[Ubuntu Chicago] Fwd: Flourish 2008

[Jim Campbell]

Hi All,

Please see the message below (you may need to click "Show Hidden Text" if
you are a gmail user).  Are any of you planning on attending the Friday
sessions?  Samir, it's unclear at this time what time events will actually
be starting.  That may be TBD at this point, but it sounds like the sessions
will be taking place during the day on Friday, and during the day on
Saturday.  Will that be the case?  A schedule page (even if it is tentative
or not fully fleshed out) would be helpful.  Thanks!!

Jim

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Samir Faci <sfaci at cs.uic.edu>
Date: Mar 18, 2008 1:56 PM
Subject: Flourish 2008
To: flourish2008 at flourishconf.com

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To everyone interested,

The University of Illinois at Chicago Linux Users Group (UIC-LUG) and the
University of Illinois at Chicago Association for Computing
Machinery (UIC-ACM) are hosting their second annual Flourish Conference
promoting the adoption and use of Free, Libre and Open Source Software
(FLOSS). The UIC-LUG and UIC-ACM would like to invite you to attend this
glorious event.  The entire conference is free

with registration (or $5 at the door), but please do register if you plant
to
attend please lets us know how many people we should expect.
http://www.flourishconf.com/register.php.

Some of our featured speakers will include:  Bruce Perens from Source Labs,
Jon "maddog" Hall from Linux International, Brian Fitzpatrick (and Ben
Collins-Sussman) from Google, Dru Lavigne from Open Source Business Resource
and BSD Certification Group Inc., among many others.

We will be hosting a variety of events which include but are not limited
to:  BarCamp Mini, Flourish Mini-expo, WAFD (Web Application Framework
Development) Rumble, Networking Events,  and Hack-a-Thon, BSDA Examination.
For more information please visit:
http://www.flourishconf.com/flourish2008/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=30

Flourish 2008 will be held on Friday, April 4th and Saturday, April 5th. We
expect the conference attendance to be between 300 and 400 people. Please
reply and let me know whether or not you will be attending Flourish 2008. If
you have any questions about Flourish, please e-mail me at
samir at esamir.comand I will get back to you as soon as possible. You
can also visit the
Flourish website at http://www.flourishconf.com/

Organizations/Developers:  We still have open tables in the expo space, if
you'd like to use one of the tables to advertise your said organization or
promote an event.  We are also still looking for developers to represent the
various Web frameworks.  If anyone is interested in participating, please
feel free to contact me.


Thank you,

Samir Faci
Flourish Public Relations
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