On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 7:15 PM, georgia_tech_swagger <[email protected]> wrote: > Howdy. I am the speaker coordinator for the Southeast Linuxfest, and I'm > just making the rounds to give the community at large a final heads up on > the Southeast Linuxfest, and recruit volunteers. > > What is the Southeast Linuxfest? > > The SouthEast LinuxFest is a community event for anyone who wants to learn > more about Linux and Free & Open Source software. It is part educational > conference, and part social gathering. Like Linux itself, it is shared with > attendees of all skill levels to communicate tips, ideas, and to benefit all > who use Linux/Free and Open Source Software. LinuxFest is the place to > learn, to make new friends, to network with new business partners, and most > importantly, to have fun! > > So no longer do you need to drive to Ohio for OLF or Los Angelos for SCaLE. > We're bringing back the spirit of the old Atlanta Linux Showcase, and > making sure that there will once again be a major Linux event in the > GNU/South indefinitely. > > Our first annual event will be June 13th, at Hendrix Student Center on the > campus of Clemson University, Clemson, SC. Doors open to the public at > 8:30 AM, and "officially" close at 6:00 PM. There will be a pre-party at > 8:00 PM June 12th, and a post-party after the event June 13th. > > Our speaker lineup includes: > Keith Bergelt; Open Invention Network > Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier; OpenSuse > Russell Bryant; Digium > Greg DeKoenigsberg; Red Hat > Chris DiBona; Google > Paul Frields; Fedora > Ian Geiser; The KDE Project > Ryan "Icculus" Gordon; The Linux Games Industry > Pete Graner; Canonical/Ubuntu > Michelle and Michael Hall; QuinnCo / Qimo > Alan Hicks; Slackware > D. Richard Hipp; SQLite, CVSTrac, Fossil > Brian Leonard; Sun Microsystems > Semmy Purewal; College of Charleston > Clint Savage; Fedora > Wendy Seltzer; EFF > Mark Spencer; Digium > Richard Weait; OpenStreetMap > Chad Wollenberg; Linux Basement > Robby Workman; Slackware > > We will need volunteers to do everything from registration to shuttle > service to and from major airports for our speakers. If you are interested > in helping out, please reply back. > > SELF is *free* to attend, though an optional support package with t-shirt > and drink tickets is available. > > Sign up to attend today at http://www.southeastlinuxfest.org > > ----------------------- > Jeremy Sands > Speaker Coordinator > Southeast Linuxfest > Linux in the GNU/South > > > >
There seems to be a fairly decent chance that I'll be attending, as Clemson is about an hour and a half from my home town. Is anyone else thinking about attending? -Will 'mr_chapendi' Chappell WTC --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
