>Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:55:28 -0600 >From: "Michael J. Hammel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: CLIQ 2001 Conference and Exhibit > >Colorado Linux Info Quest - CLIQ >http://thecliq.org > > >Hewlett Packard, XFree86, GNOME join Colorado Linux Info Quest 2001. > >HP joins as the latest in a stellar line up of top level sponsors, while >Daryll >Strauss (VA Linux, XFree86) and Havoc Pennington (Red Hat, GTK+ and GNOME) >sign >as speakers to the region's only Linux focused conference and exhibit. > > >Denver, CO (Jan 27, 2001) -- The Colorado Linux Info Quest (CLIQ) board of >directors is pleased to announce the addition of Hewlett Packard to our >stellar >list of top level sponsors. HP joins LWN.net, tummy.com, Compaq, and SGI in >bringing this premier Linux event to the Rocky Mountain region for the >second year in a row. > >CLIQ is also proud to announce that two well known and highly popular >developers have agreed to speak at the event. > >Daryll Strauss, Multimedia and Graphics Engineering Practice Lead at VA >Linux Systems, is most widely known for his work in putting together the >render-farm of Linux servers used by special effects company Digital Domain >to generate the computer images used in the movie Titanic. Strauss was also >responsible for adding the first hardware accelerated 3D support to Linux >when he wrote drivers for the 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics card for the XFree86 >project. Daryll currently leads a team of engineers developing OpenGL, the >Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI), and XFree86 on projects from embedded >graphics to professional workstations. > >Havoc Pennington serves as the chair for the GNOME Foundation Board of >Directors. He works for Red Hat as a lead developer for the GTK+ and GNOME >projects. His book "GTK+/Gnome Application Development" (New Riders) is >the official reference for GNOME. He is currently working on improvements >to GTK+ as part of the 2.0 release effort. > >Havoc and Daryll will be joining Eazel's Andy Hertzfeld, an original >developer of the Apple Macintosh computer, on a panel discussion on Linux >Desktop software. Daryll will also be holding a Birds of a Feather (BoF) >session on X and 3D graphics issues, while Havoc plans to hold a BoF on >GTK+ 2.0 development. These three noted developers join Scott Draeker of >Loki Entertainment, Rick Lehrbaum of LinuxDevices.com, "Think Unix" author >Jon Lasser, Debian developer Bdale Garbee, and Python developer and >tummy.com co-founder Sean Reifschneider to make CLIQ 2001 a must see event! > >More speakers and events are planned, so stay tuned - and mark your calendars: >March 29th-30th at the Denver Marriott Tech Center. All scheduled talks and >the exhibit floor are scheduled for the 30th, with early registration and >a few >smaller informal events expected on the 29th. > > >About Colorado Linux Info Quest 2001 > >CLIQ, in association with local Linux User Groups and local and regional Linux >business sponsors, will be holding this second annual event featuring one full >day of scheduled Linux exhibits, invited talks, real world demonstrations and >Birds of a Feather sessions. > >This year's sponsors includes some of the biggest names in the business: >Compaq, >SGI, LWN.net, tummy.com, and HP. Linux Journal and Linux Magazine have also >been signed as advertising sponsors - be sure to check out the full >page advertisements in the February issues of both magazines! Compaq is also >providing hardware to host our registration system - the software for >which was >written entirely by the CLIQ board. > >Speakers are currently being sought for both the invited speaker slots and >our many Birds of a Feather sessions. Contact Liz Coolbaugh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >if you are interested in speaking or hosting a BoF session. > > >Event Day Schedule > >The show will run from 9AM to 7PM on Friday, March 30th, 2001 at the Marriott >Tech Center, just off I-25 in South Denver. The current schedule calls for a >keynote session from 9AM to 10AM, an exhibit floor open from 10AM till 6PM, >three Speaker's Rooms running the full day with up to 11 sessions, and three >Birds of a Feather rooms for open and scheduled discussions on any topic over >the course of the day. > >Registration > >Announcements regarding attendee registration are expected in February. Cost >for the full day, all access pass will be $85 at the door with a $55 >discount price for advance registration. Exhibit floor only passes will be >$15. Advance registrations for attendees begins in February. > >Exhibitor registration will also begin in February 2001. Exhibit costs >are $475 >for a single 8x10 booth. A limited number of 16x20 (Premium) and 16x31 >(Platinum) booths will be available on a first come, first served basis. >Premium booths cost $2025 and Platinum booths cost $2675. Prices include >pipe and drape, table, and electrical and network connections to all booths. > >Registration deadlines have not been set at this time. > >Vendors and attendees should check the CLIQ web site, http://thecliq.org, >often for more up to date information. > > >Sponsorships > >CLIQ is seeking a limited number of sponsors for this event. Top level >sponsorship is $1250 and includes first choice of booth space, a single >8x10 booth (larger booths will require additional fees), and the sponsoring >company's name included with all CLIQ advertisements and banners for this >event. Three full conference passes and 2 tickets to our VIP dinner are also >included. > >Additionally, CLIQ will also consider offers for sponsorship of the opening >keynote, invited speakers, our Meet-n-Greet event, an email garden and >various other aspects of the show . At this time, details for such >sponsorships have not been finalized. Please contact Michael J. Hammel, >CLIQ Chairman, if you are interested in any of these sponsorship >opportunities. > > >About CLIQ > >Colorado Linux Info Quest, known as CLIQ to it's members, is a registered >non-profit organization in the state of Colorado. It is comprised of >volunteers from Linux user groups throughout the Colorado Front Range. The >aim of CLIQ is to assist both individual hobbyists and businesses in the >Rocky Mountain and Central US regions find answers to the question "What >can I do with Linux?" > > >A Look Back: CLIQ 2000 > >CLIQ 2000 was held April 1st at the Denver Marriott Tech Center and drew >approximately 600 people. Invited speakers for the event included: > >Jon "maddog" Hall, Executive Director of Linux International >Scott S. Draeker, founder and President of Loki Software >Jim Ready, CEO of MontaVista Software >Kevin Gorey, Director of Software Product Marketing for SGI >Rasmus Lerdorf, author of the PHP programming language >Larry McVoy, well known kernel hacker from BitMover, Inc. >Harry McGregor and Justin Ziegler, Linux In Education >Dave Whitinger, Linsight / Atipa > >In addition to the scheduled speakers, the popular and informal Birds of a >Feather (BOF) sessions and selected invited demos were also held on a >variety of topics. Examples of these were: Debian GNU/Linux, with Bdale >Garbee from the Debian Project; Zope, with Paul Everitt of Digital >Creations; Perl, with Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington; and High >Availability Linux, with Alan Robertson of the High Availability Project. >Other BOF topics included Small Business Conversions to Linux, Java on >Linux, and many more. > > >Contact Information > >CLIQ Chairman: > Michael J. Hammel > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >CLIQ Vendor Contact: > Kevin Cullis > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >The CLIQ Web Site: > http://thecliq.org > >General Information and Questions: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------- James S. Kaplan KG7FU Eugene Oregon USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rio.com/~kg7fu ICQ # 1227639 Have YOU tried Linux today? -----------------------------
