The 3rd annual Linux anniversary picnic and barbecue was held
on Saturday, August 9th, 2003 in Sunnyvale. It was coordinated by
members of SVLUG (San Jose),
LUGOD (Davis),
EBLUG (Fremont),
and BALUG (San Francisco).
The welcome table
Approaching the Picn*x part of the park
Mike Simons and others set up Oracle give-aways
Don Marti makes an announcement
A tasty gardenburger
Mike Simons from LUGOD and Todd Trichler from Oracle Technology
Network (who sponsored the picnic)
Todd was wearing an 'Unbreakable Linux' cap
People enjoying the picnic
The first round of barbecuing was done by 2pm or so
People mingling
Tons of soda and food were available
Lots of games were played
Daphne Pareas and Emily Stumpf from LUGOD, barbecuing up more meat
Lots of green grass to play in
Ian Kluft from SVLUG tossing a whistling football
Pétanque, a French game with steel balls
Marc Merlin and Alexandre Petit-Bianco (ex-Cygnus gcc hacker)
picnicer participate
It was a gorgeous day
More mingling
A classic Mozilla t-shirt from 1998
Lots of ham radios come to Picn*x!
Another ham radio
Another ham radio
Jeff Newmiller from LUGOD, juggling
Emily and Daphne crush empty soda cans
There was also softball
Folks from all over the bay area and beyond came down
Here's Greg Roelofs, sporting a t-shirt with his book on it!
Joyce Cao Traugott with her and Steve's new baby!
Steve Traugott of SVLUG (on the right)
The picnic wraps up
Some of us head to the local Fry's Electronics
Step 1: Look for specials!
It's an impressive Fry's, compared to the dull on in Sacramento!