UTOSC 2008: Family Day Activities
Posted by Clint Savage on August 21, 2008 in Community, Conference
There’s been a lot of talk about this thing called ‘Family Day’, being held on Saturday, August 30. Its been in the planning for some time now and things are very close to finalization. Because of this, its time to reveal what family day is and how it will work.
Some of the items should be clear, the general idea is that any attendee can bring their family along and enjoy some family activities. Because Utah is a very family based community, UTOSC 2008 is focusing on technologies for the family.
Bring the Whole Family
Located just outside the SI Building at the Salt Lake Community College, will be large inflated activities for children young and old. Volunteers from UTOSC will be stationed around this area making sure the kids have a safe and fun time.
If the kids are a bit older, they might enjoy our try-it lab, and parents will get an opportunity to see the OLPC (one laptop per child) as well as some machines running educational software and possibly a mythtv setup as well.
For Lunch
Lunch will be picnic style where families can bring blankets and sit out on the grassy knolls near the venue and enjoy the BBQ food from The Smokehouse restaurant. There will be chairs and tables near the student center for your use as well. The Smokehouse will be offering southern bbq meals for a good price. They did a great job for us last year so expect some great food.
The Plan
Drop the kids off at the bouncy houses and plan on spending an hour or two in sessions you’d like to see with your significant other. After the sessions, feel free to kick around for lunch and then peruse the try-it lab. Sounds like a great day for the family!
About this conference thing
The 2008 Utah Open Source Conference is the second annual gathering of open source enthusiasts in Utah. Following the amazingly successful first conference held in 2007 at Novell’s Open Source Technology Center in Provo, UT, this year’s conference is being held on the Redwood campus of Salt Lake Community College near Salt Lake City.
For more information about this conference, to register to attend, or to see a really neat website driven by open source software, go over to <http://2008.utosc.com/>.
How to register for the conference
UTOSC 2008 has chosen to utilize eventbrite as its registration system this year. To register for the Utah Open Source Conference 2008, visit <http://utosc2008.eventbrite.com/> and sign up today. We accept credit cards (through paypal) and payment at the door. We’re looking forward to seeing you soon.
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