Hello again everyone,
   After a brief discussion, Ron and I agreed that the meeting should be at Google's campus in Mountain View rather than Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Lab. I'm in the process of getting things set up right now with the help of Leslie Hawthorn, the Open Source Program Manager who some of you know from her involvement in Summer of Code. With her help this should go rather painlessly, but in case something comes up I'll be sure to let everyone know.

   Also, Ron brought up a very good point about organization: We need an agenda. Ron suggested the following schedule:
6:30 arrival, refreshments
7:00 welcome, introductions all around, talk about why we are here and
what we're doing
7:15 or 7:30 somebody can show work in progress ( I can do THX if no
one else does)
do 2 or 3 of these depending on interest -- can someone talk about
Skip tavvakolian's work?
8:00 discuss what we can do, goals of the group, etc.
 
   Any more ideas would be appreciated!