[UFO Chicago] ufo Digest, Vol 92, Issue 3

Sat Mar 12 18:47:06 PST 2011

Hello All,

I was wondering if someone can plug Flourish Conference 2011 at your
meeting this Sunday.  I would do it myself, but I am at PyCon this
week.  Flourish is a FREE conference hosted by the University of
Illinois at Chicago Association for Computing Machinery (UIC-ACM) and
the University of Illinois at Chicago Linux User Group (UIC-LUG).  The
goal of Flourish is to promote Free and Open Source Software and Open
Culture.  We have a variety of talks, workshops and other activities
that your members will most likely be interested in.

Check out our website at http://www.flourishconf.com/.

Dates and Venue:

April 1st through 3rd at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  More
information about the venue is available here:
http://www.flourishconf.com/2011/directions .  Our schedule is posted
here:  http://www.flourishconf.com/2011/schedule .

Highlights from our Speaker Line-up:

We have an exceptional lineup of speakers this year:

Ryan "Icculus" Gordon - Will talk about Gaming on Linux (He MIGHT also
run a game development workshop.)
Italo Vignoli - Founder & Steering Committee member of The Document
Foundation (LibreOffice)
Chris Palmer - From the Electronic Fronter Foundation
Gregory Miller - From Open Source Digital Voting
Mitch Altman - A famous open source hardware hacker.
Chris McAvoy - VP of technology at Threadless and founder of the
Chicago Python Users Group

More speakers are listed on our website here:
http://www.flourishconf.com/2011/speakers .

Panel Discussion:

For our panel discussion this year, four of our top speakers will
discuss the challenges for Open Source Software going forward.  Our
panel discussion is typically one of our better events and is one you
will not want to miss.

Lightning Talks:

Got something to say?  We'll give you five minutes to do it.  The
Flourish Lightning Talks is an hour set aside for our attendees to
tell us about whatever they want.  But you only have have 5 minutes to
do it before we give the floor to someone else.

BSDA and LPI Exams:

You will have the opportunity to take the BSDA or the LPI exams at
Flourish.  The LPI exam is being offered at a discounted rate.  More
information is available at http://www.flourishconf.com/2011/exams .

Flourish Mini-expo:

Tables will be setup showcasing various open source related companies
and non-profit organizations.  Free tables are available to non-profit
organizations.  See our website for more information.

After Party:

There will be an after party on Saturday at Threadless.  More details
will be posted soon on our website.

Hack-a-thon:

We are really trying hard to setup a hack-a-thon with the goal of
writing an application for a non-profit organization.  If you are
interested in participating in a hack-a-thon, please e-mail me
directly (joel at flourishconf.com).  Also, if you are affiliated with a
non-profit that is in need of a technology solution, please put me in
contact with them.

Also, if we find a project lead, we might do something in association
with the Python Software Foundation.  If you are a key member on a
Python project, please let me know.

Registration is Open:

Our website is http://www.flourishconf.com/.  Registration is now
open!  Registration and attendance is FREE!

Flourish and Social Media:

Flourish is on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/flourishconf) and
Twitter (http://twitter.com/flourishconf).  If you are attending,
please let other's know via the Facebook event page
(http://tinyurl.com/45goqub).  (Stating intentions of attendance on
Facebook is NOT a substitute for registering on our website.)

Other:

One thing we could still use is some sponsors.  If you know of anyone
who might want to sponsor us, please contact me directly
(joel at flourishconf.com).  Thanks.

Thank you,
Joel Luellwitz

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> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:31:13 -0600 (CST)
> From: "Neil R. Ormos" <ormos at ripco.com>
> Subject: [UFO Chicago] Sunday Night is UFO Night at the Golden
>        Nugget--7:00    PM
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> Hello UFOnians:
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> Sunday night is UFO Night at the Golden Nugget.
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> UFO Chicago meets Sunday, 13 March 2011,
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>  Golden Nugget Pancake House
>  4229 W Irving Park Rd
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> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:28:37 -0600
> From: "Brian Sobolak" <brian at planetshwoop.com>
> Subject: Re: [UFO Chicago] Sunday Night is UFO Night at the Golden
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> On Fri, March 11, 2011 5:31 pm, Neil R. Ormos wrote:
>> Hello UFOnians:
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>> Sunday night is UFO Night at the Golden Nugget.
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> I plan to attend.
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> brian
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