O'Reilly is great. And so is OSCAMP. O'Reilly really helped Brandon Sanders and others put OSCAMP together last year. They provided free space and much equipment in the Oregon Convention Center next to the main conference itself and promoted OSCAMP as being an adjunct to the conference. And they are doing this again this year. O'Reilly is also providing many Open Source groups with space for community meetings and they give booth space to many non-profit Open Source groups in the Expo.
And yes, do come to OSCON - even if you can't afford to attend the pay sessions. Come on Wednesday and/or Thursday which are the days they have the Expo and OSCAMP - both of which are free. And there are parties. And Birds of the Feather sessions and it is sometimes cool just to hang out of the halls and talk to people. It is well worth driving up from Eugene for a day (or two if you have a place to stay). Sincerely, David Mandel Chief Activist Portland Linux/Unix Group 560 SE Alexander Corvallis, Oregon 97333 (541) 752-3769 land (541) 730-5285 cell ====================================================================== David Mandel http://www.DavidMandel.com Portland Linux/Unix Group http://www.pdxLinux.org LinuxFund http://www.LinuxFund.org ====================================================================== On 7/22/07, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I know O'Reilly is a business, but if they're so supporting of user groups, why won't they feature OSCAMP more? Don't miss it! http://oscamp.org/ (and related events.... Portland will be buzzing with gnurds this week!) ben On 7/21/07, David Mandel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- ... > > ****July 25-26 2007 OSCAMP, 9:00am-6:00pm > http://oscamp.org/ > A grassroots cooperative effort with O'Reilly, OSCAMP seeks to organize > the fringe of activity that has grown up around OSCON during the last > several years so that the entire shindig can rock even more! Come > together to network, write code, have fun and learn about the cool > things that are afoot in the movement. > > > ***July 23-26, BoFs--Birds of a Feather > http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/58/bof.html > > Times as follows: > Date: Monday, July 23, 2007 > Time: 5:30PM - 9:30PM > > Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 > Time: 5:30PM - 7:30PM > > Birds of a Feather (BoF) Sessions > Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 > Time: 7:30PM - 10:30PM > > Birds of a Feather (BoF) Sessions > Date: Thursday, July 26, 2007 > Time: 7:30PM - 10:30PM > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > OSCON Related Special Events > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > ****July 24 PDX.rb presents FOSCON III: Really Radical Ruby, 7:30pm > http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/216872/ > > The Portland Ruby Brigade will be hosting an evening of wide-ranging > talks about Ruby. This year the focus is on people doing strange things > with Ruby. Strange, of course, is anything just a bit outside the > expected. If you've created a new Ruby-based interface for hacking your > brand new internet-enabled phone (rPhone anyone?) or composed your > latest bit of metaprogramming magic, we'd love to hear about it. > > Using the lightning talk idea you'll get 10 minutes (give or take a few) > to talk. Make it especially interesting and they might even give you an > extra minute or two. Send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in > advance if you are interested in presenting or show up early on the 24th > to sign up for a possible slot. > > > ****Powell's Technical Book Event July 24-26 > http://www.powells.com/oscon > > - Tuesday, July 24--Phil Torrone, 6pm > Make magazine senior editor and blogger Phil Torrone will show off his > hobbyist skills at Powell's Technical Books. Torrone will demonstrate > how to make open source hardware. > > - Wednesday, July 25--Beautiful Code, 7:30pm > See a panel of A-list programmers discuss problems and challenges in > software development. They will discuss "Beautiful Code: Leading > Programmers Explain How They Think." The all-star panel features Andy > Oram, chromatic, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Karl Fogel, and Simon Peyton Jones. > Ward Cunningham will moderate this lively discussion. > > -Thursday July 26--Scott Berkun, 6pm > Author Scott Berkun asks timeless, important questions in his latest > book, "The Myths of Innovation." How do you know whether a new > technology will succeed or fail? Where will the next big idea come from? > We think we know what innovation is, but Berkun dispels the myths. > > > ****July 26 SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards, 6pm-9 pm > http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2007/view/e_sess/14361 > SourceForge.net is throwing a party to honor their top projects and > you're invited! They've rented out the Jupiter Hotel--one of Portland's > hottest spots--for a night of drinks, food, prizes and surprises to > announce the winners of our Second Annual SourceForge.net Community > Choice Awards. This is a FREE event but space is limited. If you'd like > to attend, please RSVP by July 20 to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ***Find even more OSCON Events at: > http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/58/events.html > ... _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
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