Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society

Category: meetings

  • TTCS online meeting on Monday 3rd November 2008 from 7:30pm

    The TTCS will be having an online meeting on Monday 3rd November 2008 at 7:30pm
    via Skype. The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society skype account is
    “trinidadtobagocomputersociety“. Those with Skype accounts who wish to participate, add your Skype contact to the “trinidadtobagocomputersociety” Skype account or email admin at ttcsweb d.ot org with your Skype ID. Please confirm by email that you will be participating at this online meeting.

    The focus of this online meeting is to discuss the draft Trinidad and Tobago Government Omnibus Technical
    Standards (eGOTS) which describes the technical standards in the areas of

    • networking  (e.g IPv4, 802.11g, WebDAV)
    • data integration  (these relate to the format of the data being transferred including file format types e.g DOC, PDF, MP3)
    • application / presentation  (e.g POP3, CSS2, AJAX, RSS)
    • security (e.g Kerberos v5, SHA-256, WEP)
    • web services (SOAP 1.2, WS-Discovery, WS-Reliability v1.1)

    to be used within and by the Trinidad and Tobago Government for the exchange of information between :
    Government and citizens (G2C), Government and Businesses (G2B) and Different Government entities (G2G).
    Standards are classified in terms of the maturity of their use within Trinidad and Tobago Government systems :

    • Under Observation – means that the standard is either on the list to consider or is under active consideration.
    • Approved – the standard has been adopted for use within the T&T public sector.
    • Deprecated – means that the standard is still in use within the T&T public sector. However, it has been superseded and should not be used on new projects.
    • Withdrawn – means that the standard has either been rejected at initial consideration, or withdrawn from use for security or other reasons. All users should move off withdrawn standards

    The eGOTS will be discussed at a Ministry of Public Administration (MPA) this week, hence the nature and sudden notice of this meeting.

  • TTCS meeting on October 11 2008 – TTCS Comments on Draft National E-business policy of Trinidad and Tobago

    Note : May 14 2013 : this page makes references to the TTCS wiki in use at the time which is no longer in use. We’ve added local copies of the documents mentioned for reference.

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    Update (20 Oct 2008) – comments submitted. View the Google document of the questions and our submitted answers.

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society will be having a meeting on Saturday October 11th, 2008 from 1pm to 5pm at Engineering Consultants at 112A Edward Street, Port of Spain.

    At this meeting, we will be framing our response to the proposed National E-business Policy of Trinidad and Tobago (PDF ; 745K ; 25 pages) .  The deadline for comments is Monday October 13th, 2008.

    However, you can make and review the existing comments BEFORE the meeting on the TTCS wiki page on the Draft National Policy on Electronic Business for Trinidad and Tobago .

    To add/modify comments on the TTCS wiki page, just select the “Edit this page” button. At the login screen, the wiki password is “ttcswebwiki” ; enter your name and email address to proceed to add/edit the comments on the Draft National Policy on Electronic Business for Trinidad and Tobago.

    Comments to the Ministry of Public Admin must use the fastforward’s e-Town Hall Website at http://ebusiness.fastforward.tt/business/townhall

  • Software Freedom Day 2008 event planning for TTCS

    Software Freedom Day (SFD) 2008 will be on September 20th, 2008 and the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS ; http://ttcsweb.org/ ) needs your help.

    What is Software Freedom Day?

    Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a global, grassroots effort to educate the public about the availability and benefits of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Local teams around the world organise and have events
    on the third Saturday in September.

    Software Freedom Day is on September 20th, 2008. We need to plan now and

    • decide what to do
    • locate a suitable venue
    • promote the meeting once the venue and format of SFD 2008 is confirmed

    The TTCS wiki page is available to assist with planning at https://files.ttcs.tt/ttcs-wiki-sfd2008-planning.pdf

    Local Linux users, Windows users, Mac users, fans of open source software, everyone is welcome to assist with this project.

    If you :

    • can help us with these tasks
    • have ideas and suggestions
    • would like to volunteer to help with planning SFD 2008 in Trinidad
    • would like to volunteer to help on the actual day(s)

    please go to the planning page for further information and/or to add your contribution : the TTCS SFD 2008 wiki page at https://files.ttcs.tt/ttcs-wiki-sfd2008-planning.pdf and email admin at ttcsweb.org. Notes of meetings will be posted to the planning page with the first virtual one scheduled for July 27, 2008.

