Fwd: PDX PostgreSQL + Open Source Bridge

Just a reminder about OS Bridge Call for Proposals :)

We're still looking for submissions. Talk to me if you have questions
about topics or anything related to the conference!

-selena

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From: Reid Beels <reid(at)opensourcebridge(dot)org>
Date: Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 3:24 PM
Subject: PDX PostgreSQL + Open Source Bridge
To: Selena <selenamarie(at)gmail(dot)com>

Hey Selena,

As you may have heard, Open Source Bridge, Portland's own conference
for open source citizens, is back for a second year. It will run June
1–4, 2010 at the Portland Art Museum. We’re aiming to connect people
across projects, languages and experience and would love to have
members of the Portland PostgreSQL community involved as speakers and
participants. Details about the conference are included below.

Bridge isn’t a typical conference. It’s entirely volunteer-run, by
developers, for developers. Session tracks are technology agnostic,
based instead around shared community experiences and focused on
similarities between projects, not differences. Plus, we’ll be running
a 24-hour hacker lounge on site for code sprints, bug bashes, bouncing
ideas, starting new projects and generally socializing around code.

We’d be delighted if you could mention Open Source Bridge at your user
group meetings, post this email to your mailing list, and get us in
touch with other groups in your community interested in participating.

Our call for proposals runs through March 25th, which is fast
approaching, so please pass this information on as soon as possible.

We don’t expect something for nothing, so we’re giving all of your
user group members a discounted registration rate of $200. That’s $25
off the Early Bird rate, and $100 off our regular registration. User
groups are very important to us and our organizers are heavily
involved in the local tech community.

We’re also offering a free conference pass for you to give away to a
member of your group. If you’re interested in more ways to promote the
conference, let us know!

Thank You!
Reid Beels
Open Source Bridge
http://opensourcebridge.org/

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CONFERENCE PASS RAFFLE INFORMATION

You get one free conference pass to raffle off to a member of your group!

We’ve found that these raffles work best when you:

1) Let all of your members know about the conference, dates, and URL:
http://opensourcebridge.org/
2) Allow anyone in the group to sign up for the raffle.
3) Draw the winner at random, preferably at a public meeting.

When you have selected a winner, email
usergroups(at)opensourcebridge(dot)org, CC the winner, and we’ll register
them for you.

DETAILS TO SHARE WITH YOUR GROUP’S MEMBERS

Open Source Bridge
http://opensourcebridge.org

Open Source Bridge is a conference for developers working with open
source technologies. It will take place June 1–4, 2010, in Portland,
Oregon, with five tracks connecting people across projects, languages
and experience to explore how we do our work and why we participate in
open source. The conference structure is designed to provide
developers with an opportunity to learn from people they might not
connect with at other events. Attendees will learn and interact at
three days of traditional conference presentations, a day of free-form
unconference sessions, and our 24-hour Hacker Lounge.

This year we are thrilled to have an excellent downtown location at
the Portland Art Museum ( http://pam.org/ ), an extra day packed full
of open source goodness, and an on-site 24-hour Hacker Lounge! As a
user group member, you can use the coupon code "osbugluv" to register
for only $200 when you select either an Early Bird Registration
(through April 1st), or a Regular Registration (after April 1st).
Learn more and register today at http://opensourcebridge.org/attend/

The conference is run entirely by volunteers who believe in the need
for an open source event that focuses on the culture of being an open
source citizen, regardless of where in the stack you choose to code.
All proceeds from conference registration and sponsorship go directly
to the costs of the conference.

Our event shares in-depth knowledge about using, creating and
contributing to open source as citizens of a greater community. You’ll
find relevant information whether you write web apps for the cloud,
tinker with operating system internals, create hardware, run a
startup, or blog about technology.

We're still seeking proposals — and we've just extended the deadline
through March 25th — so submit yours before time runs out at
http://opensourcebridge.org/proposals/

Visit http://opensourcebridge.org/ to learn more about the conference,
see our session proposals, and register to attend.

Thanks!

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