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  • Last day to submit paper for UTOSC 2010

    By mindjuju

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    Today is the last day to submit a paper for the Utah Open Source Conference 2010.
    Delivering a paper is a GREAT way for you to give back to the community and also for you to network and get to meet new people.

    You don’t have to have a doctorate to present, so post your idea today! More info below

    mj/v

    ps. submitting a proposal for a presentation doesn’t have to be a painful reminder of a college paper or a dissertation, write your ideas in english, spanish, chinese pinyin, or uuencode!
    The Utah Open Source Foundation announced a call for papers for the
    2010 conference scheduled Oct 7 – 9 in Salt Lake City, Utah. July 15th
    is the last day to submit proposal for review is July 15th and we
    look forward to hearing your suggestions for papers.

    All papers related to open source and open standards technology are
    welcome including presentations on software best practices, workshops,
    panel discussions, etc. Topics can range in sophistication from
    beginner level classes to advanced training. We also make space
    available for local user groups to meet and find new members,
    participate in Birds of a Feather sessions and educational
    minicourses.

    With open source adoption showing brisk growth in the Mountain West,
    UTOSC expects another record-breaking year of attendance, making this
    conference a great place to discover, explore and learn new
    technologies and software.

    Please visit http://utosc.com/ for more details.

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  • Call for papers for UTOSC 2010 closing July 15th

    By mindjuju

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    The Utah Open Source Foundation announced a call for papers for the 2010 conference scheduled Oct 7 – 9 in Salt Lake City, Utah. July 15th is the last day to submit a proposal for review is July 15th and we look forward to hearing your suggestions for papers.

    All papers related to open source and open standards technology are welcome including presentations on software best practices, workshops, panel discussions, etc.  Topics can range in sophistication from beginner level classes to advanced training.  We also make space available for local user groups to meet and find new members, participate in Birds of a Feather sessions and educational minicourses.

    With open source adoption showing brisk growth in the Mountain West, UTOSC expects another record-breaking year of attendance, making this conference a great place to discover, explore and learn new technologies and software.

    Please visit http://utosc.com/ for more details.

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  • News: Utah Open Source Conference 2009 Registration is Now Open!!

    By mindjuju

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    Registration for UTOSC 2009 is now open!!

    As we do every year, we’re reaching out to the Local User Groups in Utah and the Mountain West and inviting them to attend.

    If you’re a member of user group, please contact your leader to get the registration discount code, it’s worth 50% off.

    If you are a Local User Group and are interested in offering this coupon to your members, please contact us at contact@utos.org.

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  • UTOSC 2009: Stormy Peters to Keynote

    By mindjuju

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    Stormy Peters, Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation, will be presenting at this years Utah Open Source Conference.

    Her topic, Would you do it again, for free, is one that address the question that so many outside the open source community ask.

    From software developers working to build resumes to programmers coding for a good cause; Stormy looks at the motivation behind this volunteer army who combine their efforts to produce rapidly evolving software.

    She also looks at the role money plays in the open source equation and asks the question: Do commercial companies kill open-source by paying people to work on it?

    A little about Stormy

    Stormy Peters currently works as the Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation. Stormy joined the foundation from OpenLogic where she set up their OpenLogic Expert Community and helped Global 2000 companies develop open source software policies. Previously, Stormy
    worked at Hewlett-Packard (HP) where she founded and managed the Open Source Program Office that is responsible for HP’s open source strategy, policy and business practices. Stormy joined HP as a software engineer in the Unix Development Lab after graduating from Rice University with a B.A. in Computer Science.

    Stormy is an advisor for HFOSS, OpenSource World, IntraHealth Open and Open Source America, as well as founder and president of Kids on Computers, a nonprofit organization setting up computer labs in developing countries.

    Stormy is a frequent keynote speaker on business aspects of Open Source Software at major conferences such as the Open Source Business Conference and the O’Reilly conferences, as well as government organizations such as the United Nations and the European Union.

    Stormy is involved in GNOME and free source software because it is changing the world and the community is full of smart, passionate people!

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  • News: Geek Lunch July 31 @ 1pm Tucanos in Salt Lake and Utah County

    By mindjuju

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    Greets,

    So the recession is hurting and business is down, and you’re thinking, man… what to do?

    Here is what you do, come to Geek Lunch next Friday at Tucanos!  There is one in Salt Lake and one in Utah County so it’s close to everybody.

    So if you just need to pull away from the office to relax or want to network with your fellow geeks, just remember this, last geek lunch at tucanos had nearly 40 attendees from all walks in the tech field.  Coders, sysadmins, DBAs, local business owners, you name it, they were there.  Perfect casual networking opportunity!

    Here is the info:
    Salt Lake County – July 31st, 1pm
    RSVP – http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4111644/?ps=5

    Tucanos
    162 S 400 W
    Salt Lake City, UT 84101-1145
    Get Directions
    (801) 456-2550


    Utah County – July 31st 1pm
    RSVP –     http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4111665/?ps=5

    Tucanos
    4801 N University Ave # 790
    Provo, UT 84604-7745
    Get Directions
    (801) 224-4774

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  • Event: Geek Lunch – February 20th @ 12:30p at the Smokehouse pizza & bbq in Orem

    By mindjuju

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    Greets all!

    It’s that time again to start up Geek Lunches for this year, and we’ve decided to kick them off by having one in Utah County! (I have been sorely chastised for not having more events in Utah County – and look to amend that this year!)

    This month’s Geek Lunch is going to be at The Smokehouse Pizza and BBQ in Orem. The event will be Feb 20 at 12:30p.

    Address below:

    The Smokehouse Pizza and BBQ
    214 East University Parkway
    Orem, Utah 84058
    PLEASE PLEASE RSVP @ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1819312/

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  • UTOS / UPHPU Geek Lunch :: Happy Sumo @ The Gateway

    By mindjuju

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    Greets codepoets, bloggers, sysadmins, dbas and other citizenry of the net populous!

     The October UTOS / UPHPU Geek lunch will be held at The Happy Sumo at the Gateway on THURSDAY, October 9th, 1pm.

     Please RSVP at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1165094/?ps=5

     The Happy Sumo

    153 S Rio Grande St. Salt Lake City, UT

    tele 801.456.7866

     http://www.happysumosushi.com/map.html

    mj/v

    Posted on October 2, 2008 to:

  • UTOS / UPHPU Geek Lunch — Tucanos — July 11 @ 1:30p

    By mindjuju

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    Greets Geeks!

    The July Geek Lunch is going to be at Tucano’s at the Gateway in Salt Lake.

    Now, I know, we tried Tucano’s before, and true they dogged us at the last moment; but, they have tried to make things right. Those that RSVP’d last time will have their plate at half! When you RSVP, please let me know if you were in this group.

    Like our last event, expect to see all kinds of coders (Python, PERL, PHP, etc), bloggers, graphic artists, local businesses owners and shutterbugs in the fray.

    You can RSVP at this URL – http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/843968/

    Tucanos @ the Gateway
    July 11th @ 1:30p
    162 South 400 West
    Phone:(801) 456-2550

    Victor Villa

    UTOS.org | UPHPU.org

    Have you signed up for the Utah Open Source Conference?

    Posted on June 30, 2008 to:

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