[BALUG-Announce] Chris DiBona @ BALUG Tomorrow! (2008-08-19) (reminder)

[Michael Paoli]

(reminder): Chris DiBona @ BALUG Tomorrow! (2008-08-19)
Please rsvp if you're planning to come (see below).

Chris DiBona will be speaking at BALUG Tuesday 2008-08-19 (tomorrow!).

Chris DiBona is the open source programs manager at Mountain View, CA
based Google, where his team oversees license compliance, promotes
developer outreach, supports the open source community through programs
such as the Google Summer of Code and oversees OSS releases on Google
Code.  (full bio below)

So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP:

  rsvp@balug.org

**Why RSVP??**

Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the
Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and they ensure that we're able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.

Meeting Details...

  6:30pm
  August 19th, 2008 (Tomorrow!)

  Four Seas Restaurant
  731 Grant Ave.
  San Francisco, CA 94108
  Easy $5 PARKING:  Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny

Cost: The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13

Chris DiBona's full bio:

Chris DiBona is the open source programs manager at Mountain View, CA
based Google, where his team oversees license compliance, promotes
developer outreach, supports the open source community through programs
such as the Google Summer of Code and oversees OSS releases on Google
Code.  

Mr. DiBona is an internationally known advocate of open source software
and related methodologies.  He occasionally appears on the This Week in
Tech and Cranky Geeks podcasts.  He is a visiting scholar at the MIT
Sloan School of Management and has a masters in software engineering
from Carnegie Mellon University.  Additionally, he serves on the
advisory board of imeem, a San Francisco, CA based social networking
firm.

Before joining Google, Mr. DiBona was an editor and author for the
website Slashdot.org.  Additionally, he coedited the award-winning
essay compilations "Open Sources" and "Open Sources 2.0" and writes for
several publications.  He was the host of Floss Weekly with Leo Laporte
and made a number of appearances on TechTV's "The Screensavers".

His personal blog can be found at
http://dibona.com/ and he can be reached via email via chris@dibona.com