven't had an opportunity to try Orkut yet. I was wondering if any of you would be kind enough to help a fellow Linux user out by sending me an invite. I'd greatly appreciate it :) Thanks! Alex Vancina

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[Fwd: Ubuntu 5.10 Server]
by Bnonn 19 Oct '05

19 Oct '05

I hadn't heard anything about this before now, so I suspect that many of you will find this interesting. Regards, Bnonn

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Upcoming WLUG committee meeting (1 week today)
by Meeting Reminder bot 18 Oct '05

18 Oct '05

As per the WLUG charter, please note that there is a WLUG executive committee meeting one week from today. If you wish to get an item on the agenda for this meeting, please email it to secretary(a)wlug.org.nz. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WLUG Committee Meeting Date: 26 October Time: 7:30pm Location: Lindsay's place To have something added to the agenda for this meeting, please email secretary @ wlug.org.nz. Provisional agenda: # Minutes from previous meeting # Matters arising # Correspondence # Treasurers report # Fixit meetings # Government's Digital Strategy funding (http://www.beehive.govt.nz/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=24228) # Donation to Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/support) # Format for committee meetings # General business

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