[kwlug disc.] [Fwd: HLUG: Conference info]

[Richard Weait]

Hamilton LUG is hosting a mini-conference on Saturday, 07 June 2008 from
9am to 5pm.

Attendance is free but registration is *required*.  

Presentations are aimed at those new to F/LOSS.  So all of our new users
from last month may find this conference of particular interest.  

There is also a call for presenters.  if you would like to deliver a
presentation to a new to F/LOSS audience, the organizers are
particularly interested in presentations on Desktop software such as:

GIMP
Inkscape
OpenOffice.org
MythTV
Firefox
Thunderbird
Scribus
etc.

So, presenters take notice.  This is a chance to get more use from a
previous topic.  

Details from the organizers below.  

http://conference.hlug.ca/index.php/fs4hb/2008/about

Best regards,
Richard.



-------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Ron Harwood <harwoodr at hlug.ca>
> To: hlug-announce <hlug-announce at hlug.ca>
> Subject: HLUG: Conference info
> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:48:25 -0400
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> Since we've been having issues with our mailing list (that I think are
> finally worked out), I'd like to make sure that everyone knows about the
> HLUG mini-conference scheduled for Saturday June 7th.
> 
> 1.  We're still looking for speakers.  I have people lined up to talk
> about Asterisk, Zimbra and OpenOffice at this point but I'd like 3 or 4
> more presenters.  If there is a Free/Open Source Software application
> you feel comfortable presenting on - please let me know.  Here are some
> topics as suggestions:
> 
> Linux as a desktop/Linux as a server
> Samba
> MythTV
> Firefox/Thunderbird
> Gimp/Inkscape
> Scribus
> Mame
> dd-wrt (and the like)
> 
> 2.  Registration is required - but free.
> 
> http://conference.hlug.ca
> 
> Lunch will be provided - thanks to our sponsor, Mountain Cablevision.
> 
> 3.  Volunteers are needed.  If you're available to help with general
> running of the day, please let me know.  Registration desk, helping
> setup/tear down and general tasks all need hands... I figure 5-10 people
> would be great.
> 
> 4.  O'reilly books has offered to send out books to give away at the
> conference.  As homework, I'd like everyone to look at the O'reilly site
> http://www.oreilly.com/ and pick out at least one book that is open
> source application related... and we can compile a list at the meeting.
> 
> We'll talk more about all of this at the meeting on Monday May 5th.
>