[pm-h] Fw: Houston Perl Mongers + Open Source Bridge

[G. Wade Johnson]

If anyone will be near Portland in the middle of June, you might be
interested in this.

G. Wade

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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:48:00 -0700
From: Reid Beels <reid at opensourcebridge.org>
To: wade at anomaly.org
Subject: Houston Perl Mongers + Open Source Bridge


Hi,

I'm working to organize Open Source Bridge, the third annual conference
for open source citizens. It's happening June 21–24, 2011 in downtown
Portland, Oregon.

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Open Source Bridge is a volunteer-run conference that connects people
across technologies, projects and interests. We would love to have
members of the Houston Perl community involved as speakers and
participants.

The conference features presentations on a wide range of topics, from
specific open source technologies to common experiences and shared
concerns. There's also a full day of unconference sessions and a
24-hour hacker lounge for all of your collaboration needs.

We’d be delighted if you would mention Open Source Bridge at your user
group meetings and get us in touch with other groups in your community
who might be interested in participating. We've provided a sample email
below that you can customize and send to mailing lists.

Our call for proposals is open through March 31st. This date is
approaching quickly, so please pass this information on as soon as
possible.

USER GROUP DISCOUNT

We'd like to offer a discounted registration rate of $200 to all of
your members if they use the discount code "osbugluv" at registration.
That’s $25 off the Early Bird rate, and $100 off our regular
registration!

CONFERENCE PASS RAFFLE

We're also offering a free conference pass for you 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.org,
CC the winner, and we’ll register them for you.

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

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DETAILS TO SHARE WITH YOUR GROUP’S MEMBERS

Open Source Bridge
http://opensourcebridge.org

Open Source Bridge is a conference for people who work with open source
technologies. It will take place June 21–24, 2011, in Portland, Oregon.
The conference includes five tracks focused on connecting projects and
experiences across different areas of open source.

The schedule includes three days of traditional conference
presentations, a day of free-form unconference sessions, and our
24-hour Hacker Lounge. You’ll find relevant information whether you
write web apps, tinker with operating system internals, create
hardware, run a business, write documentation, or contribute to open
source in other ways.

We're seeking presentation proposals through March 31st. Read our Call
for Proposals here: http://opensourcebridge.org/call-for-proposals

As a user group member, you can use the coupon code "osbugluv" to
register at a discounted rate of $200 when you select either an Early
Bird Registration (through April 15th), or a Regular Registration
(after April 15th). Learn more and register at
http://opensourcebridge.org/attend/

The conference is run entirely by volunteers and all proceeds from
conference registration and sponsorship go directly to the costs of the
conference.

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

Thanks!



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