Linux Fund is giving away (2) free passes to OSCON! OSCON will be held July 20-24, 2009 in San Jose. To enter all you need to do is follow @LinuxFund on Identi.ca or Twitter. For more details see the Linux Fund website.
Also, if you are at OSCON, please drop by the Linux Fund booth on Wednesday for a t-shirt invitation to our 10th Anniversary party, sponsored by Stonehenge, Mindtouch and Kaltura.
There is a lot in the works for OSCON this year. John Mark and I had our panel proposal for “Hacking the Open Government” accepted. Participants will include John Mark Walker (Geek-PAC), Silona Bonewald (League Of Technical Voters), Kevin Marks (Google), and myself (Geek-PAC), with John Mark moderating.
Hacking the Open Government
There is currently a renaissance in available data and content from the federal government as well as some state governments. Everyday it seems that some new web site or service makes publicly available over the internet what previously was only accessible on paper or other non-digital format. What does this mean for the hacker, the agitator, the political scientist, and the average internet user?
Additionally, Linux Fund’s 10 year anniversary will coincide with OSCON. We have therefore decided to celebrate by holding a benefit, with all funds going towards our projects. The party will be held on Wednesday night, just down the street from the convention center. Details to be provided soon.
If you are considering attending, the OSCON team has provided us with the 20% off code “os09fos”.
SCALE 7x is coming up next month and we are looking for volunteers to help with setup/tear down and various other event related preparations.
If you are interested in helping out please drop us a note. We will be on site and in need of assistance on 2/19 – 2/22.
SCALE will be open 2/20-2/22 in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Airport Westin Hotel.
SCaLE 7x the 2009 Southern California Linux Expo of is open for registration. SCaLE will be held February 20-22, 2009 at the LAX Westin in Los Angeles, CA. Other events at SCaLE will include: Demonstrating Open Health Care Solutions (DOHCS), Women in Open Source (WIOS), Open Source Software in Education (OSSIE), and more.
Found this via Doc Searls, and it gave me a good laugh.
