Our friends at OLF request we pass information about their event along.
Ohio Linux Fest is a community run Linux conference in Columbus Ohio,
which is very similar to SCALE. If you are in the area I hope to see
you there.
-Ilan
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Subject: [Ohio LinuxFest Announcements] Ohio LinuxFest Registration
Deadline is Sept 18
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:01:07 -0400
From: Ohio LinuxFest 2009 <team(a)ohiolinux.org>
Reply-To: team(a)ohiolinux.org
To: ilan(a)socallinuxexpo.org
------------OHIO LINUXFEST REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS SEPT 18------------
Ohio LinuxFest 2009
Free and Open Source Software Conference and Expo
Columbus, Ohio : September 25-27, 2009
http://www.ohiolinux.org
Registration Deadline: September 18, 2009
The Ohio LinuxFest 2009 registration deadline is September
18, 2009. If you have not registered yet, please hurry over
to http://www.ohiolinux.org and register today.
Join us for the seventh annual Ohio LinuxFest conference
to celebrate 40 years of Unix. We have an exciting line up
of talks and this year the conference extends from Friday
to Sunday.
Friday, September 25, features professional training courses
(Professional package registration required) and a course
for Linux beginners which includes a refurbished computer,
with Linux pre- installed for you (Quick Start package
required). A series of conference talks and other sessions
will be held on Friday as well.
Saturday, September 26, features the expo and four
conference tracks. We have a great line up of speakers; Doug
McIlroy, Shawn Powers, Dr. Peter Salus, and many more.
The Diversity in OpenSource Workshop will be held on Sunday,
September 27th. A mix of talks and open discussion will help
attendees identify biases and learn ways to break down
barriers, invisible or blatant. Also, two certification
examinations will be held on Sunday the 27th. Linux
Professional Institute will host an LPI certification exam,
and the BSD Certification Group will offer the BSDA
certification exam for Ohio LinuxFest attendees.
Four registration packages are available for the Ohio
LinuxFest this year.
The Enthusiast Package is available at no cost for students,
enthusiasts, and those that want to come to the event to
find out more about Free and Open Source software.
The Supporter Package is available again at a low cost of
$65.00 to support the event. As a measure of appreciation,
the supporter package includes lunch on Saturday and a
commemorative Ohio LinuxFest tee-shirt.
The Quick Start Package is available for $250.00, which in
addition to access to the events on Saturday, includes a
full day of Linux Basics training on Friday and a
refurbished Linux computer to take home.
The Professional Package is available for $350.00, which in
addition to Saturday's activities, also includes access to
the one day OLFU tutorials on Friday.
The Ohio LinuxFest welcomes people from all 50 states and
international participants. We have had participants from
Canada, England, Argentina, Brazil, and Australia in years
past. Note that the Ohio LinuxFest is a 501c3 non-profit,
volunteer organization. All proceeds are used for
conference costs.
Thank you and hope to see you in Columbus, The Ohio
LinuxFest team.
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Hello,
Our friends at Usenix asked that we pass along a message about their
upcoming event in June.
Regards,
-Ilan
The 2009 USENIX Annual Technical Conference (USENIX '09) will take place
June 14-19, 2009, in San Diego, CA.
Join leading researchers and practitioners in San Diego, CA, for 6 full
days on the latest systems research and cutting-edge practices,
including training by industry experts such as Peter Baer Galvin on
Solaris, David N. Blank-Edelman on system administration, and Phil Cox
on virtualization.
Starting June 17, technical sessions include invited talks such as the
keynote address by James Hamilton, Amazon Web Services; Plenary Closing
by David Brin, science fiction author; and the latest systems research
in the Refereed Papers track.
Stay competitive and learn ground-breaking practices from researchers
from around the globe. Topics include virtualization, Solaris, system
administration, security, cloud computing, and more.
SCALE attendees receive a discount! Use SCLATC09 when registering to
receive $100 off your registration.
Register by June 1 and save up to $300!
http://www.usenix.org/usenix09/scl
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Ilan Rabinovitch
Conference Chair
Southern California Linux Expo
(w) 877.831.2569 x 110
(m) 818.442.1865
Hey everyone,
Our friends in Utah, the Utah Open Source Foundation, have
announced the dates and venue for their 2009 Utah Open Source
Conference. The UTOS Conference will be taking place on October 8-10,
2009 at the Salt Lake Community College - Miller Free Enterprise Center
in Sandy, Utah. Each year UTOS Con. specializes on a specific theme
and this year's theme will be "Affordability, Reliability, and
Scalability".
This is an awesome event and for those of us in California, Arizona and
New Mexico its a short flight or relatively short drive out. I would
encourage everyone thats able to, to attend the UTOS Conference.
Thanks!
