<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">This was sent to <a href="http://to.pm.org">to.pm.org</a>'s controller.  If there is any interest in the conference then <a href="http://to.pm.org">to.pm.org</a> can raffle off a pass to the conference.  Let me know off-list if you are interested - if there is interest then we can raffle off the pass at a meeting.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Mike</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span></div>Open Source Bridge</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><a href="http://opensourcebridge.org/">http://opensourcebridge.org</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Open Source Bridge is a conference for people who work with open source</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">technologies. It will take place June 21–24, 2011, in Portland, Oregon.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">The conference includes five tracks focused on connecting projects and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">experiences across different areas of open source.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">The schedule includes three days of traditional conference</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">presentations, a day of free-form unconference sessions, and our</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">24-hour Hacker Lounge. You’ll find relevant information whether you</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">write web apps, tinker with operating system internals, create</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">hardware, run a business, write documentation, or contribute to open</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">source in other ways.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">We're seeking presentation proposals through March 31st. Read our Call</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">for Proposals here:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><a href="http://opensourcebridge.org/call-for-proposals">http://opensourcebridge.org/call-for-proposals</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">As a user group member, you can use the coupon code "osbugluv" to</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">register at a discounted rate of $200 when you select either an Early</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Bird Registration (through April 15th), or a Regular Registration</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">(after April 15th). Learn more and register at</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-st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