    Further details will be posted to the SFD2008-planning page as well as via email to those persons interested in helping with SFD2008.

    In 2007, the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society’s entry for SFD 2007 received a “highly commended” award from the Software Freedom Day organisation! Information about that event can be found here:

  • TTCS meeting on Saturday 28th June 2008 – IPv6

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS ; http://ttcsweb.org/) will be having a meeting on Saturday 28th June 2008 at Engineering Consultants at 112A Edward Street, Port of Spain (corner of Oxford and Edward Streets) from 2PM (Doors open from 1PM).

    The topic of the meeting will be IPv6 – What is it? Why do we need it? How do we use it?

    At this meeting, we will be having a presentation from Mr Andre Thompson
    who attended a recent ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers) meeting. See our http://www.ttcsweb.org/ipv6 page for more information on IPv6.

    Contribution of $20 towards refreshments is expected. Please CONFIRM if you are ATTENDING OR NOT at http://mobaganda.com/ttcsmeetingonipv6. Thanks!

  • TTCS pizza lime on Wednesday June 18th, 2008

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be having a pizza lime on Wednesday June 18th, 2008 from 6pm at Pizza Hut, Roxy Roundabout.

    Come join us as we eat and chat about various computing related topics including :

    An Amazon Kindle, the electronic e-book reader from Amazon.com will be shown at this meeting.  A OLPC laptop will also be available. Email admin at ttcsweb.org if you wish to purchase a copy of the latest TTCS OSSWIN CD.

    Contribution of $30 towards refreshments is expected.  See you there!

  • Videos from TTCS meeting : Hacking Wii Remote are online

    At the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society’s (TTCS) tech meeting on April 20th, 2008, we looked at  Johnny Chung Lee‘s project “Low-Cost Multi-point Interactive Whiteboards Using the [Nintendo Wii] Wiimote” to create a interactive whiteboard on any computer screen (projected or on the monitor itself) using just a infrared light pen, and a Nintendo Wii Remote connected to a PC via Bluetooth.

    Mike Tikasingh and Paul Worswick did a splendid job in researching, building and testing for this meeting and the end result was very impressive. Kudos to Mike Tikasingh for editing the video footage taken that day.

    There are three video clips :

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  • Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron released

    Ubuntu v8.04 Long Term Support Edition (aka Hardy Heron) has been released. You can download it at http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download. Hopefully we’ll get all the versions before our Ubuntu Launch party this Saturday!

    There is also a desktop tour of the features in Ubuntu 8.04.

  • TTCS tech meeting on Saturday April 26th, 2008 – Ubuntu Launch Party

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be having a tech meeting on SATURDAY April 26th, 2008 from 1-5pm at Engineering Consultants at 112A Edward Street, Port of Spain (corner of Oxford and Edward Streets).At this meeting, we will be demonstrating the latest release of Ubuntu v8.04 LTS, a community developed operating system for desktops, laptops and servers.

    Persons interested in computers and related technology are welcome to attend. While stocks last, attendees will receive a Ubuntu CD free of charge.

    Contribution of $20 towards refreshments is expected. Copies of TTCS OSSWIN CD are available for $20TT.

    See you there!

  • TTCS tech meeting on Sunday April 20th, 2008 : hacks using the Nintendo Wii

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be having a tech meeting on SUNDAY April 20th, 2008 from 1pm to 5pm at Hand Arnold (Trinidad) Limited, El Socorro Road Extension, El Socorro, San Juan (see map at http://ttcsweb.org/handarnold-map)At this tech meeting, we will be looking at several interesting hacks using a Nintendo Wii remote and play several Nintendo Wii games!

    The meeting is open to anyone interested in computing. A $20 contribution towards refreshments is expected. See you there!

  • TTCS pizzalime on THURSDAY April 17th, 2008 from 7-9pm

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be having a pizzalime on THURSDAY April 17th, 2008 from 7-9pm at Pizza Hut, VALSAYN.
    Come join us as we eat and chat about various computer related topics including :

    Contribution of $30 towards refreshments is expected. Copies of TTCS OSSWIN CD are available for $40TT.

    See you there!