Gareth
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Gareth J. Greenaway <g(a)socallinuxexpo.org>
Voice - 877-831-2569 x130
Southern California Linux Expo
http://www.socallinuxexpo.org
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [LiLAX] You came for the classes, stay for the conversation!
(LOPSA BoF @ SCaLE)
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:38:27 -0800
From: Brandon Burton <brandon(a)inatree.org>
To: Lopsa Discussion <discuss(a)lopsa.org>, uuasc(a)uuasc.org, lilax(a)lilax.net
Hello Folks,
We are happy to announce a LOPSA Birds of a Feather at SCaLE. This is
your chance to hang with Jesse Trucks, Chris St. Pierre, and all the
other crazy SAs representing LOPSA at SCaLE this year.
The BoF will be from 6:00 - 7:00PM in the Logan Room.
See http://scale7x.socallinuxexpo.org/conference-info/birds-of-a-feather
for the details on time and locations.
If you have any questions about the BoF or our other activities at SCaLE
this year, please email scale(a)lopsa.edu <mailto:scale@lopsa.edu>.
Thanks,
Brandon Burton
LOPSA Edu Committee
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Subject: [LiLAX] LOPSA needs YOU at SCaLE!
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:18:42 -0800
From: Brandon Burton <brandon(a)inatree.org>
To: uuasc(a)uuasc.org, lilax(a)lilax.net
Hello Folks,
As you may have heard, LOPSA is teaching classes for SCALE U again
this year. LOPSA will also have a booth at SCaLE this year.
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!
We have free SCaLE passes and LOPSA shirts for qualified volunteers.
Read on below!
All things SCaLE U can be found at:
http://scale7x.socallinuxexpo.org/conference-info/scale-u
SCaLE is fast upon us and we need volunteers for the booth and to
assist with the classes. We are specifically looking for volunteers
for the following things:
1. Someone local with a car who is willing to act as a "gopher" during
the SCaLE U classes on Friday, Feb. 20th, and for the booth on Sat.,
Feb. 21 and Sun., Feb. 22.
2. People who can volunteer on Sat. and Sun. for two hours shifts to
staff the booth. If you are willing to do at least four shifts across
both days, LOPSA will provide you with a FREE pass to SCaLE.
If you are interested in volunteering to help us with LOPSA activities
at SCaLE, please email me at jtrucks(a)lopsa.org
<mailto:jtrucks@lopsa.org> as soon as possible.
Some info about SCaLE and LOPSA is included below.
SCaLE is the premier Open Source Community conference in the
southwestern United States. SCaLE promotes Open Source software in a
vendor- and distribution-neutral conference consisting of technical
seminars, product display, software demonstrations, and tutorials.
More information on SCaLE is available at http://scale7x.socallinuxexpo.org/
Greetings everyone,
Our friends to the north, the free & open source community of Portland
Oregon have been inspired by what they've seen and heard of SCALE and
hosting their own community FOSS event. The Open Source Bridge
Conference will be taking place on June 17th - 19th, 2009 in Portland,
OR at the Oregon Convention Center.
They need our help in getting the word out, keeping with the FOSS
philosophy lets do what we can to help make this event as successful as
SCALE has become!
Call for Proposals:
http://opensourcebridge.org/call-for-proposals/
Thanks!
Gareth
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Gareth J. Greenaway <g(a)socallinuxexpo.org>
Voice - 877-831-2569 x130
Southern California Linux Expo
http://www.socallinuxexpo.org
FYI,
For the PostgreSQL fans out there.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [ANNOUNCE] SCALE 7X and Pre-SCALE Pizza Party
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 08:51:51 -0800
From: Richard Broersma <richard.broersma(a)gmail.com>
To: pgsql-announce(a)postgresql.org
SCALE 7X:
SCALE will take place between the dates of February 20-22th 2009 in
Los Angeles, California. We want to continue the great success from
last year so we will once again have a PostgreSQL Booth. The
PostgreSQL Booth will be open between February 21-22. Everyone is
welcome to stop by and visit or even volunteer to attend the booth. If
you would like to volunteer at the booth, please send an email to
lapug(a)postgresql.org. More information is available at:
http://scale7x.socallinuxexpo.org/http://pugs.postgresql.org/lapug
Pre-SCALE Pizza Party:
PostgreSQL.org will host a "Folder stuffing" pizza party on Friday
evening of the SCALE convention. In addition to enjoying free pizza
we will be "stuffing" PG folders with community literature. We highly
encourage all to attend. If you are able to attend the pizza party
please RSVP with an email to lapug(a)postgresql.org and we will reply
with further instructions.
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Regards,
Richard Broersma Jr.
Visit the Los Angeles PostgreSQL Users Group (LAPUG)
http://pugs.postgresql.org/lapug
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Voice - 877-831-2569 x130
Southern California Linux Expo
http://www.socallinuxexpo.org