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Date: Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 7:59 AM<br>Subject: [Tllts] Fwd: [PLUG] Fosscon in Philadelphia: 9 days away<br>To: TLLTS Mailing List <<a href="mailto:tllts@thelinuxlink.net">tllts@thelinuxlink.net</a>><br><br><br><br>
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Subject: [PLUG] Fosscon in Philadelphia: 9 days away<br>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:05:52 -0400<br>
From: Jonathan Simpson <<a href="mailto:jonathan@jdsnetwork.com" target="_blank">jonathan@jdsnetwork.com</a>><br>
Reply-To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <<a href="mailto:plug@lists.phillylinux.org" target="_blank">plug@lists.phillylinux.org</a>><br>
To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <<a href="mailto:plug@lists.phillylinux.org" target="_blank">plug@lists.phillylinux.org</a>><br>
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FOSSCON<br>
July 23, 2011 - (All day)<br>
<br>
Hi everyone,<br>
Next Saturday Basekamp will be hosting FOSSCON (Free and<br>
Open Source Software Conference), focusing on the community<br>
that has grown around Free and Open Source Software (FOSS),<br>
and in parallel to both the Free Culture and Open Source<br>
cultural movements.<br>
<br>
This is a community-focused live event designed to build and<br>
strengthen relationships between Free and Open Source<br>
Software (FOSS) developers and users. FOSSCON seeks to raise<br>
awareness of and promote FOSS alternatives to proprietary<br>
software. Facilitating face-to-face interaction, creative<br>
workshops, talks and think tanks, FOSSCON brings developers<br>
and users together in a nurturing and dynamic environment<br>
stimulating the free exchange of ideas and information while<br>
fostering cross-project collaboration and dialogue for<br>
innovation.<br>
<br>
FOSSCON is organized by Peer-Directed Projects Center (PDPC)<br>
– the group responsible for projects like Freenode and<br>
fossevents – FOSSCON (along with Geeknics) is part of PDPC’s<br>
desire to bring an already massive online community that has<br>
grown around free and open source ideas, out into the world,<br>
to meet, connect, support and challenge each other, imagine,<br>
plot and co-develop beautiful, possibly useful and<br>
unexpected things.<br>
<br>
The people behind FOSSCON are free software enthusiasts,<br>
user group members, coders and users – just like you! Free<br>
software is all about community and this is a very<br>
grassroots event, organized by the community and for the<br>
community. Our common goal is to provide a space for us to<br>
all come together in the northeast. We hope you’ll join us<br>
as an attendee, a volunteer or an exhibitor.<br>
Register<br>
Admission is free and open to the public, but RSVP is<br>
required (we expect to fill to capacity soon, but also<br>
encourage connecting with others in nearby overflow spaces).<br>
If you’re able and want to be a “FOSSCON supporter” you can<br>
get a tote and thanks for $25. Whether free or a supporter,<br>
please register here: <a href="http://fosscon.org/attend" target="_blank">http://fosscon.org/attend</a><br>
Schedule<br>
FOSSCON will last all day. See the regularly updated<br>
schedule of presentations (and proposal guidelines) here:<br>
<a href="http://fosscon.org/speakers" target="_blank">http://fosscon.org/speakers</a><br>
<br>
Anyone in the FOSS community with interesting and exciting<br>
topics are invited to submit a talk to speak at this event.<br>
As a general event built for the community at large, the<br>
range of acceptable topics is broad, however FOSSCON<br>
traditionally favors topics with an immediate real world use<br>
in home, work, or education environments and broadly<br>
categorizes talks under one of these headings.<br>
<br>
The program committee invites proposals for paper<br>
presentations, demonstrations and poster contributions on<br>
any topic relevant to FOSS awareness, accessibility and<br>
application. We want to offer something for beginning,<br>
intermediate, and advanced learning levels with particular<br>
emphasis on the following topics:<br>
<br>
The Open Culture Movements influence on open source<br>
Beginning the FOSS conversion<br>
FOSS on a Windows Desktop<br>
Fun FOSS projects for your home<br>
Plugging into Social Media with FOSS<br>
FOSS in the workplace<br>
FOSS in education<br>
FOSS at non-profits<br>
FOSS Government<br>
Open Hardware<br>
Open Mobile Environments<br>
Your new awesome FOSS project<br>
Free Network Services<br>
<br>
Exhibitors<br>
If your group has an interesting project, or event useful to<br>
the community, show it to the world at FOSSCON! We invite<br>
you to join us at FOSSCON to show the community what you’ve<br>
done, what you’re doing, or what you offer.<br>
<br>
LUGs<br>
Hackerspaces<br>
Local FOSS events the community needs to know about<br>
<br>
<br>
We still have a limited number of spaces available for<br>
groups so please get in touch with us to reserve your spot.<br>
<br>
Sponsors<br>
We have a limited number of tables available for sponsors so<br>
please get in touch with us early to reserve your spot.<br>
We’re very interested as well in any suitable organizations<br>
involvement in other ways, such as talks or other<br>
interesting ideas you may have. Please see this link for<br>
more info (oh, and obligatory but genuine shout out to<br>
FOSSCON sponsors here as well): <a href="http://fosscon.org/sponsors" target="_blank">http://fosscon.org/sponsors</a><br>
<br>
Location<br>
FOSSCON will take place at Basekamp’s Philadelphia space<br>
(the second floor), and also the JOG gallery (on the 4th<br>
floor) of 723 Chestnut Street, located in the middle of<br>
Center City Philadelphia. The building has bus, subway and<br>
NJ transit stops on our block, and only a few minutes walk<br>
from Market East Station and Greyhound bus terminal. See a<br>
map with directions here:<br>
<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/place?q=basekamp&cid=15576003637506834736" target="_blank">http://maps.google.com/maps/<u></u>place?q=basekamp&cid=<u></u>15576003637506834736</a><br>
<br>
Questions?<br>
You can join us on the IRC network “<a href="http://chat.freenode.net" target="_blank">chat.freenode.net</a>” and<br>
join the channel “#fosscon” to talk with the planning team<br>
and others interested in Fosscon, ask questions, or<br>
volunteer to help us out. You can easily join the channel<br>
using webchat by clicking here:<br>
<a href="http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=fosscon" target="_blank">http://webchat.freenode.net/?<u></u>channels=fosscon</a><br>
<br>
See you all then!<br>
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