Trying to spread the word about this new conference. I hope some
Wikipedians from near Louisville can have a presence there. It's not
too late to send in a quick proposal for speaker/presentation (but
hurry), and exhibit space is very reasonable:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Preparations are in full swing for the very first Midwest Open Source
Software Conference (MOSSCon), to be held in Louisville on May 18-19.
This is an "All-Things-Open" conference, including open knowledge, open,
data, open source hardware, as well as open source software. Your help
in spreading the word and helping us fill out our schedule of
presentations and workshops would be appreciated.
This is going to be a great networking event for the whole east-central
region! (Louisville lies almost equidistant from from Atlanta,
Pittsburgh, Chicago/Milwaukee, and St. Louis.)
We have a great venue: the University of Louisville's Student Activities
Center, with several large halls, a number of smaller meeting rooms, and
plenty of exhibit space available for groups and businesses to make
their presence known.
We are working on a broadly based "Open" theme, that can include open
source hardware, open data, etc., as well as the full gamut of open
source software.
We already have some super presentations lined up. But there are still
plenty of pieces that need to come together. Right now we are
concentrating on filling out our schedule with more presentations and
workshops. And soliciting sponsors.
If you're involved with Open Source (or open anything) you definitely
want to be a part of this. I encourage you to consider speaking or doing
a presentation or workshop on a subject in your area of interest and/or
expertise.
Check out the conference website at
http://mosscon.org/. Click on "Be a
Speaker" for details on submitting your proposal. (Just a paragraph or
two is all that's necessary right now.)
But get to it! The deadline for submitting your preliminary proposal is
this Friday, March 29!
http://mosscon.org/
Spread the word and submit your proposal!
Thanks,
John Hicks