Thread: Linuxfest 2015 Call for Papers
Hello, Forwarding this because they are having a dedicated PostgreSQL track put on by PgUS. I hope all will submit papers. This is a great conference of about 1500. It is 100% non-profit and is a great opportunity to reach out! -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Blug-list] Linuxfest 2015 Call for Papers Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:15:47 -0800 From: Jakob Perry <japerry@jademicrosystems.com> Reply-To: Bellingham Linux Users Group Mailing List <blug-list@lists.blug.org> To: Bellingham Linux Users Group Mailing List <blug-list@lists.blug.org> The LinuxFest Northwest 2015 call for papers is open! *Visit the 2015 linuxfestnorthwest.org <http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/> site to submit your session proposal. If you've attended in the past, your existing user details should work.* *Where?* Bellingham Technical College 3028 Lindbergh Avenue Bellingham, WA 98225 (2 Miles south of Bellingham International Airport, BLI) *When? * April 25th and 26th 2015 - 9:00am-5pm. Afterparty on Saturday, (Board/Card) Game night on Friday. *Sessions: * LFNW is known for its broad range of presentations. They are informal and content rich. If you are interested in something, chances are good that others will be too. Please consider sharing your knowledge and experience; there is no better venue. Review the 'present' link on the linuxfest northwest website, and submit your proposal there. *Due Date: *Friday, January 30th 7pm PST. ** *Initial Presentations will be posted: *Feb 14th. *Open Source Project Collaboration Space*: If your project is interested in hosting a sprint or other mini-conference at Linuxfest Northwest, please let us know. *There -very- limited dedicated space of 2 classrooms, and 2 conference rooms.* Previous examples for these spaces have been Drupal code sprints, Postgres Talks, KDE days, LibreOffice dev sprints, and a Fedora user track. You can reserve a room for sessions and code sprints. These rooms are not meant to be advertising mediums for projects. The due date for a collaboration space is *March 1st or whenever we run out.* *Interested in sponsoring? * We will be sending out a separate call for sponsors email around Jan 1st, but in general you can visit http://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/sponsorship for more details. *Registration?* Registration will be opening in January. ****Connect with us**** The LFNW twitter feed is @lfnw. Use the #lfnw hash tag if you're gabbing about LFNW. Friend us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/linuxfestnorthwest <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Linuxfest-Northwest/239548517285> Add us on google+: https://plus.google.com/111293764782511971489 Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/LinuxFest-Northwest-85354/about We're looking forward to celebrating 16 years of celebrating Linux and Open Source! Tell your friends and spread the word! See you there! LFNW Crew
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On 11/18/2014 04:23 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Forwarding this because they are having a dedicated PostgreSQL track put > on by PgUS. I hope all will submit papers. This is a great conference of > about 1500. It is 100% non-profit and is a great opportunity to reach out! Wow, LA in February, SF in March*, Seattle in April. It's West-Coast Postgres festival! (* http://www.sfpostgres.org/pgday-sf-2015 ) -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com
On 11/19/2014 11:47 AM, Josh Berkus wrote: > On 11/18/2014 04:23 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: >> Forwarding this because they are having a dedicated PostgreSQL track put >> on by PgUS. I hope all will submit papers. This is a great conference of >> about 1500. It is 100% non-profit and is a great opportunity to reach out! > > Wow, LA in February, SF in March*, Seattle in April. So as not to have lost souls wandering around Seattle in April, LFNW is actually in Bellingham(about 90 miles N):) > > It's West-Coast Postgres festival! > > (* http://www.sfpostgres.org/pgday-sf-2015 ) > -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@aklaver.com
On 11/19/2014 11:57 AM, Adrian Klaver wrote: > > So as not to have lost souls wandering around Seattle in April, LFNW is > actually in Bellingham(about 90 miles N):) I'm now imagining geeks wandering around Pike Place Market with posters of the Postgres elephant that say "Have You Seen Me?" ;-) -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com
