This is sort of far from you guys, but in case anyone is interested to drive to Chicago.<br><br><br>---------------<div class="gmail_quote"><div style="direction: ltr;">To everyone interested,<br>
<br>
The University of Illinois at Chicago Linux Users Group (UIC-LUG) and<br>
the University of Illinois at Chicago Association for Computing<br>
Machinery (UIC-ACM) are hosting their second annual Flourish<br>
Conference promoting the adoption and use of Free, Libre and Open<br>
Source Software (FLOSS). The UIC-LUG and UIC-ACM would like to invite<br>
you to attend this glorious event. The entire conference is free<br>
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with registration (or $5 at the door), but please do register if you<br>
plant to attend to lets us know how many people we should expect.<br>
<a href="http://www.flourishconf.com/register.php" target="_blank">http://www.flourishconf.com/register.php</a>.<br>
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Some of our featured speakers will include: Bruce Perens from Source<br>
Labs, Jon "maddog" Hall from Linux International, Brian Fitzpatrick<br>
(and Ben Collins-Sussman) from Google, Dru Lavigne from Open Source<br>
Business Resource and BSD Certification Group Inc., among many others.<br>
<br>
We will be hosting a variety of events which include but are not<br>
limited to: BarCamp Mini, Flourish Mini-expo, WAFD (Web Application<br>
Framework Development) Rumble, Networking Events, and Hack-a-Thon,<br>
BSDA Examination. For more information please visit:<br>
<a href="http://www.flourishconf.com/flourish2008/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=30" target="_blank">http://www.flourishconf.com/flourish2008/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=30</a><br>
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Flourish 2008 will be held on Friday, April 4th and Saturday, April<br>
5th of next year. We expect the conference attendance to be between<br>
300 and 400 people. Please reply and let me know whether or not you<br>
will be attending Flourish 2008. You can visit the Flourish website at<br>
<a href="http://www.flourishconf.com/" target="_blank">http://www.flourishconf.com/</a><br>
<br>
Organizations/Developers: We still have open tables in the expo<br>
space, if you'd like to use one of the tables to advertise your said<br>
organization or promote an event. We are also still looking for<br>
developers to represent the various Web frameworks. If anyone is<br>
interested in participating, please feel free to contact me.<br>
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Also, please redirect and forward this email to any list that you<br>
think may have an interest in this conference.<br>
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Thank you,<br>
</div><span><br>
Samir Faci<br>
Flourish Public Relations</span>
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