April 2008 - BALUG-Admin - lists.balug.org

Fwd: No Cost to Attend - Register Today for CommunityOne 2008!
by Andrew Fife 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

I don't intend to post this to balug-talk but wanted to put it out there in case anyone else on balug-admin feels differently. I do wonder if this is spam because it was sent to rsvp(a)balug.org, which seems like a weird place for a human to send this kind of announcement. Also, its from a yahoo.com address rather than a sun.com address, which could also be fishy. ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Laura Lindstrom" <laura_lindstrom(a)yahoo.com> To: rsvp(a)balug.org Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 7:29:03 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: No Cost to Attend - Register Today for CommunityOne 2008! Attention Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) : Reward Your Members With a Night Out at Thirsty Bear Brewing Company in San Francisco! The association or user group with the most members who register for and attend CommunityOne on May 5 will win a $500 gift certificate for food and beverage at Thirsty Bear. Just send your group’s exclusive registration link (below), to all of your members and urge them to use it when registering for CommunityOne. Registered members MUST attend in order to count towards your group’s total number. The winning group will be notified at the end of CommunityOne after all registrations and attendance has been tallied. Feel free to use the following email copy to communicate with your members about the Conference and the contest. Please direct any questions to: Laura Lindstrom, laura_lindstrom(a)yahoo.com Good luck! CommunityOne A free and open developer conference May 5, 2008 | The Moscone Center | San Francisco, CA While the admission is FREE, space is limited! Register today with your group’s exclusive priority link: https://www28.cplan.com/pgr/gr_form_builder.reg_login?icode=10178/1/96/en&i… Advance your skills in 70+ sessions led by experts and contributors from more than 30 projects spanning the open source stack and powering the Internet: • Scripting and RIAs: PHP, AJAX, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, JavaFX, and jMaki • Tools: NetBeans, Eclipse, Subversion, and Others • Web 2.0 Applications: Social Networks, Mashups, and Web Services • Chip Design: OpenSPARC • Web-Scale Computing: HPC, SaaS, Utility/Cloud, OpenSSO, and Project Darkstar • Operating Systems: OpenSolaris and Linux Distributions • Web and Application Servers: GlassFish, Apache, and JBoss • Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Java DB • And more: Music, Robotics, ODF, OpenDS, OpenJDK, OpenOffice.org, Mobile and Embedded, and Strategy PLAN TO STICK AROUND You’ll also have complimentary access to the 2008 JavaOneSM conference general sessions and Pavilion on Tuesday, May 6. Register Today – It’s FREE! developers.sun.com/events/communityone __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Geek Speak Women | find technical women to speak: http://geekspeakr.com/
by Michael Paoli 14 Apr '08

14 Apr '08

And from* LugRadio Live USA 2008, this could be a useful resource: Geek Speak Women | find technical women to speak http://geekspeakr.com/ *URL from resources from Emma Jane Hogbin's "Women in Open Source" talk on Saturday at LugRadio Live USA 2008.

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stuff for "announce", "blurbs", etc.
by Michael Paoli 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

I/we are running a bit behind. Anyone have (mini-)bio and/or text blurbs for our upcoming speaker? For "announce" - I plan to put that out *soon* - like not later than tomorrow A.M. Anything else to include in the next "announce"? I'll probably also include a reminder about LugRadio Live USA 2008, and additional upcoming speakers. Anything else to add? Yes, you too can help BALUG! :-) How about (mini-)bio writeups for additional upcoming speakers (for use on web page(s), in announcement(s), etc.), and if/when available, synopsis/brief/outline of what their talk/presentation will cover. If those materials are gotten to balug-webmaster(a)balug.org (and balug-speaker-coordinators(a)balug.org) sooner, we can get them up, and out, publicized, etc., sooner.

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