On 11/19/2014 12:57 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote: > On 11/19/2014 11:47 AM, Josh Berkus wrote: >> On 11/18/2014 04:23 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: >>> Forwarding this because they are having a dedicated PostgreSQL track >>> put >>> on by PgUS. I hope all will submit papers. This is a great >>> conference of >>> about 1500. It is 100% non-profit and is a great opportunity to >>> reach out! >> >> Wow, LA in February, SF in March*, Seattle in April. > > So as not to have lost souls wandering around Seattle in April, LFNW > is actually in Bellingham(about 90 miles N):) With the current exchange rate you might want to stay Whiterock, another 10 miles north in BC. > >> >> It's West-Coast Postgres festival! >> >> (* http://www.sfpostgres.org/pgday-sf-2015 ) >> > >
On 11/19/2014 12:09 PM, Josh Berkus wrote: > On 11/19/2014 11:57 AM, Adrian Klaver wrote: >> >> So as not to have lost souls wandering around Seattle in April, LFNW is >> actually in Bellingham(about 90 miles N):) > > I'm now imagining geeks wandering around Pike Place Market with posters > of the Postgres elephant that say "Have You Seen Me?" At Pikes Place Market you would get some interesting answers. Might be worth it just for the experience. > > ;-) > -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@aklaver.com
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
On 11/19/2014 11:57 AM, Adrian Klaver wrote:
>
> So as not to have lost souls wandering around Seattle in April, LFNW is
> actually in Bellingham(about 90 miles N):)
I'm now imagining geeks wandering around Pike Place Market with posters
of the Postgres elephant that say "Have You Seen Me?"
;-)
Sounds like we have our t-shirt design :)
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 5:09 AM, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote: > On 11/19/2014 11:57 AM, Adrian Klaver wrote: >> >> So as not to have lost souls wandering around Seattle in April, LFNW is >> actually in Bellingham(about 90 miles N):) > > I'm now imagining geeks wandering around Pike Place Market with posters > of the Postgres elephant that say "Have You Seen Me?" > > ;-) Challenge for a beer: do it and post a pic here. Note: it *has* to at Pike Place Market. -- Michael
Hmm, end of January in Bellingham... Sounds like a great excuse to ski Mt Baker and beyond :D. -David > On Nov 19, 2014, at 12:09 PM, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote: > > On 11/19/2014 11:57 AM, Adrian Klaver wrote: >> >> So as not to have lost souls wandering around Seattle in April, LFNW is >> actually in Bellingham(about 90 miles N):) > > I'm now imagining geeks wandering around Pike Place Market with posters > of the Postgres elephant that say "Have You Seen Me?" > > ;-) > > -- > Josh Berkus > PostgreSQL Experts Inc. > http://pgexperts.com >
On 11/20/2014 08:21 AM, David Gallagher wrote: > > Hmm, end of January in Bellingham... Sounds like a great excuse to ski Mt Baker and beyond :D. What I find funny is that Mt. Baker (mtbaker.us) is actually the resorts on Mt. Shuksan. Which is not-arguably more beautiful :D JD -- Command Prompt, Inc. - http://www.commandprompt.com/ 503-667-4564 PostgreSQL Support, Training, Professional Services and Development High Availability, Oracle Conversion, @cmdpromptinc "If we send our children to Caesar for their education, we should not be surprised when they come back as Romans."
On 11/20/2014 08:21 AM, David Gallagher wrote: > Hmm, end of January in Bellingham... Sounds like a great excuse to ski Mt Baker and beyond :D. FYI the Bellingham event is at end of April. Trying to avoid the "Have You Seen Me?" being repeated at Heather Meadows:) > -David >> On Nov 19, 2014, at 12:09 PM, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote: >> >> On 11/19/2014 11:57 AM, Adrian Klaver wrote: >>> >>> So as not to have lost souls wandering around Seattle in April, LFNW is >>> actually in Bellingham(about 90 miles N):) >> >> I'm now imagining geeks wandering around Pike Place Market with posters >> of the Postgres elephant that say "Have You Seen Me?" >> >> ;-) >> >> -- >> Josh Berkus >> PostgreSQL Experts Inc. >> http://pgexperts.com >> > -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@aklaver.com